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Congrats Northwestern admits - was it indeed a mass email, or one personally to you?

Can I ask how you found out? and congrats!

Has there been more than one notified of acceptance at this point?

Why would you hear with the political science applicants? Based on what you've said they are merely forwarding your application materials to another department, no?

Which MA program?

Congrats on WashU

Congrats AP - you're doing quite well this application season! Quite a nice package for FSU.

If you are a US citizen you should apply for a FLAS fellowship. I'm sure that Yale has them. Apply right away.

http://www.thegradcafe.com/survey/index.php?q=%28politics%7Cgovernment%7Cpolitical%29

Brown had an acceptance rate of 4% last year. Not a safety - just not ranked very high. Still wildly competitive for admissions...

Yes! Glad to hear! First of many I'm sure!!!

4% acceptance rates for a school ranked 46th? Yay political science!

Same here.

That is cruel. We'll know in February.

Anyone claiming those UC-Boulder acceptances?

Check the results page for last year's acceptances.

My advice is to get your GPA higher before you apply.

Last year uiuc, emory, and msu all sent acceptance notices during the last week of January.

That sounds good!

Nobody cares about your political views. The "persecuted conservative in academia" routine is just really boring and cliched.

Cry me a river.

I agree. Political economy is sufficiently broad that increased specificity will improve your "fit" argument. Even if you focus solely on IPE and ignore the comparative literature (comparative capitalisms, political economy of specific regions, welfare state, economic sociology, etc), you still have a array of topics to deal with (trade, development, monetary politics, economic coercion and sanctions, cooperation, globalization, regional integration, institutions, etc). Granted, this won't always be possible and you might need to make more general arguments regarding fit.

Eh, I'm not so sure. I would call the department to make sure.

Congrats! Just curious - is the $5,400 a per quarter or per year stipend?

Yes, congrats. I am wicked jealous.