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Should waitlisted applicants assume rejection if no further notification has been given by April 15?

Does anyone know what's going on with WUSTL/WashU? I saw that two people from CP got accepted but im not sure if all acceptances have been out yet?

Oh I see thanks! It looks like its just for CP for now? I applied to a different subfield so fingers crossed they didn't do that for all subfields

Hi, can I ask where you got this info specifically? When I went to the results section, I saw that 2 people got interviews with no additional comments (and 1 was CP).

Thanks, are waitlists also out or is that TBD?

Has anyone heard from WashU or know when decisions will be out? It seems like only one person got accepted early in Jan based on the results page, not sure if rejections have gone out or if decisions are coming out in waves.

When’s the absolute last day anyone should expect to hear back?

I got rejected from an interview via email from the professor that I wanted to work with. I already followed up saying thank you, but is it okay if I follow up again asking for more specific feedback since I'll be applying again?

Did everyone who applied to Columbia and got rejected get an email notification to be considered for their MA?

I’m still waiting on a handful of schools but I’m already prepared to apply again next year. This was my first go around as IR applicant, rejected from 10+ schools (including 1 I interviewed for). 3.72 UG GPA (poli sci major at top 30 uni), >4.0 Grad GPA (data analytics at an Ivy), 2 years as an IPE RA, TA for 2 classes taught at Ivy, now working as a data scientist for a political consulting company for a year. GRE is 162Q 160V 4.5W. American. SOP was about studying dynamics between international institutions. Not sure where I went wrong but how can I improve my application? Should I assume it was a chance thing and reapply just changing up my SOP a bit or should I do more i.e. rethink my research proposal or retake the GRE?

I also wanted to ask this ^

Has anyone heard from WashU for IR? I also know some acceptances have gone out for UNC but does anyone have insight on whether all of them have gone out?

Has anyone gotten an interview from JHU or Georgetown? I wanted to see ask what subfields were being interviewed

I'm starting to apply to poli sci PHD programs. I still have so many questions to ask and blanks to fill, but I'm starting to compile a reasonable list of programs I want to apply to so I can be motivated while I'm studying for the GRE and writing my statements. At the moment I am eyeing NYU, Columbia, Princton, Stanford, Chicago, UCSD, etc., but I have no idea as to whether these schools are way too much of a reach for me. Any opinons are helpful! And please let me know if I'm being too vague so I an clarify: UG Degree: International Politics with a minor in Data Science at Top 20-30 school UG GPA: 3.7, Cum Laude, with grades improving each semester Grad Degree: Applied Data Science at an Ivy League - Also took 2 classes within the political science department Graduate GPA: 4.0 GRE: Haven't taken it yet. I've been studying for a month and got 315 on a practice test a while back. Aiming for a 325 though, and won't take anything less than a 320 Teaching Experience: TA for a graduate class that I took in my graduate year Research Experience: - Was an RA for a semester for a professor outside of the US who focused on IPE, elections, etc. - No publications but did write a thesis during my graduate career related to political science Programming Experience: R, Python, Java, Stata, SQL Job experience: - Was an interning RA for a small think tank relating to international security - Summer intern for one of the government departments, mostly related to qualitative research/auditing - Currently a political data scientist at one of the largest political tech/consulting companies. Recently got promoted LORs: A solid LOR from a professor that I did research for, one of my graduate professors that I took several classes with, and my boss at my current. Research Interests: Currently interested in (I)PE, methods, and CP.