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  1. Just so you know...the department isn't forcing you not take partime employment, the visa is. Over the summer you can work 40 hours if you can find a position...
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    NSF GRFP

    university administrators sometimes get these lists before the applicants. Why don't you ask some of your programs?
  3. My numbers really fell off...
  4. I love spaghetti. Not only is it delicious, but it is truly a meal of the high class!
  5. which program? you can pm me if you prefer?
  6. Good to know someone has access to US News and World Report.
  7. Do you have funding at UVA? If no, don't go.
  8. Ferraro figured out the secret to my success!
  9. I heard Michigan does a good job with American...
  10. Columbia is done. Anyone who has yet to hear has not been admitted.
  11. I talked to a couple people who got into Northwestern at another visit this week and they were told they were only planning on admitting three or four more people. 17-20 people have been admitted.
  12. ^ That's a ton of money in fees! Yikes. I would honestly say that's fairly uncommon.
  13. I am planning on it, but years, not money...
  14. Sure, the question should drive the method and the regional focus, I've already stated that earlier in this thread. I'm simply saying that the questions asked by people who concentrate on one or two questions are not very effective in answering broader puzzles of comparative politics. If n<3, the usefulness of a study seriously comes into question...
  15. ^ Yes, but this is a fading trend in our field. Don't expect that becoming a prolific researcher of post-World War II France will guarantee you a job in contemporary political science.
  16. I would say that it is important to list a larger area of focus (Europe-not France, east-Asia-not Japan), but it is still important to be focusing on a political science question whose answer applies more universally. If your question deals with the comparative political economy of insurgency, for example, you're likely not going to be studying this in France, but in Latin America, the Middle East, or Africa. I think the question about focus area deals more with making sure you know where you should be studying your interests rather than saying you want to study those countries.
  17. Dude, have her open it!
  18. YAY!!! Congrats!
  19. With your list below, I'd almost certainly go to Berkeley, no question.
  20. I don't think columbia sends letters to be honest...last year they used their fancy website.
  21. NYU just declined me, offering me admisisons in their unfunded masters program. I will give that a ton of consideration... :roll:
  22. More Notre Dame decisions coming down...I have been wait listed.
  23. Wow that guy at Howard seemed fairly exasperated!
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