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    Yeah, three is already a ton of work and stress. Best of luck with your decision! Edited b/c I just saw your signature: I also have a JD! You think that would help.... I do wonder if they see lower JD GPAs and don't understand law school curves, though, since it seems like grad school grades are super inflated.
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    Thanks! I'm more than a decade out from undergrad and am surprised how much that seemed to affect things. And agreed--very happy that for whatever reason a higher ranked school decided I was a good fit!
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    My Penn rejection ends this cycle for me. What a bizarre experience--11 schools, only 1 acceptance, and not even a waitlist at any of the others. I'm a nontraditional candidate but was not expecting this...thank goodness for Duke!
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    Yale rejection for me too. Really disappointed, not sure what would've improved my application. (Another poster mentioned bias against older applicants--I only have my own anecdotal experience, but I'm wondering if that's part of what's going on for me. My stats are excellent and I have solid recs from 3 tenured profs, but I've been out of school for more than a decade. Otoh, who knows, and I'm sure my statement of purpose could've been better as I didn't get edits from any poli sci profs or graduate students.) I'm happy with Duke and it's looking like that's going to be my one admit, but this whole process has felt very defeating.
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    Yeah, hopefully it was a generous estimate (for them, not us!) and it's actually in the next week or so...
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    @phduntome This was the last update from the department.
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    Just got my rejection. Very expected at this point -- was initially disappointing, but honestly I'm glad I don't have to worry about dealing with Bay Area cost of living on a grad student stipend! (At least, that's what I'm telling myself right now.)
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    @LM2022 I'm a theorist, so JHU is actually slightly higher ranked than Duke. I'd likely choose Duke over JHU even if I got into both (which is looking unlikely!) for a few reasons, but I'd still happily talk to faculty and grad students at JHU. That being said, I take your point, and I think a lot of this for me is just psychological--I want to know where I'm in or not, and I also want to get into more than 1 program (not true yet) so that I at least feel like I have options, even if I already know where I'd rather go. That isn't totally rational, but it's definitely how I'm feeling! (Plus I am very anxious about Yale, which is my true top choice, and feel like getting all these rejections is a bad sign--also not necessarily rational!)
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    I'm still waiting for JHU and Northwestern. I'm assuming a rejection from Northwestern but not JHU (yet). There have only been 2 JHU posts on the results page, and there are usually more acceptances than that each year (2021 was an exception but that may have been a pandemic thing). So I'm holding out hope they're going by subfield and not all the acceptances are out yet. That may be wishful thinking, though.
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    QQ: if you're invited to an in-person open house by a school where you're admitted and they don't mention reimbursements for travel costs, do you assume that you're paying for your own travel? (Obviously happy to contact the department but I figured this might be one of those things that other people just know and I don't!)
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    Yep, mine too. It's much prettier now, but still no decision--agree that the timing is weird!
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    I have a little hope since no one on this thread seems to have heard...on the other hand, in past years there have been only one or two acceptances posted on the Results page, so maybe one this year is it. I'm assuming a rejection and will be happily surprised if it ends up going another way!
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    Princeton rejection for me as well. It was not a good fit, but I'm still feeling all of these rejections--trying to remind myself it's not a measure of personal worth!
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    Yeah, seems like a legit JSP acceptance. Best of luck to the rest of us in the next few days!
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    Me too!
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    Just saw an admittance on the results page. Was that you, @Anton1996? If so, congrats! How did you hear? I haven't heard anything yet, and my portal looks the same.
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    I've lived in Hyde Park for many years and it's very safe. Feel free to message me if you want more info!
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    This may be (very) wishful thinking, but I'm wondering if Duke's theory decisions are coming later. None of the people posting results was a theorist, and last year Duke seems to have released acceptances in two waves: one round on 1/30 and one on 2/8. I also remember that one of the other applicants mentioned interviewing on 1/14, which was substantially earlier than the theory interviews. So I'm really hoping they just haven't released theory results yet! ?? for both of us!
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    Jumping on this thread too--I applied to the Law & Political Science field. Hoping for decisions this week or next! (@Anton1996 based on this and your comments in the Poli Sci forum I'd say we have similar interests!)
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    Chicago also has a Masters in Computational Social Science that's data and stats focused: https://macss.uchicago.edu/. 2 years though.
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    Is anyone who has heard from Duke a theorist? I'm holding out the tiniest sliver of hope that they haven't sent theory acceptances yet...
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    Anyone willing to claim the UChicago admit on the results page? Seems early for them! How did you hear?
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    I would definitely reach out to the administrative contact on your PhD applications and let them know. It's unlikely to hurt your chances (I don't know for sure, but seems like they wouldn't care?), but it's possible there are administrative things that they will need to do differently because you're not doing the JD. (Like they probably forwarded their decision to the law school rather than the grad school which might hold up/confuse when or whether you get your results.)
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    I think I’ll email tomorrow if there’s still no update. They said end of February!
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