LanaFan

No. For poli sci, I only applied to two Ivys, and only one of those is T10. The other is in fact ranked lower than the non-Ivy I was accepted to. Additionally, I cannot find evidence that the lower-ranked Ivy accepted/waitlisted anyone for my subfield at all. Perhaps in a different year without the sudden funding worries and seemingly low subfield admission numbers, I may've been accepted into an Ivy. (Moreover, so many programs saw a huge increase in application numbers, which does not help). Or, I simply did not fit as well, was less competitive, my statements did not resonate there, or any other reason. Either way, I feel as though my disclosure was either neutral or slightly positive for my applications overall.

Yes, to a T25 school. A letter writer of mine actually recommended that I mention it in a statement. (Again, it was relevant to my interests/research experience.) I also received a waitlist to a (not poli sci, but similar-ish) program ranked around fourth in the nation. That program only accepted around two people this year. I applied to eight programs in total. I seemingly have fewer qualifications than you, but a similar or slightly higher GPA. Sometimes things are just a crapshoot, even in a normal year. It may also have to do with the strength of the letters I have, or fit, or my statements just did well. Someone involved with decisions later told me they were particularly interested in my research ideas that had to do with my disability, which furthers my belief that it actually strengthened my application.

Yes. I was very upfront with it (in statements, is relevant to my research interests) and it seemingly strengthened my application.

I assume that any package negotiations are generally off the table at this point? (Or rather, more so than usual?)

I'm also waiting on a Yale WGSS combined program, but combined with the American Studies program.

Hmm, I just noticed that my UWI-Madison portal has very recently slightly changed to have "under program review" listed underneath the recent activities sections, not just the fee waiver part that's already been there. However, it's listed as occurring on 12/16 and I still have no acceptance or rejection😅.

To others who have received an acceptance: Has anyone else pretty much (unofficially) settled on where they're going? 😄

Waitlisted at UMN, rejected for Brown, and still waiting fro Yale. However, I also applied to the combo version with WGSS, so I imagine that may affect when I hear my decision.

Thank you all for the help/info! ♥️

Oohh maybe I'm mistaken then! (If so, apologies)

Not that I'm aware of, in the sense that there's never been a waitlist result posted for the program on here.

That's how I feel about my own situation, however, some people here posted that they got a formal rejection from UW-Madison some time ago, (though they did not post it to the main part of GradCafe,) and therefore I'm concluding we're on some sort of unofficial waitlist.

I'm not in IR, but I'm delusionally hoping I still have a chance, lol.

This is really great info to know, thanks so much for sharing! (And congrats!)

According to the PhD program statistics on their site, they admitted 19 for 2024.