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I would say the US has definitely nosedived in its reputation when compared to Europe at this point. When it starts holding federal funding hostage to pressure universities into a political crackdown, when we know that federal agencies are scouring through social media to hunt for students having a political opinion or participating in demos, when international students can have their visa terminated right out of the blue with no notice and are in danger of being whisked away by a gang of masked federal agents just for singing opeds, when congresspersons are seriously debating banning entire nationality of students, I think we can safely assume by now that US is no longer a place that can be seen as "worse than Europe" and that day is definitely here. I wouldnt be this livid if this were just a matter of deportations (as atrocious as they are) but we are looking at people being at risk of being held in secret prisons for god-knows-how-long in defiance to the courts of the land with no repercussions to the administration, and ALL such cases are that of students from Third World countries where our governments can not be trusted to come to our aid when we need them to either because of how supine they are to the US right now. And saying it's just a Trump problem when the courts or the political opposition are hardly moving a finger over this, I dont think international students can trust the system at all. Yes we all need to contribute to changes and a better future, but THIS is a battle that people in the US needs to fight and not a burden international students need to take. We have our own set of homegrown fascists to take care of, thank you.

Seeing some Pittsburgh acceptances. Have they given out all of the acceptances at once (meaning the rest of us should wait for rejections)? Also anything new happening with Rutgers or have they filled up their cohort by now?

So I am a bit concerned about the state of affairs in the US and even if by the end of cycle I get rejected by last two universities I have applied to, I have doubts as to whether I should try again next year now. I applied to only US universities this application season so far, largely because of the competitive funding opportunities and the general reputation of the academic and political freedoms there. I am somebody who has a history of being involved in progressive activism, and even the nature of my past work have been very political. Now with brutal funding cuts and the crackdown on pro-Palestinian students there (especially after a private and well-funded uni like Columbia suspending and revoking degrees) it would be mildly put to say that I have concerns. What do people in the academia in the US and prospective students feel about the situation right now? Is there hope for it to get better by next cycle, or should I look for whatever opportunities are available in say Europe or Canada or Asia for graduate school?

Thank you for this. I guess I can cross it off my list as well. Does anyone have any idea about Rutgers though? Have they begun their open house invitations yet?

So with Georgetown done, I have three unis pending, Rutgers, Johns Hopkins and Pittsburgh. I believe Pitt is yet to release its results, even though it's been a while since admissions pause was taken out, but the other two are taking too long to give their decisions honestly. I am not sure if I should email them to inquire. Saw a recent update in the results page of a rejection from JHU, while Rutgers has been silent since early Feb. If anybody has any news about these three that would be really helpful. Having to wait another week for what are most likely rejections is hell. 0a/7r/3p

Thank you for letting me know.

So, I am already seeing a couple of results for Johns Hopkins, Rutgers and Georgetown. I applied for the CP subfield in these, among others. Already received a few rejections but was expecting one of these to give a positive decision. If decisions were already handed out or interviews taken should I expect rejections from them as well?