kaze_ng

Still waiting for Rutgers... Did anyone else get accepted/waitlisted?

Same here, still no decision on portal nor email.

Is the method/quant training there good?

Oh, I see. Good luck next cycle!

Did you apply to other schools or just NW this cycle?

From my observation, gradcafe is pretty much skewed towards US graduate programs. My guess is that not a lot of people know about UK schools save for big names like LSE and Oxbridge. I could be very, very wrong, though. Here in the US, I have heard of Warwick and Edinburgh. I'm not very farmiliar with the other schools on your list, unfortunately. Warwick is particularly strong in economics, but I'm not sure if there is any spillover effect from their econ department to their politics department in terms of methodology training. Edinburgh is very prestigious, so having a degree from there is generally a good thing. I'm not sure if you're getting an MSc, MRes, or MPhil (frankly I don't know too much about the differences between those degrees), but my take would be to go with the most prestigious school that you get in. So for now, Exeter seems to be the better choice. Regarding the PhD, it depends on what country you wanna get yours from. Is it the US or the UK? If it's the US, I would PERSONALLY say it doesn't really matter where you got your master's. People from no-name schools get into top US PhD programs all the time. For the UK, reputation plays a bigger role, though. For your career, the big name will give you an advantage (assuming all ese equal).

Rutgers anyone?

Hey guys, So I'm just curious about what you guys think about FSU's poli sci department? I tried to look for information about the department on PSR, but that place is not, uh, very nice. So if you can let me know what are your thoughts about the program, that would be great!

Just received the rejection from PSU via email. Not what I was hoping for but I expected that. Good luck on your part!

No, I sent them an email asking about that but so far have heard nothing. I'm convinced that I'm rejected, but a part of me still hope that I'm waitlisted. PSU is my top choice this cycle, so I still kinda cling onto them. I just want them to reject me already so I can commit to other schools that accepted me.

Does anyone know if Penn State also keeps applicants in waitlist limbo as well? I'm still waiting for them to give me a decision so I can end the misery.

What are some programs outside the top 25 that have decent to good placements that you guys can think of?

May I ask what school was it for the interview? Was it Penn State by any chance? I'm still waiting for a decision from them. Saw some PSU rejection posts on the result page today and it's making me anxious.

For those who are still waiting for Pittsburgh, this is the message I just received: "Thank you for your application and your interest in the University of Pittsburgh's Department of Political Science. The committee has completed its review of applications and we regret to inform you that your name is not among those on the list of admitted or waitlisted applicants. We wish you success in your future academic and professional pursuits. To provide some context, we received 98 applications and expect to admit a cohort of 8 students for Fall 2020. Thank you again, and please let me know if you have any questions or concerns." Finally, some closure.

Oh, I see. Thank you for letting me know. Hopefully I'll hear something from UCR by the end of this week.