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I just received an email from Notre Dame's the DGS inviting me to their virtual visit day. It states "This event is for finalists for our program’s 2021 cohort and will allow us to get to know you better and for you to learn more about our program and university." Was it sent to everyone?

Also rejected from Wisconsin. 1 waitlist, 1 rejection, 12 to go. Hope Emory, Berkeley and Princeton sends out the decisions this week!

I also did not hear anything back from Princeton but I do not think there would be so many trolls, we can cry together

Hi everyone. Following a waitlist decision, I received an additional e-mail from a professor in the admission committee stating that I am on the top of the waitlist and she would very much like to admit me. Do you think I will be admitted for sure or is there still a chance that I won't be? and I hope we will hear from above mentioned schools next week. Waiting is killing me

I just received a waitlist decision from Austin. This is both scary and exciting, don't know if I should be happy or sad Applied to CP as main and IR as secondary

Well, I have some bad news. I have contacted Northwestern pol sci before the application deadline and they told me that it will be an extremely competitive year for admissions since they will accept 1-2% of the applications instead of the regular 10%. So I suppose we all got rejected if they did not decide to admit more people.

Somone claims to be interviewed by Madison, has anyone heard anything? or spam?

Hey everyone. I have scored 157 on verbal (I am an international student, never studied in the US before), 165 on quant sections of GRE. I am considering not to send my scores to the schools that made it optional as my scores seem to be quite average (slightly lower on verbal and higher on quant according to the information given in respective programs' websites). What do you think? Should ı send them?

PROFILE: Type of Undergrad Institution: Top university in my country that is very well connected to US (all professors have their PhDs from top 50 departments in the US) Major(s)/Minor(s): Political Science Undergrad GPA: 3.1 (I think thisis the weakest part of my application. The reason is that I only studied for courses I liked and worked part-time throughout my undergrad. My professors told me it is not a major issue and they will touch upon that in their LORs and the grades in my university tend to be lower than the US averages) Masters GPA: 3.8 GRE: Haven't taken yet but I expect to get 169-170 in Quant and around 150-155 in Verbal Writing Sample: A paper that is currently under review in one of the top journals in political science, a part of my master thesis Letters of Recommendation: One letter from junior professor that knows me really well for whose project I am the graduate research assistant. Another letter from junior professor that knows me really well with whom I am writing a paper right now. I expect these to be really strong letters since they are my co-advisors and encourage me to apply to the top 20 programs in the US. Lastly from a very-well known professor that has listened to my paper presentation before and told me she enjoyed it very much. I took also took AA from her graduate course. I expect this recommendation to be good but weaker since she knows me less than other professors. All three have their PhDs from top 25. Research Experience: I have four solo authored papers under review in well known journals. Two papers in making. One on-going paper with 2 professors. I am also graduate assistant to a project (data-set creation, management, data-analysis, training of other coders etc.). I am also a RA (data analysis and collection) to a huge and very well known project based in one of the top universities in the US led by a very well known professor. I have experience with advanced spatial analysis as well as qualitative research. Language skills: My native language, English and German Software: R and GeoDa, also somewhat familiar with Python and NetLogo Subfield/Research Interests: My work is mostly on political violence especially civil wars, closer to comparative politics but also talks to international relations. I am applying to 11 programs in top 40. Most between 20 and 40. What do you think my chances are? is this a bad strategy? Thanks in advance.