[2019-2020 Application Thread]

2 minutes ago, Hopefulpolisciboop said:

The DGS for a program I applied to emailed me earlier with some information and told me he'd be happy to chat if I wanted. I said yes, the conversation is tomorrow, and now I'm running out of questions to ask. Does anyone have any suggestions for something useful to ask during a conversation beyond things like funding? It doesn't seem so much like an interview as much as informal chat but that's making me even more stressed than I would otherwise be

Placement, mentorship, curriculum, professional development opportunities, collaboration with faculty, teaching opportunities, summer/research/conference travel funding could all be issue you would like to talk about depending your priorities. Also intellectual climate of the program/university, diversity, methodological variety, availability of interdisciplinary collaboration with other programs or institutes in the university might be things to talk about.

[2019-2020 Application Thread]

11 hours ago, moment11 said:

Anyone from UIUC? I saw a post that someone got rejected. Did they send results already?

I got an email from a POI:
 

Thank you for your interest in the graduate program in Political Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. This year we received 75 applications for our Ph.D. program, and our goal is to yield an entering class of 8-10 students. This means that we were unable to admit many high-quality applicants. Unfortunately, we are unable to offer you admission. 

Although we regret having to share this news with you, we appreciate your interest in our program and wish you success in your future studies.