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And Duke continues to slaughter phd students applying to fields in the E's :-o

Comparative.

Congrats Adapt. I heard from University of Washington tonight too, but it is totally unofficial. I heard from a potential advisor and was told to expect official notice within a few weeks.

Man is it quiet. Even some of my advisors are surprised!

UVA is a bit scary, but to be fair, no one has really heard anything from NWU, and with Duke, thus far no-news is good news. The only people who have heard from Duke no longer have hope at all

I tend to believe Stanford will be Thursday, but Berkeley should be any day now. It is 830 in the morning in CA. They are just starting to drink their coffee and sit down to their desks. I want some good news, and preferably before my 7pm Basketball game that I have tickets for.

This is true Mormegil, I apologize. I just don't want you guys freaking out when I think that there are still many positive decisions to be made at NWU.

Eh, three posts about NWU is not enough to make me freak out. I'd keep calm for now. We'll likely know by Thursday or Friday who is in and who is out.

I wouldn't necessarily disagree, but in my experience and conversations with faculty at top institutions, a 650 isn't going to get your app junked in most cases, especially with a good quant score. You woudln't want to go much below a 600 on the verbal, and obviously the higher the better, but I wouldn't totally stress it. Schools that show real averages show the verbal average for admitted students is often times 50-100 points lower than the quantitative average, and it is always under 700. Maybe Stanford and Yale will junk you, but I doubt the rest of them will (and I doubt those two as well). And as for the jobrumors website--it is anonymous. The only difference between an adcomm member and a ABD having a bad day trying to scare applicants is slim at best. I take what is posted on their with a grain of salt unless i've seen it verified by other sources.

Am I the only one of the opinion that if you have over 90th percentile on the verbal, you're probably going to get looked at? I mean we're talking about a section of the test where only 3% of students get over a 700. I think the quantitative is much more alarming if it falls below a 750 than a verbal below a 700...

I've had nothing but nightmares since I've started this process. I'm sure they only get worse once we step foot in the classroom in the fall.

We were promised Berkeley today by a poster, but I don't think it is going to happen. Then again, they admitted people at 1:30am Eastern last year...so who knows at this point.

Sometimes I feel like AllFiredUp is a spy for the graduate programs

Congrats to all you Penn State people! I'm glad that we're finally starting to get the acceptances flowing. Now, the major question is: where is UNC? You're late! ;-)

Congratulations!!!!!!!! Good day for people so far!

That would be fine. Essentially they want to see that you can write and do research. Political economy, being heavily methods based, will be right in the committee's ballpark at most top 10 schools.

780Q is not overkill.

Yes, at Madison, I am fully admitted by the Graduate School.

This has happened to me.

Completely agreed -- but then again, who can be really guaranteed for a top program? :shock:

Indeed, they do have say in that, but usually it is decided before they are admitting students, and not after they've begun making decisions. The size of the cohort is typically predetermined -- the department then admits the number of students necessary to achieve, but not overshoot, that predetermined size.

Nope, that is not true. The grad school only steps in if the students are below certain universal standards, typically: 3.0 GPA or Less 1100 Combined GRE or Less Anything else, and the grad school is simply a rubber stamp.

The grad secretary is going to rue the day she told twright about his or her's admission!

Absolutely FANTASTIC twright! I'm glad to hear that you have good news so early on this glorious Monday morning! Plisar

Attend -- there is nothing wrong with exploring other places -- and until you have official acceptance, you shouldn't assume anything.