anxiousapplicat

You may still want to try Europe! I've been seeing some positions open up in Amsterdam. Humboldt Sociology also takes in students in two separate intakes each year. But UK applications will only open up in September, I believe. Good luck to you! Hope our paths cross some time!

Hi y'all I was rejected by NYU. I really thought I had a good chance there, but it is what it is! Good luck to you all, I hope you make it to where you want to be! With this, I'm abandoning a US PhD, I'll be trying other places.

Thanks for this! I'd totally missed this session.

I was so anxious about this, I called them just now and they said results should be out in 1-2 weeks.

Sounds fascinating! We had a chapter on Chilean politics in my high school political science class, focusing especially on Allende and Pinochet, and American "foreign policy intervention"(/literal backing the coup) in Chile. I've always been interested in understanding the region's more recent developments better. Hope we make it!

My interests are broadly in political sociology, bureaucracy, welfare and social policy. I specifically want to focus on the everyday interactions between local public institutions responsible for welfare distribution at the neighbourhood level and welfare beneficiaries. What about you?

Hey I just sent in the 2 double spaced pages. It was the shortest SoP I wrote! I structured it somewhat differently from my other statements since it had to be so concise.

Thank you everyone for your kind words and advice. I really appreciate it ❤️ I will focus on publishing this year, in case I am rejected by the remaining three unis.

Thank you both so much for your detailed responses. I do have two years of relevant RA experience, but I don't have publications. That does make me worry. Although it's my understanding that American universities typically consider an Indian three year BA + two year MA as equivalent to an American four year undergraduate program. I'm not sure if that makes a difference

Hi, I've applied to four places for a PhD in Sociology, and have already been rejected by one. I thought it was the place where I had the best chance, so I'm not feeling particularly encouraged with respect to the remaining three. Can someone familiar with the US system help me figure out the weak points in my application? 1. MA Sociology degree from the top institution in India (Grade: 82%, First Class). 2. GRE: 153 Q, 167 V, 6 AWA (My Q is a weak point, but I have 2+ years of primarily quantitative research experience with very large datasets that I hope can somewhat make up for this. I also did well in my undergrad stats classes). 3. 3+ years of relevant work experience (I'm applying to specialise in political sociology). One year research consultancy with a federal government department directly relevant to my research concerns in political sociology. Additional two years of work experience with an international development research centre, which involved more governmental collaboration and really helped me refine my research interests. 4. No publications - this is potentially a weak point. 5. LoRs - currently all Indian professors (from my MA program). PIs from my workplace are based in the US but they are not sociologists, so I did not request them for letters in this round of applications. I'm a little bit lost as to what my next steps should be. Is my profile currently competitive enough to apply to T20 in the US? Should I do additional coursework (like a MPhil or MRes degree), just apply to more places, or try to get things published? Feeling lost and dejected, will appreciate any advice.

I just got a rejection from Brown. Anyone accepted?

Anyone else here that has not yet received a single result? I submitted four applications, and status for all four is still "submitted" (not even "under review", yet).

I'm waiting to hear from NYU too, but going by historical trends it seems like they usually send out results between mid-end February.

Oh well, guess I've been rejected (no email yet )

I think you may be right about U of T, considering no notification came through yesterday!