ovejal

My experience on this was mixed. A couple schools matched them before I submitted, but most matched them after I submitted. If you are concerned, you could email the school's admissions folks. I had a couple schools that did not verify that my scores had been linked to my application for a week or so after submission, but once I emailed them they were matched by the next day. I will note that I applied to both NW and Cornell and did not have this problem with those particular schools.

I took a course last year that aligns fairly well with your interests, and the professor was an anthropologist (who conducted ethnographic research) who is actually employed by my school's sociology department. It seems like both of those might be a good fit for what you're looking for, although there are certainly political scientists who are ethnographers and study political culture. I agree with the commenter above that you should look at specific faculty to get a sense of different departments.

Bummer, I had already sent in my application there. I got a call from a faculty member this morning who confirmed the university will refund application fees for those who have already submitted.

Hey everybody! I hope everyone is hanging in there during such uncertain times. I was bummed to hear today that UNC is not accepting applications (especially since I've already submitted mine), but otherwise I am all set and just waiting for two of my recommenders to send their letters in in the next couple days. Good luck everyone!

GWU just sent out an email to those with open applications. Text pasted below since I don't see it on their website yet: Dear ovejal: Thank you for your interest in the Ph.D. program in Political Science. Unfortunately, we regret to inform you that the program will not be accepting Ph.D. applicants for the 2021-22 academic year. We anticipate that the application for the program for Fall 2022 admission will become available in late Spring or early summer of 2021. We apologize for any inconvenience and wish you well in your educational pursuits. Kind Regards, Office of Graduate Studies Columbian College of Arts and Sciences

Interested in studying international determinants of democratization with a regional focus in Africa. Planning to apply a wide variety of places: Wisconsin, Berkeley, UNC, Cornell, Columbia, Harvard, Emory, Chicago, Ohio State, UCSD, Stanford, and probably a few more. Any input/guidance would be greatly appreciated! Type of Undergrad Institution: large, Big Ten, R1 state school with well-regarded political science department Major(s)/Minor(s): International Relations and Economics with minor in African Studies Undergrad GPA: 4.0/4.0 GRE: 169 V/161 Q/4.5 W Languages: Swahili. I received the US Dept. of Ed's Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship to study for 6 weeks in Tanzania and also to support my language/Africa-related coursework on campus. Publications: Expecting to have a working paper published at a well-known dataset publisher. I've presented this paper at a couple regional conferences. I've also published a class paper on E-IR and may get one more published. LOR: Two letters from Africanists at my university, both of whom I have worked for and with. Third letter will come from my honors thesis advisor. SoP: not yet written Unpublished Research Experience: Been a research assistant on a variety of projects relevant to my area of interest. I've received grants from my university to fund this research. I'll also be writing an honors thesis. Quant Experience: Econ coursework including basic calc, stats, and econometrics. I've also learned some basic R and Stata. Thank you!