balderdash

Hey, congratulations. If I remember correctly, you've had a topsy turvy couple of years with apps, no? So it must be a relief to have such a breakthrough!

When I was applying to my masters programs last year, I got one that essentially said I should be proud for even having submitted the app. I couldn't believe they allowed that much condescension into the reject letter.

Oh, snap.

Congratulations, but my word - you must've spent a fortune applying! I suppose it's worth it now that you're accepted, though.

Lucky Jim, Kingsley Amis. Still the best novel about someone falling out of love with academia. And it's hilarious.

Actually, I'd like to know this even (if the dude isn't genuine), if you wouldn't mind PMing me. Did they also say the total number of acceptances? I agree, but I don't think it necessarily meant they had all already been sent out. I think the conversation probably went, "You're waitlisted, which means we've made some initial acceptances and you may have a shot after we get our responses back." That doesn't necessarily mean that everyone had been contacted, however. Or am I just hoping, haha.

F'sho. It's worse over here, because the time zone difference means that the Stanford business hours are from 5 pm - 1 am for me. So I get home from class and can do absolutely no studying before crashing at 1:30. In a sense I'm actually looking forward to a decision no matter what it is just so I can get back to work. But yes, hope springs eternal! And by the way, congratulations, Tarrou!

Check Essex, Oxford, Sussex, Cambridge, LSE, and SOAS.

Anyone want to claim the "accepted 30 Jan via phone" for Stanford? I'd normally call troll, but why troll when there are clearly legitimate acceptances out?

Sorry, but when you say "would it be applicable to general management (there's always conflict, right?)," you do mean solving civil wars in developing countries, re-establishing governance, DDR stuff, et cetera and not ending interpersonal conflicts in the workplace as a managerial skill, right?

No, definitely more trolling. Here's a simple, definitive reason why: no admissions office is sending out emails on a Saturday. Nor are they programming the emails to go out automatically over the weekend (in case anything goes wrong). It's just not happening. Also, I woke up today (in England) and saw them. That means that they'd have been posted at 5 am New York time, and since the emails were supposedly received today, the apparently the oh-so-diligent Columbia staff not only went in on the weekend but pulled an all-nighter doing so. Pft.

Well, no email from Stanford for me. Guess that's not happening, then. Also, no Columbia email for me either. The pair on the results page are a definite troll.

The simple answer is that it's guesswork. By the way, what's up with the most recent Stanford post: "preliminary offers have been made." That sounds like they're done sending them out. Any thoughts, guys?

I would think they're still sending them - why start on a random wednesday/thursday? It doesn't make sense... Perhaps there's another batch today. In any case, I know my heart rate will be jacked for the next 3 hours.

Yeah, and now another is up. Apparently a fellow resident of Europe, as it says received the 28th, which came to pass just 46 minutes ago for me here in the UK. Here's a thought: Each acceptance email need be carefully crafted, with full information about stipend, RA/TA/fellowship funding, duration, subfield, et cetera. So if they're going through a list, that might explain why it's taking a few days. And I don't know about you, but my last name starts with a letter near the bottom. So perhaps it is just yet to come? Or does any admitted Stanford student with the last name Zonko want to correct me? Alternatively, it could be organized by subfield, in which case mine (IR) would come after AP and CP. But again, are there any IR/PT admits who want to throw this out the window?

...Well the most recent Stanford acceptance seems to confirm this. Call followed by an email the next day. Do you think they're going to continue emailing next week? Because I have a feeling that any of us who don't get a congratulatory email by tomorrow at 5 (Pacific time) won't be getting one at all...

MPhil is Oxbridge lingo for MA. It's the same degree. (They don't call it that because historically, if you get a BA from Oxford or Cambridge, you're entitled to take your MA 6 years later, without any extra studying. Thus, an entry level master's such as the MPhil needs to be differentiated at these institutions.)

Nah, I wouldn't worry even if it were IR. If you got in, I'm sure you deserve it. By the way, to everyone: whoever posted that bit on the results page was not me. But it does look like I now have competition...

Take it with a grain of salt, but it's likely to mean that a decision has been made and your application is going to committee to be confirmed (as either an acceptance or rejection). Usually these committees just make sure the balance between various subfields, genders, regions, backgrounds, et cetera is what they want it to be or they allocate funding. It still could be a while before you get the decision, as committees only meet every so often (if I had to guess, once a week during this time of year). Or you could get it today. Who knows. I'm just guessing based on what I've heard.

That's great to hear. Stanford is one of my top choices - lots of Africanists/IR/ethnicity people there - so I'm particularly worried about this one. Congratulations on being accepted!

Another Stanford acceptance from yesterday is up, and a Davis rejection. Any takers?

Someone asked you earlier. You gave a dismissive reply about how you were familiar enough with the topic. Any reasonable person with a JD would've just said they have a JD. So either you're unreasonable or you don't have a JD. And as much as I dislike the way you've gone on with this whole affair, I like to believe the best about people, so I'm going with the latter.

You're seriously going to dispute the JD curriculum with a dude who has a JD when you don't?

Just goes to show, you can't argue with facts.