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Claiming a Duke admit! Political Institutions/CP

Claiming a Duke admit in Political Economy.

Just received an offer from UMASS Amherst. I am over the moon right now. I had given up after not receiving any offer last Friday. Good luck everyone. 

Hello, thank you for posting this question here. I think it is quite an important one as we do these visits virtually in the coming weeks/months. I would add the following to the previous answer:
1. As much as this may seem minor, if you have any questions regarding the coursework and curriculum of the first few years, you should feel free to ask them. 
2. 2nd to 4th year students in general are excellent people for you to ask questions about the programme.
3. Getting a feel for the "vibe" of the grad student and department community is indeed quite important. You'll likely be there for 5 or 6 years, so this probably matters more than one would imagine at first.

I've been doing the following to assess the schools I've been admitted to so far to do my part in knowing the program and preparing for the admit visits:
- I've been contacting professors who I'm interested in having as an adviser and just talking with them generally. Some of them I reached out to unprompted and other professors have been contacting me first. I figure this is good to get some one on one time with the professors to get a feel for them all.
- I've also been reaching out to grad students and asking them their options about the school and program generally. This has mostly been 4-5th years who are on their way out. The current grad students have been super helpful in answering my questions, and they've been pretty blunt which is what I wanted. I also ask them why they decided to attend their program, and that has been telling of the current mood of the grad students.
- I've also been asking to get the grad handbooks just to understand the structure of the programs. Since my schools are pretty close together in ranking and everything it's important to know the differences.
The professor who I'm RA for has been helpful and is giving me some good questions to ask these programs. Those questions include:
1. How is the methods sequence structured? Are there opportunities for funding to attend workshops (e.g. ICPSR)?
2. What types of academic jobs are students getting (meaning R1, teaching jobs, etc.)?
3. What is the research paper requirement in the first two years, and how do the comprehensive exams work?
4. Are there opportunities to collaborate with the faculty on research?
5. Are there opportunities for summer funding?

I just got acceptance email from Berkeley at 12:50am PST. I'm shocked (especially to receive the news at such an hour lol) and sooooo so excited!

I got an acceptance from NYU :0
I was pretty sure I was not going to get an offer, as people were claiming admits the other day. Well, this certainly offsets the sting from UTexas
To anyone that still has not heard back, hang in there! I'm sure you'll hear back soon.
Edit: my field is comparative politics

claiming another NYU admit!!!!

Claiming an NYU admit in Political Economy! 

Just got an email from NYU's DGS - admitted! Political economy subfield. Over the moon!

I've been admitted to NYU! I'm extatic!
My subfield is methods / political economy.

Also claiming an acceptance at Rochester! I'm truly speechless! This is one of my very top choices!!!
Let the celebration bells ring!!!! 
Field: Formal Theory/IR
 

Received an email for an interview with Vanderbilt. American Politics/Race and Ethnic Politics. 

Claiming an offer from Rochester in formal theory! 

claiming rochester admit! 

Claiming a Rochester admit in CP/Methods! This is my first admit of the season. 

Also, just to make sure I'm not missing out on any details here. The acceptance claimed in the forum for NYU is an informal one, correct? Just knowing whether we can have any hopes still 

I think they said it above that they got admitted to NYU! Something to celebrate!
 

I was rejected from UCSD and UT Austin but got admitted to NYU today!
 
I hope we will all have days to celebrate! 

I know I'm a little behind, but claiming Princeton acceptance with Political Theory subfield! Came as an email. Cannot believe it!

I think they said it above that they got admitted to NYU! Something to celebrate!
 

I think they said it above that they got admitted to NYU! Something to celebrate!
 

I just got the email. In at Princeton as well!! I’m in shock really! 

I'm in at Princeton - just received an email

Not a PhD acceptance, but I got into a pretty prestigious Masters program at LSE this morning!! I just wanted to share for the sake of spreading positive vibes. I applied in early November, so the wait has been rough. But it was, oh so, worth it! Fingers crossed for other applications rolling in. We got this, y'all!