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Dear all, I'm thrilled to share with you that I've been accepted to CU Boulder! Thank you all immensely for your unwavering support throughout this time. I wish you the best, and perhaps our paths will cross someday. Take care. GO BUFFS! 🖤

Congratulations!!!

Dear all, I trust you're having a good and productive week. Since the deadline is here, I want to gently remind you to formally decline any offers from schools you won't be attending (if you are reading this before April 15th at 11:59 pm). Finally, I want to extend my heartfelt wishes for success to each of you, no matter where your journey takes you. Personally, I'm hopeful that this will be my last admission cycle. Regardless of the outcome, sharing this experience with you all has been a pleasure. G-d bless. 💚

Not to be rude, but we are still focused on our own prospects for this admission season. Furthermore, we do not serve on any school's admissions committees, therefore, we cannot provide you with the detailed insight you are looking for. We've been supporting one another for months on this thread, and I can tell you that folks with better credentials than you have been rejected everywhere and vice versa, so you won't receive the straightforward answer you desire. That being said, given my personal experience with two admissions cycles, I can tell you that the most important thing Departments look for is a good match between your research interests, the Department's own interests, and the faculty's capacity to advise you. Best of luck.

To the best of my understanding, waitlist candidates may continue to get offers after April 15, although this is subject to the regulations of each university and department. Thus, in a technical sense, it is possible; in what way is it possible? It is possible within highly narrow margins. For example, the university that waitlisted me hinted that everything shut on April 15. So, the quick response is "yes," but it can differ.

Dear everyone. I apologize for bringing this up again. But the deadline is approaching, and I've been on the waitlist for about a month. I would appreciate your prompt refusal if you have a better offer. Thank you once again. 🤗💚

I wish you all a nice week and hope we all have good news in the next few days. I'll put this here again, just as a reminder. Thanks.

I would guess so. For instance, they might have a ranked waitlist, and those people probably are in the top places on the aforementioned ranked list. But, again, I'm just guessing.

As you mentioned, it depends on multiple factors. Still, according to my own experience on a previous cycle, the two main factors are (1) the number of people who decline their offers on time and (2) how populated the waitlist is. In my experience, the timing of when offers are declined can significantly impact movement on the waitlist. The first point was debated here in late January; however, a few years ago, a university waitlisted me, and I was in touch with one of the people admitted to my subfield. This person declined his offer on Wednesday, and then I was offered a place on Thursday. I want to underscore that this OBVIOUSLY is not the same procedure at every school; I'm just sharing my experience. It's important to keep in mind that waitlist movement can vary greatly depending on the institution and its specific policies. Additionally, factors such as program size and applicant pool can also play a significant role in how quickly spots open up for waitlisted candidates. On the second point, if the waitlist is short, you are likely to be admitted. However, if the waitlist is long and highly competitive, your chances of being admitted may be lower. It's always a good idea to stay in contact with the admissions office and express continued interest in the program.

Claiming Syracuse rejection. It feels like mid February. 🫠

from the Graduate Administrator

Thanks, man. At this point I'm just waiting for Colorado 🤞

Calming Pitt rejection. They didn't even type my name in the letter, they wrote "dear applicant" 😭💀

Does anyone have any idea (or a theory) on what is going on with Rutgers and Pitt?

Congratulations!

I believe you, and I also believe Georgetown. I just find it weird and interesting that we really don't know how anything works, lol.

I just remember that, like a month ago or so, someone said that they only admitted two people for Comparative Politics this season, and in retrospect, it was rather weird considering this new information. However, on the other hand, Georgetown historically has retained the rejections till late March. At this point who tf knows. I just want to get admitted and this cycle to be over. 🫠

Whaaaaaaaat?!

Whoever got "informally" waitlisted by Rutgers, do you mind elaborating, please?

nothing here, also waiting

You are the GOAT 🐐 Good luck on everything you do.

If they only informed you that you were accepted, they will send you an official offer/contract later, and the funding should be there. But also you could ask.

this is the Political Science forum

Dear everyone, I don't want to be that person (again), lol, but please, please, please, please, if you consider that you have a better option or if you already decided that you won't attend CU Boulder and have not notified the department, please do it. I'm frustrated that one of my top choices is the only school that did not reject me. Still, I also hate being in this position of begging after all this long and winding road of preparing to apply, applying, and getting rejection after rejection. I wish you all the luck, and thank you in advance.

To my understanding, it is exactly the same. And, to be completely honest, it was a bit of a tedious thing to decipher this in order to decide whether to apply or not (I was rejected by all three, by the way, lmao).