natofone

Anyone else yet to have any acceptances or rejections? I applied to 13 schools, but not one of them has responded either way. The suspense is killing me.

Congrats UVA.

I bet we find out about UNC tomorrow. Just a guess...

The first of many breakdowns?

I got a registered mail letter last week and I got excited for a second, but it was a prize my mom won from playing online sweepstakes.

Do any programs notify by snail mail?

Yah, spending 1500 on transcripts, gre scores, and applications for a process that seems very random is always fun.

It can't be alphabetically because I'm an A.

true plisar. you applied to literally every single school that I did (and then some).

Another Duke ding on the search page. I'm wondering if they're just doing the first round of cuts for some arbitrarily selected GRE/GPA cutoff?

It all depends on the field. Humanities PhDs shouldn't expect much starting out, but an accounting or law professor will be making a nice salary from day 1.

Congrats coach, you're getting in everywhere.

Did you check this website? Was it on the first page after you log in? https://app.applyyourself.com/?id=DUKEGRAD

I'd go to any of my 13 schools. I intentionally picked "safety schools" that gave good, full funding in great cities so it wouldn't be much of a let down to go to schools at the bottom of my list.

Quit work a month early and travel through South America!

Do you have inside info on UNC?

I've mostly been listening to The Wilderness lately.

I've had 10 years off since undergrad but mixed in a pair of social science MAs along the way about two years apart each. I've been working in a highly quantitative field all along, which I hope will improve my chances of getting into a field that has a wicked crush on quants of late (poli sci).

As another recent Chicago CIR grad, I would also highly recommend the program. It gives you a great taste of what being an academic is all about. Great for testing the waters and leveraging it into something else if academia isn't your thing. Very rewarding experience. Adaptations is right about taking advantage of the workshops. They can be brutal as even undergrads and MA students rip apart full professors touring their latest paper.