smoothoperator77

Apparently there's a second Duke waitlist being posted via portal update (on the result page), so it's official

Nah, if I did, I wouldn't be doing this again this year😅We'll all get there eventually!

I have the same thought. Last year I was notified being on the waitlist of Duke exactly this way.

Wanna ask the same. Weird that waitlist comes out before even acceptance.

Thank you for the update. @polisci119 Did you check it with the admission office of GWU?

Contacted the professor I wanna work with at Rutgers, being told "we are indeed impressed by your application, but there are other factors to consider in the admission decisions," and I should expect the result to be released later this week or early next week. Wondering if this is a genuine wait-and-see situation or a soft rejection. If folks claiming Rutgers acceptance could post the results online, it would be helpful for me; so far I've seen one acceptance on the result page. Thanks!

This sounds very bad, especially since Columbia is my top choice. Thanks for the info! And please accept my jealousy if your union is successful in demanding 72k, man that is quite a number compared with some other programs.

I heard that Columbia University will shrink the PhD admission cohort (including PSC) this year by up to 65%. Some believe it is related to Trump's suspension of research grants, and some believe it has no relation with Trump and is purely Columbia's policy. Does anyone know if this is true, or if it is true, is it related to Trump, or are there any other ongoing Political Science PhD admissions that are being affected by Trump? Thanks!

I applied for 22 this year, also because of poor results from last year. Totally agree, I am literally broke for paying the fee.

At the end of this cycle, you should feel lucky if you have one admission. The mindset of assuming offers should be ancient history by now......