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No, just polisci... it seems they use a waitlist rather than directly send and collect offers, which means they want to control the cohort size cautiously. I am also puzzled why there is no one claiming accept before I got waitlist

Claim a UCSD waitlist. email.

Good Q. I would find a position in govt/think tank/ngo and if I enjoy, likely I will not reapply, thinking life after phd might not be easy and interesting, not to mention 5-7 years of oppotunity cost.

Congrats! I still haven't heard about anything other than one rej. Seems things moving toward my epectation: all rejs lol

It might be an outlier, since it's told by poi which is unsual. they might have sort of private connection. BTW, i think most schools already know the results by now since they need a week or two to report to DGS

It is still there https://www.thegradcafe.com/survey/?per_page=20&q=&institution=&program=Political+Science&degree= I m not sure, but i am only waiting for email

Right. 1. if they can find the results page, why cannot anyone show up here? 2. showing up here means they might face the demand for showing a screenshot or more details. and here we go again, a much early umich rej

My knowledge is, all schools in polisci assign the main task to committee. Some will ask poi's opinions if they find good candidates (afaik ucsd, stanford), some not (penn state, mcgill). i would think the former is the majority.

Are you asking if your potential POI has a say at some point of the process?

Since Berkeley doesnt require GRE, I am expecting it received much more apps than normal. The similar story was confirmed by a Canadian top school. No GRE can make some applicants who are otherwise looking bad stand out. I know a couple of students got in top with shitty GREs last cycle.

Seems legit, see the sub-comments there

Seems so, a third one, incl. cp and ir now

Just checked my portal, no change

I get that! I was trying to say not refreshing the portals while focusing on other stuff reduces anxiety. You can start an online game and when you get addicted to it for a few weeks, the cycle ends, and you will find time flies...

Yeah, I would agree, i saw somebdy posting: check each of their application portals multiple times a day...

actually, not refreshing portals reduces anxiety. do something else!

I mean, sure you will have 1-2 schools being surrenptitious...but in most cases, email comes first.

Mostly, if they want you, they are eager to tell you.

Refrain yourself from refreshing the portals guys. Results without email first are always rejections!

Someone claimed ucsd rej. anyone heard back?

That's really unnecessary anxiety. The worst case reapply next year with easier shot!

You too! mine was not a good fit, GWU takes in lots of intl security students.

Just checked portal, first rej, from GWU!

ah ...shootings in Chicago and colombia does not seem a nice department caring about students from my email exhange...

FYI: one of the top canadian school received 190 this year, still significantly higher than a normal year 120ish.