SeriousDiver

Berkeley just sent out admit emails. I got in

I would also avoid the "juicy rumors". I wouldn't want to be discussing the weighty circumstances of someone's career/ threats to their means of living, unless for some reason, the dismissal or leaving of a faculty member means something for a student wishing to work with them. Lets leave that to the horrid polisci rumors

Definitely, poliscirumors might be useful for answering certain questions, esp. career related. I find it disgustingly sexist, homophobic, and racist, among other things. I avoid that abysmal hellsite. I really like the idea of this thread, and look forward to contributing my honest opinions after I enroll for Fall 2020

No. I am Comparative. It is fake

Anyone can post multiple admit decisions. It isn't difficult for a troll to do that. It is fake.

Yes, now THIS is how you know its fake as heck

I believe it is fake. Someone on the results section would have come here already with proof of a decision notification at the least

Something feels real about these results though.

Me too, because i applied extremely early and have not gotten anything

Either this is an anomalous year or someone is being a serious pain in the neck

I will let you guys know if I get a decision or a phone call

I did not answer to the optional “please list any other schools you are applying to”. Was this a stupid choice?

tick tock tick tock. ~25 days till Berkeley sends out admission offers.

Wow, what a dismal yield then. The minimum stipend is $31,800 according to GSAS. Jasjeet Sehkon is coming to Yale , and he and Josh Kalla might begin to beef up their quant/experimental capabilities. I also just looked up "what is wrong with new haven" and wowwwwww. OMG. Also yes, their recent placement record isn't very remarkable.

The tableau allows you to see the amount of applicants they received for the last five years. In 2019, they got 499, according to the “Social Sciences:political Science option”. Out of this, they admitted 50, and 10 accepted. To add a bit of nuance to this figure, it is likely that they admitted people on different terms. Maybe some with funding, and some without it (effectively waitlisting them, but still counting them as admitted). Perhaps they admitted 25 with full $ and admitted 25 with no money. It would then make sense for around 10 people to accept the offer.

Is it possible to decline offers before they are sent out? For example, Berkeley renders decisions very early on (Late January). If I am accepted, I will not go to UCSD (who tends to render their decision later). So, in order to potentially help out applicants at UCSD, wouldn't it be a good thing for me to write to their DGS to overlook me, or admit someone else over me? It looks like a very arrogant move, but I think it might save someone who would otherwise have been declined.

Hmm. Maybe I'm overestimating, but seeing that Yale got 500 according to their Tableau, I figured harvard would get even more than that, perhaps a hundred more.

https://public.tableau.com/profile/ecf5839#!/vizhome/YaleGraduateSchoolofArtsandSciencesStatisticsWebNoBBS/Admissions

Yeah, Its almost certain that Harvard gets 600+.

Hello, I was wondering if anyone knew how many people generally apply to top 7 political science programs? Like is there a reliable count? While some do publish their data on tableau (Yale/Michigan), Stanford, for example, doesn't publish its numbers, nor does Harvard. I am also interested in knowing how many applicants there were for Columbia.