thirdoneisthewinner
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As far as I know, the only U.S. university that requires a Master's in Sociology to apply for a PhD is The New School. For the universities, I'd recommend you do at least 3 things: 1) check professors' profiles and look where they work; 2) check rankings (such as U.S. news or Q.S.); 3) see the strengths of each department rather than the individual. Is very, very unlikely that they will admit you if you only want to work with 1 professor, in the U.S. the admission is departamental rather than individual. That being said, admissions processes are weird, discretional, and somewhat random to most people, and this is definitely true for non-U.S. applicants.
The papers count, although, as you said, they weigh less than a Journal Published in a U.S. journal. You submit as a writing sample the best piece of paper that you have and, if you have time, make it readable to U.S. scholars: The U.S. sociology academic is totally U.S.-centric
Good luck!
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8 hours ago, hgemini said:
Its the same with Pitt right now. I think Columbia just started sending theirs out.
Honestly, I am assuming that because this is technically the COVID year (undergrads graduating 2024 started college in 2020), there is an influx of apps as compared to previous years. I might be just dead wrong, but it has helped my anxiety at least, lol
I know about two top 10 schools; they had more applicants than last year, although not radically more.
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7 hours ago, ayitao said:
One Berkeley acceptance on GradCafe with GRE scores being 143 and 157. I know they aren't asking for GRE any more but could this be fake?
Probably real.
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44 minutes ago, ayitao said:
I feel every other Soc department is moving faster this year while Berkeley is taking longer... such an agonising wait
I can't blame them; probably, the applications doubled (or more) since the GRE requirement is now optional.
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4 minutes ago, bigafrodacademic said:
hey everyone! I applied to lowkey a lot of schools lol so no good listing them all lol, but I heard back from Stanford, UChicago, UNC, and UCLA. Does anyone know if UC Berkeley does interviews / interviews all accepted applicants?
They usually don't
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12 hours ago, mediokra said:
Okay, not to harp on this… but it seems like Stanford sent out their acceptances a week ago and rejections yesterday/today. From previous years, they seem to do everything in these two batches.
With that said, I still only have “Submitted” as my status in the portal. Does anyone have insight to what that means? Should I reach out to the department or just keep waiting?
I know it's hard. But I'd say wait. You will know sooner or later.
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If rejected, the best option for international students outside Europe (mainly the U.K.) is to enroll in an M.A. This situation is super sad, but it is just the reality for us internationals. Unlike European academia, U.S. academia is particularly focused on itself and networked in the U.S.
On the other hand, I do agree somewhat that your list is top tier, but not tier 0. Immo:
T0: UW-Madison, Michigan, UCLA, Yale, Columbia, and PennT1: JHU, Brown, Northwestern, and maybe UCSD or UCI.
Also, the universities you have applied to haven't said anything yet.
Best of luck!!
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Hi fellas,
I created this legendary topic in this forum. I did it because I noticed some changes regarding GRE.First, is that UC Berkeley is changing from required to optional. Second, UW-Madison is totally dropping the GRE requirement. Third, UT-Austin went from optional to required quant and verbal scores (Writing will not be reviewed, they claim).
If you have any further information, please don't hesitate to post it here.
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10 hours ago, michigan girl said:
Is anyone still waiting to hear back from Ph.D. programs?
I have radio silence on my end with no updates on my remaining applications.
I am still waiting for JHU. However, I am just waiting for them to send me a rejection, similar to what I did with UCSB.
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I haven't been rejected, waitlisted, or accepted to JHU. I'm losing my mind. Just reject me already. Is anyone in the same position?
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5 minutes ago, Jsmom said:
Hi, I'm sorry to have to share it like this but I personally don't like to be kept in the dark myself, so: I got accepted around mid-February. They accepted 10 students out of 200 apps. I do not know anything about the WL, though. I am considering the offer but if I decide I can't take it I will notify them immediately.
Hey! No worries! Thank you for the insight. Do you mind if I ask you about your research interests?
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Has anybody heard about JHU?
PhD in Sociology 2025
in Sociology Forum
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I mean, if you want to say working in the U.S., and particularly in t-30 universities, ranks sadly matter. Of course, there's always the chance that you will be one of the people who don't come from t20 and have a job there. My advice is to apply as many as you can, that's the strategy for international students.
Re on the article: It depends on the journal. If the article is indexed in WoS, well known, and you are the sole author, then surely send it! I will make a difference.