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Hi guys, first time posting and currently preparing applications for 2011. I am a Canadian and am looking mainly at programs in Europe - I would love some opinions, especially if you have attended any of these schools or are familiar with the programs. Here's my list thus far:
Aalborg University
MSc Development & International Relations (*Global Refugee Studies Specialization*)
ISS Erasmus University & Central European University
MA Development & MA Public Policy - Mundus MAPP Program
University of East Anglia
MA International Relations & Development Studies
University of Edinburgh
MSc International Development
Roehampton University
MA Human Rights & International Relations
University of Leeds
MA Global Development
Swansea University
MSc in Development & Human Rights or MSc Migration & International Development
Thanks in advance for your help! Cost is definitely a factor being that I'm an international student - which I'm sure you can tell from the list. Cheers
Check Essex, Oxford, Sussex, Cambridge, LSE, and SOAS.
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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?
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While researching MPA programs, I came across a program in Conflict Resolution/Negotiation/Peace Building. I thought it was really interesting, but I don't know much about getting an MA in Conflict Resolution. Any thoughts? Would it be applicable to general management (there's always conflict, right?)? How are these degrees viewed by employers? Thanks.
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?
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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.
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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.
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I am really new to this, so please forgive an ignorant question -- but how will we know if a certain school is done? Are we just guessing? I applied to both Stanford and UNC... should I just give up hope on those two right now?
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?
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Any more Stanford offers go out today? Wondering if they're finished already.
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.
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That's my gut feeling as well but, truth be told, we're all just guessing.
I seriously have spent the last few hours at my computer staring at my email account. I got a spam email from "Norwich University" (what the heck?) but when it came in, I could only see the "University" in the heading. For about .4 seconds, I was ecstatic and thought it was from Stanford. Aye.
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?
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There's no way they are done...I mean, I know not everyone who Stanford will accept is on this website and will report it, but since they said they wouldn't tell us until the first week in February I can only assume that some people are getting "courtesy calls" from certain professors. These aren't the official letters, but calls letting certain people know they got in.
...I hope...
...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...
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Yes, maybe I should have been more specific, although I did write M.A.. I know that when it comes to Medieval Studies, both York and Leeds have dissertations/theses in one form or other. The Oxford M.St. I have no real knowledge about to be honest.
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.)
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Thanks! All I really feel comfortable saying about my background is that my field is American, so if anything I'm not taking a spot from you
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...
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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.
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I haven't posted in the results section yet, but I also received a call yesterday evening around 7:30 eastern time from a professor I had mentioned in my personal statement letting me know that I had been accepted to Stanford. I didn't get an email though and he said I should get one soon with more info. Good luck to everyone! I didn't get the impression that everyone was going to be called at once, so I'm sure there are still more to come
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!
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Another Stanford acceptance from yesterday is up, and a Davis rejection.
Any takers?
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And you verified our credentials or background how?
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.
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When you make arguments disputing the substance of legal courses, I simply point to the course description, and since you dispute even the description, I know you have never been near a law course. You asked me to show you a course out of the Havard Law catalog, and I did just that.
There are many, many more courses which a JD draws upon, even courses which you deem solely as 'practical' courses. Law school, since you apparently didn't know, is both about substantive and procedural education, and that is how I distinguish the courses. In terms of teaching political science, many JDs have more than adequate substantive preparation to teach political science courses, as I've shown with even the links, you provided.
You're seriously going to dispute the JD curriculum with a dude who has a JD when you don't?
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Blew. My. Mind.
Just goes to show, you can't argue with facts.
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I posted the Stanford acceptance, and, yes, it is real. Good luck to all of you!
Hey, congrats! If you don't mind, could you give us a glimpse of your background/research interests/etc? Sorry if it's too nosy, I'm just curious.
And yeah Tufnel, taking the drama out is certainly right.
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For an M.A., I would not contact the professors until I had decided on what university I wanted to attend.
However, the M.A. in the UK usually includes a dissertation/thesis which is written during the last six months of the degree (after two semesters). The dissertation often counts towards 60-70% of your final mark. Most schools would make students choose their topic during the start of the second semester but in my experience it is a great advantage if you start a good few months earlier. It might even be good to start thinking about it now. If you do a thourough read-up on the subject and identify a problem, most professors/future supervisors would be very happy to help you early on. This also means that when the rest of the class chooses their topics, you do not have to fight over attention.
Just my 2 pence..
I wouldn't be so black-and-white about it - it depends on the school and the field. A lot of people in my College don't have them, my MPhil doesn't, and my friends at Oxford are about 50-50 on having a dissertation (we're pretty much all in the social sciences).
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Looks like somebody posted a Stanford acceptance... Damn. Here comes the profuse sweating
.Yeah, that's what I was thinking...
Though before I get too nervous, does anyone want to claim it?
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Just to clarify, did you mean to confirm the posted acceptance was real, or just to note that such an acceptance was posted?
Also, he posted that before the UIUC acceptance went up on the results page.
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Haha thanks dudes. It's been planned for about 8 months now, so I'm doubly anxious for admissions results. As soon as I know where I'm going, I'll pop the question.
It's funny, because she's been telling me off for being so anxious... little does she know...
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Once I know where I'm going, I'm proposing to my girlfriend.
(Seriously.)
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Political Science - Fall 2011 Cycle
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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!