Max Power

balderdash, you know who didn't enjoy that halftime show: people who like football also, everything about that game put me on mega-raging-overload-tilt-from-hell. i had my two least favorite teams playing, so in the only possible matchup where I ever want the patriots to win, they of course went out and blew it edit: i was somewhat mollified by doing really well in my betting props

looking at the results survey, wisconsin seems to have sent out a batch of rejections this morning. haven't gotten one yet, so fingers crossed that i'm still alive there

everything you say about michigan is true, but i could have gotten into going to games in the big house for five years. i grew up on michigan football and went to a college with no serious football program to speak of. i expect it'll be another couple of weeks before columbia makes decisions

i'm part of the michigan blood bath. not sure how great the fit was, but it would have been better to be accepted than rejected

i grew up a big 10 fan, but point B is just ridiculous. big 10 basketball is such a slow and brutal grind to watch. points A and C are both very big ones. no one wants to root for duke basketball

sadly for my girlfriend, not quite. you have made the all too common mistake of conflating powerlifting and its array of strong fatties who get cranky when you take their ding-dongs away from them with body builders who look more muscular but are almost always considerably weaker at the same body weight

i've thrown myself into powerlifting. it turns out spending a day at a meet is a really good way to not think about apps at all

there's a good chance thats more accurate than my guesses. i know more about the machinations of departments in other fields than political science. my dad is in another field and has never been allowed to send out more acceptances than he can fund.

i'm American (behavior) and methods. so far i've had a phone interview with MIT and have one scheduled with Vanderbilt, plus I got some fairly encouraging news through back channels about Columbia

i too am still pending from wisconsin. while it would be better to be accepted, i don't think its necessarily an automatic rejection. everywhere is playing yield games and accepting students in waves. inevitably some of the people who got into wisconsin will get better offers and that will free up spots to admit a few more people and it will continue to cascade this way at all schools. I'd be willing to wager that some people who are pending from Wisconsin today will get offers at a later date remember, even if schools know that their historical yield is X, they don't really want to count on it holding constant. unlike a law school where if two extra people accept, they just cash some big checks and slide an extra two chairs in their classrooms, having an extra person or two accept funded offers can blow a total hole in a department's budget for the year. the goal is to get to the exact number without going over

brent and i have an unfortunate overlap in our interests. i'm also American (behavior) and methods

it seemed that it was pretty specific to me. pm me if you want details about it

i'm ok with the grey hairs. they add the the air of being a distinguished, grey haired gentleman. And lets be honest, many of the best academics and world leaders can well be described as distinguished, grey haired gentlemen. its the hair loss that is troubling

Thanks. I did have the MIT interview also. That said, I haven't heard anything from Madison, so you are ahead of me on that one and I'd happily trade two interviews for one offer any day of the week and twice on Sundays.

Of Vanderbilt, I got an email today to schedule an interview for next week. I applied in American Politics for what its worth

a copy of modernist cuisine and a bottle of hudson manhattan rye whiskey well i'm buying the rye no matter what the outcome is

i received a brief email from a member of the MIT adcom, saying that he has a few questions about my file and wanted to speak to me on the phone. i have no idea what this means and would appreciate any insights that anyone has on this.