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22 minutes ago, iamlia said:
Hey! Hope everyone gets good news this week!
Someone asked on here a some time ago about the joint social policy program at Harvard but I can't find the message. Did anyone hear from them?
I had asked about it quite a while ago! I applied but have yet to hear back.
The results page for past applicants seems super limited, so I don't have a clue when to expect to hear anything
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11 minutes ago, cbsag123 said:
has anyone gotten formal rejections from UCLA and/or NYU yet? aka is there still hope?
I haven't gotten a formal NYU rejection, but I'm not holding my breath for good news
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4 minutes ago, smug-face said:
N=1 but I cannot recommend Magoosh enough. I was plateauing around the mid-160s (quant) and after a couple months of Magoosh videos and exercises I nailed a perfect score! The exercises are actually a bit more difficult than the real thing, which I think is good since it gave me a cushion (particularly in terms of time management).
Did you mostly just use it for Quant? I just looked at the prices and it seems way more affordable than any other option I've seen.
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17 minutes ago, icemanyeo said:
Speaking of the GRE, does anyone have any resources they recommend for studying? I already have a practice test book that I work on, but I'm wondering if there's more (like online classes). I'm pretty much out of the running everywhere pending Yale, so now I'm turning to a 2nd master's as well!
I am in a pretty similar boat and am debating if I should try to retake it as well. Not sure where you're looking to improve, but here are some things that helped me.
The that helped me by far the most was an online Princeton Review class (like all things standardized test related, it was a bit pricey).The teacher was wonderful, and having the class helped me hold myself accountable to actually studying. Beyond the class content itself (which varied in how helpful I found it) the class provided me with a lot of practice drills, tests etc. The class definitely helped me a lot, I ended up getting a 164V, 160Q and 6 AW, which going into this cycle I had thought was good enough but apparently not!
Beyond that, I did a TON of flashcards for verbal. I got both of the sets of 500 high frequency cards from Manhattan Test Prep (they were maybe like $20 on Amazon or something) and those were a big help for me on the verbal section. But most people on here are likely to already know at least 2/3 of the words in their "starter" set, so might not be as worth the investment.
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Is it probably still too early to hear from Yale this week?
Wondering if I should try to take a break from email refreshing and actually be productive!
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Presuming I am not admitted this cycle, I'm thinking about a few things that I've seen people on here mention.
As painful as it sounds, I'm debating retaking the GRE. I have what I thought were pretty decent scores (164V, 160Q, 6.0AW), but the scores I am seeing people posting on the results page are often far better than mine.
I've been having the same experience I've seen a lot of people having of the difficulty of finding really any opportunities to get some more concrete research experience, but that's probably another thing I would try to find a way to do.
I also didn't reach out to and POI's this cycle because I was too nervous, but it seems like most the people having luck this year were in touch with them.
Then obviously my SOP and writing sample can always be better. I might try to write a sample from scratch if I can muster the motivation (or more like avoiding the GRE).
Also would love to stay in touch with people after the cycle is over since the forum will die down a bit. The community here has really made the whole process feel a bit less overwhelming.
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6 minutes ago, Habermas said:
Also as an honorable mention: Yale is a quant powerhouse but lets you major in qualitative methods.
Yale is by far my top choice, but I'm not overly optimistic about my chances.
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Just now, BunniesInSpace said:
Yeah...Chicago is like the least militantly quantitative department out of like the top 20. Part of why one observes strange outcomes from Chicago (such as the aforementioned very frequent 7 or 8 years to graduate) is because there are so many qualitative people (especially theorists).
Beyond Chicago, what other programs would you say are on the less quantitative side?
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Is it probably safe to say that not hearing from NYU by now is a reject?
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Did anyone here happen to also apply to the Social Policy PhD joint degree program at Harvard?
I applied as a total crap shoot, but it seems like such a cool program I figured why not.
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Just now, cbsag123 said:
I'm feeling the same way. Applied to 12 programs and have only gotten rejections so far (and a lot of not hearing anything while others received acceptances so that's that).
Currently wondering if it'd make sense to apply next year given how crazy this cycle was, or if it makes more sense to maybe wait two years given that a lot of people who didn't get in this year might apply next year and thus drive up applications again. This is all speculation though -- do others feel similarly? Are you planning on reapplying next year? The year after?
That's a good point, I honestly hadn't thought of the potential for the number of applications to be super high again next year as a result of this cycle.
I'm really unsure what to do in the meantime regardless of if I apply again to try to improve my chances. I've been trying to find research assistant type gigs with very little success
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Just now, loiewo said:
Does anyone not have the possibility to apply next year? If so, what’s your backup? For me it’s this year or never and I’m striking out
I would love to reapply next year, but not sure if that will be feasible. As far as backup plans or even what to do in the meantime if I were to reapply, I haven't really gotten that far!
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Congrats to everyone who has received good news so far!
I have to admit, I'm losing hope on my chances of getting any acceptances. If that's the case I'll certainly be bummed, but I'm just trying to be realistic given how difficult this cycle is.
Assuming that's the case, I definitely want to reapply next cycle and figured there must be at least a few people who might be feeling similarly.
Not sure if this is really the place for starting to talk about advice etc. for potentially reapplying, but figured since so many people are active on this thread I'd start it here. The amount of support and solidarity on this thread has been so amazing this cycle, would hate for it to fizzle out after this round is over!
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Another Princeton rejection to add to the list!
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Just now, drmantol said:
Also claiming a waitlist from Princeton. CP/methods.
Seems like a long waitlist...Did you just find out?
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Just now, jimmyb898 said:
Congrats!!!! Do we think the Princeton admits are just for AP or all subfields?
I'm CP, so I'm trying to hold out just a tiny bit of hope that it's just AP!
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Just now, plus said:
Has the ApplyWeb
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No, mine hasn't.
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Congratulations!
Does it seem like a mass email? I.e. if we haven't yet received it we aren't in?
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Anyone else here apply to NYU as well?
Think based on past timelines they should also be coming out pretty soon.
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I tried calling the graduate admissions office, but they didn't give me any additional information.
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10 minutes ago, til1996 said:
Can someone call or email Princeton? I don't have the guts!
I might be able to muster the courage. Would we call the department or the graduate school?
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I know that it's not necessarily too early for Princeton, I was just wondering there was someone on the thread who was claiming a spot since there were trolls earlier.
Probably just being overly optimistic!
2020-2021 Application Thread
in Political Science Forum
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Thank you all so much for your kind words yesterday after I got my first, and likely only acceptance! It was quite an overwhelming day so I was logged off the forum for most of the day after I got the call.
Congrats to everyone who has gotten good news in the meantime, and good luck to everyone still waiting it out! I have gotten literally only rejections until getting into my dream program, so don't lose hope!