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Don't get me wrong, I am in the exact position as you are but it might not come today. That will be even more frustrating!

The wave of Duke rejections has got me distracted somewhat. Anyone hear from UVA at this stage? That was the one i was waiting for originally.

I know I have way lower GRE/GPA scores and my application status page has not been changed. I would rather like to go with the assumption that they are updating the pages alphabetically. Then again I could be wrong.

Yeah my status for Duke has not changed either. This is even more nervous than I thought. Anyways, congrats to all those who got accepted!! The weekly waiting game begins again.

Hopefully, we are expected to hear back from 10 schools and I have only one on that list of ten. Which means, all the other schools will come much later on for me. I really hate this waiting process. It is burning me out! At least we have the Super Bowl in about an hours time!!

Which schools are expected to notify the applicants next week. Perhaps we can put a list together each week of schools that have in the past years notified students during the same time frame.

Dale Copeland (and to a certain extent Jeffrey Legro) was the person I had in mind. It really is rare to find qualitative/security people within the academia. I do understand that UVA is stronger in other sub-fields. Hedging my bets a bit I suppose. Good luck to you and keep this thread informed in case you hear back from UVA!!

Heavily IR-Security Studies. I might be a little bit different from most other applicants as I am in my 3rd year of the PhD program, re-applying due to structural issues in the department (as in faculty leaving). Why do you ask?

Well, it seems like WUSTL has started notifying applicants. Congrats to the one who accepted! As for UVA, I know it sucks! I've been sitting in front of this computer all day just in case I get the e-mail. Perhaps it is time that I go out and buy myself a blackberry or iphone!

For those who have applied to Washington University in St. Louis: On the application status page, it says "under review" instead of the "submitted". Just for your information. I am going to assume that WUSTL has started is review process and will be contacting sometime in the near future.

Congrats!! It must feel really good to start off with an early acceptance!!

Did anyone get an email from UVA yet?

oh my! It's really started! Its unfortunate that I am only awaiting result from one school at this point. The other schools that I have applied to don't come until, I believe, Mid-Feb! Congrats to those accepted thus far and please keep this thread posted on when someone hears back from UVA.

Hhhmmmm... You might be right. I thought that that might be true because some of the school's that send out their decisions are kind of spread out. They notify their students early then go on for the next month or so. That is, they might have rounds where the committee gets together to decide. They notify their top students, then the next round of students and so on. But, this is an assumption so nothing affirmative! Maybe the waiting process is taking a toll!

Yeah, I guess that is true. The only Dec 1st deadline schools that I applied to were UVA and USC. Anyways, I also heard that some schools offer a rolling-based admissions - meaning it really is a first come first served logic offering admission to anyone who they find qualified first. Does anyone have any idea which schools that might be.

Let me get this straight. Few schools will be contacting this week and next week. Majority will send out their decisions around mid-Feb and the remaining in early March? Is this the way it works, or at least that is what I can gather from the results search section. Just wondering when to expect the batch of letters I presume!

Hey all, I just recently joined the forum. Thought I share some of the joys and pains as I await my results as well. Replying to the above post, I think Virginia might start sending out decisions tomorrow. From what I can put together, Virginia has been sending out decision e-mails on the Thursdays and Fridays, during the last week of January.