thirdoneisthewinner
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thirdoneisthewinner got a reaction from Vegmomosaurus in PhD in Sociology 2025
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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thirdoneisthewinner got a reaction from bigafrodacademic in Fall 2024 Sociology Applications
They usually don't
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thirdoneisthewinner got a reaction from mediokra in Fall 2024 Sociology Applications
I know it's hard. But I'd say wait. You will know sooner or later.
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thirdoneisthewinner got a reaction from Lizesmore in What if all programs I applied to reject me? How to deal with the anxiety waiting for the results?
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 Penn
T1: 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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thirdoneisthewinner got a reaction from mole224 in What if all programs I applied to reject me? How to deal with the anxiety waiting for the results?
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 Penn
T1: 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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thirdoneisthewinner reacted to sugarplz in 2023 Fall Sociology Applications - Support, Advice, Results, Etc
Just saw a Johns Hopkins "waitlisted" status update. Wonder when and how did you hear the news. Thanks!