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Oh nice, which subfield?

Seeing what looks like a Berkeley interview on the results page — can anyone confirm?

i saw a Duke interview on the results page — has anyone else gotten interviews?

Did anyone else apply to MIT? My test scores are still now showing up on the application portal, even though I sent them months ago and applied on December 14.

Does anyone know how strict schools are with writing sample page lengths? I have cut mine to about 33 pages, and while some schools I reached out to said that you can be a bit over the page count -- and that it is more of a suggestion -- but I don't want to come off as not knowing how to read instructions. It's just gonna be crazy hard to get this sample down to 20 pages unless I really mess with the spacing lol.

Is anyone open to starting a WhatsApp group (or just like chatting with me on WhatsApp lol) to commiserate + talk about the process? I’m going a bit crazy, and maybe talking with people could help me go less crazy. Let me know.

eeeeeek good luck to everyone applying to Columbia!

I'm applying for a political science PhD. I took the GRE multiple times, and my last score was quite a bit better than my first. I sent my official score reports for this second test administration right away. However, one school (to which I already submitted my good scores) says "you must upload a scanned copy of your score report" (see screenshot below). It also asks you to "please enter the scores from each exam separately." I don't really want to upload my PDF score report, nor do I really want to enter all my scores. Not only would I reveal my previous (worse) score, but I'd also reveal the other schools I'm applying to. But I also want to follow the rules and not be rejected outright. https://preview.redd.it/do-i-really-have-to-submit-unofficial-gre-score-reports-if-v0-2tojo9w47kyd1.png?width=2034&format=png&auto=webp&s=f7b752df67864f5b767f1dc279f78dbc68a17946 In addition, ETS has already said that the report date for my most recent test was 10/22, suggesting that the school already received my scores. Does anyone have advice here? I don't want to show my worse results and reveal where else I am applying. But cropping the score report to just show my most recent score feels a bit shady. Alternatively...if I must submit all my scores, does anyone think it will negatively impact my application?

Most of the schools I'm applying to specify that the writing sample should be less than X words, exclusive of references, figures, and tables. Some schools (like Columbia), however, simply say that it should be "no longer than 30 pages." Should I assume that they're implying that this is 30 pages of writing, but that the file can be longer since there are figures and references?