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Duke just sent out rejections!

If you're aiming for PhD programs in the US, I think it's generally better to do an MA program in the US. If you want to do MA in Europe, Science Po's MA program has a higher yield rate for PhD programs based on my limited impressions.
In general, I think it's really helpful to get an MA from a prestige university (such as Chicago, Michigan, UPenn, NYU) in the US before applying to PhD programs, at least this is the case for international students. It's certainly not impossible to get in without an MA as an international, but it's been very hard these days.

This is a good question. The advice I've received is that the more research experience on your application, the better. If you can still research while applying to PhD next fall, I'd say to wait. Otherwise, I'd recommend pursuing a Masters - so long as it's funded - wherever you have the best "fit."

Seems like Berkeley's Demography and Sociology & Demography has sent out acceptances?

Seems like Berkeley's Demography and Sociology & Demography has sent out acceptances?

Can anyone confirm a Duke acceptance? I'm pretty skeptical now of just about anything posted on the results board.

I didn’t, but only because they gave us a form to accept our spot on the waitlist and the email itself was p generic as well