rlayla

A lot of schools have policies that they can`t make an offer to a student unless they can pay for them. Uchicago, where I went to undergrad, is like this. My old prof told me that in her department (in the Humanities) they can only make 9 offers as opposed to 30 they did last year because the amount of funding they had was lower. So accepting students without funding is not an option, and the acceptance rate will go down.

All this waiting is driving me f-ing crazy. I thought I could be nice and patient, but no such luck. I can't beleive we have another month to go.

I turned in my applications in early November, so all this waiting really sucks. I'm super scared I'm going to strike out. Getting a job in this economy? Doesn't sound fun.

Howdy: Here are my stats: Undergrad, top 10 private, political science and near eastern studies GPA: 3.82, major: 3.9 GRE: q800, v710, awa 5.5 PhD political science field: comparative, middle east applying to: Ohio State MIT Harvard U Michigan Princeton Yale Stanford Berkeley Columbia Yes, I know I have no backups. I'm praying.

I'm applying for Fall '09: Undergrad: University of Chicago, B.A. with honors, Political Science GPA: 3.82, major gpa: 3.89 GRE: 710v/800q, AWA TBD Phi Beta Kappa, several grants and fellowships A few publications Took a year off after undergrad to do research for an NGO