btermite

Congratulations!
Does it seem like a mass email? I.e. if we haven't yet received it we aren't in?

I'm in at Princeton - just received an email

Anyone else here apply to NYU as well?
Think based on past timelines they should also be coming out pretty soon.

Anyone else here apply to NYU as well?
Think based on past timelines they should also be coming out pretty soon.

I might be able to muster the courage. Would we call the department or the graduate school?

I might be able to muster the courage. Would we call the department or the graduate school?

Can someone call or email Princeton? I don't have the guts!

Anyone else with that feeling of relief that you haven't gotten an email re: rejection for the day, but also a strong feeling of dread as well? Weird combination, lots of heart burn. 

Tell us more?? Admin email? 

I received nothing. Anyone else? 
 
 

I think so too.  It's not too early, but I was thinking we'd hear back on Wednesday at the earliest. Recent data shows they've release results around the 29th. And we've already had trolls for Princeton this cycle. 

Truth be told, I am becoming less optimistic as the days pass by. Both the job market and the graduate school app cycle are a bloodbath this year, so there's no reliable "backup" plan to graduate school if you aren't already employed.

@ExileOnMainSt @BrownSugar Fingers crossed, and good luck to both of you!
At least we both know what we'll be doing this evening...

@ExileOnMainSt @BrownSugar Fingers crossed, and good luck to both of you!
At least we both know what we'll be doing this evening...

I've been lurking during this cycle so far, but wanted to say hello and wish everyone good luck! Waiting for results is truly brutal

I've been lurking during this cycle so far, but wanted to say hello and wish everyone good luck! Waiting for results is truly brutal

I've been lurking during this cycle so far, but wanted to say hello and wish everyone good luck! Waiting for results is truly brutal

After searching the StudentRoom, I have found very little information on this and would be very grateful to any advice people have to offer. My apologies in advance for a slightly long-winded question, I am just eager to get this done as it is the last part of my application that I need to complete!
I am applying to an MPhil in Comparative Government at Oxford hoping to start next fall. 
You are asked to submit two writing samples with a maximum of 2,000 words each (which in itself is incredibly frustrating as I have a couple long papers I would prefer to submit in their entirety). The prompt states: “you should submit academic essays on any subject or theme within the discipline of politics, but preferably ones that relate to your proposed field of study.”
In my degree I am hoping to somewhat combine comparative politics and political theory on democracy. I have pretty strong essays in both subfields the of comparative politics/IR and political theory but am debating several things.
1) Would it be best to submit one essay on comparative, and one on political theory? My thinking is that it shows some knowledge etc. in both areas. 
2) Alternatively, should I submit two essays in comparative politics/IR since they seem to have a preference towards the specific subfield to which you are applying.
If I am better doing one from each area, I am faced with another question. The best essay I think I have ever written is on Derrida and falls within political theory. But it’s not focused on “democracy” whatsoever. I wrote it while I was a visiting student at Oxford, and am wondering if this essay be good to submit? Or am I better doing a paper more focused specifically on questions of democracy?
Thank you for any help or potential insight, or even for just making your way through this long question!

Rhodes Philadelphia notified today, but seems like nobody else here was in that region!
Got the email a bit after 4, just for reference.  

Either the group of people on here checks the thread incessantly for updates (which is totally possible, I sure have been), or there are tons of lurkers.  

Just wanted to throw this out to there- All the committees are pretty different and the committees vary year to year. But I was lucky enough to interview for both 2 years ago (clearly didn’t win either) and remember how anxious I was going into it.  
I know a ton of colleges don’t have a big fellowship office/lots of previous winners or finalists as alums. So if anyone is looking for some kind of info about how the process felt, or just hearing at least one person’s experience etc. for either, please feel free to PM me.
To everyone still waiting, good luck!
 

Thank you!
I honestly really don’t think there’s a standard “system” for how notifying is done, you never know.  
 

Either the group of people on here checks the thread incessantly for updates (which is totally possible, I sure have been), or there are tons of lurkers.  

Just wanted to throw this out to there- All the committees are pretty different and the committees vary year to year. But I was lucky enough to interview for both 2 years ago (clearly didn’t win either) and remember how anxious I was going into it.  
I know a ton of colleges don’t have a big fellowship office/lots of previous winners or finalists as alums. So if anyone is looking for some kind of info about how the process felt, or just hearing at least one person’s experience etc. for either, please feel free to PM me.
To everyone still waiting, good luck!
 

Either the group of people on here checks the thread incessantly for updates (which is totally possible, I sure have been), or there are tons of lurkers.  

Just wanted to throw this out to there- All the committees are pretty different and the committees vary year to year. But I was lucky enough to interview for both 2 years ago (clearly didn’t win either) and remember how anxious I was going into it.  
I know a ton of colleges don’t have a big fellowship office/lots of previous winners or finalists as alums. So if anyone is looking for some kind of info about how the process felt, or just hearing at least one person’s experience etc. for either, please feel free to PM me.
To everyone still waiting, good luck!
 

Nothing for my Rhodes, which is Utah. 
I guess my advisor was saying that my district always hears last though! 
Not really expecting to make it, but can’t help but hold on to a little bit of hope. 
PS: Congrats Btermite!! and thanks for the time info. 

Mine was a yes!