explodingstressball

Phew! The candle of hope continues to burn!

What subfield?

I was contacted by the department to tell me that I'd been accepted at UCSC ... but they also said that official notification won't be out for a few more weeks yet. Hold on!

Best of luck to you!

I am not a math person, and in fact had to spend four months reteaching myself math before taking the GRE. I got a 670, which is a 62nd percentile. On the other hand, I got a perfect verbal score, so who knows.

Stop me if I'm repeating something someone else has said already, but: I think the concept of research is a bit of a non-starter. While legal and political science research is, by its very definition, quite distinct, I do not think that is the main reason JDs are not often on the faculty. I believe the issue is one of base knowledge: I have a number of friends who are currently in law school who have never taken a political science course in their life. Does their possession of a JD qualify them to work in a field in which they have no experience? No. Just as much as having a PhD in political science does not qualify me to teach law. Just my 2¢ worth.

Thanks! My first admit, so I could not be more thrilled. I was beginning to think I was going to be locked out

The offer was pretty generous, indeed! So, good to know

I got an e-mail from a professor at 11.30 pm on a Saturday telling me I was in!

I've had at least three dreams where I was accepted to my dream school, and I was so excited I woke up. The first time it happened, I was so giddy that I was about to roll over and tell my significant other that I had been accepted ... when suddenly it hit me that it was all a dream. Ouch.

The counter positive to this? I was sitting at home, at 11.30 on a Saturday evening, doing nothing but obsessively checking my e-mail (ahem). And then suddenly, I got an e-mail from the director of a program telling me I had been admitted and was fully-funded. So, perhaps obsessive-compulsive behavior can occasionally pay off?

BTW, do you guys think it is common for a school to offer to pay all your expenses to come to admit day, or is that a sign that they really want you?

Thanks! Just found out this afternoon ... still kind of on cloud nine about that one!

Just found out I'm fully funded with a $24,000 stipend at my first acceptance. WOOHOO!!!

Reading this post made me cringe. It was painful, because it very, very nearly happened to me. I had a class with a great professor with whom I did A+ work. Thought he'd write a stellar letter for me. I contacted him this summer. He agreed to write for me. I would then occasionally check in with him to see if he needed any information from me in order to write the letter, and he always answered that he was very busy and to try him again in a week. And then, suddenly, radio silence. Nothing. I had to scramble and literally beg a professor on bended knees to write for me in less than a week. I squeaked by on that one.

Well, there goes my theory. Boo. I hope they're not done admitting people!

Good morning, everyone. For those who got accepted to UCLA, would you mind sharing your subfield? I still haven't heard anything from them .... And also, scrolling through the results page, I saw someone posted that they had been accepted by Columbia. I can 100% guarantee that that is a troll.

Congrats!

Just got an e-mail - I'm in a UC Santa Cruz! My first positive response after three rejections. It feels SO good.

Pardon my ignorance, but where is Marquette?

BTW, does anyone know if UCLA has sent out all their acceptances?

Hey everyone, Since I am really fretting the responses I am getting from my PhD applications, I was wondering if anyone on the forum knew of any MPA/MPP/MA programs whose admissions were still open that I could consider as a fall back? Thanks!

Congratulations!

Whoops! Total typo. Thanks for catching it.

I just found this forum last night after being rejected by Stanford. I'm glad to see I'm not the only one worried/concerned. So far I've heard back from Davis/Duke/Stanford, and all three have been rejections. I wasn't expecting that many rejections, since I have a pretty great background and good letters. It's been hard making the mental transition from expecting lots of acceptances to hoping and praying for just one. I keep checking my e-mail at least 10,000 times per day, but it would seem that most schools call you if they want to admit you, eh?