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Thanks for the tips, I'll be sure to keep all of that in mind.

Thanks for the info polisci09 - I guess I'll meet you all at math camp! Natofone, I'd be interested to hear if you've lived in Columbus and what your experiences were. I haven't been there since I was a kid but most of what I've heard has been quite positive. Admittedly, most of the people I've talked to about it have been at OSU or are distant relatives who live in Central Ohio...

Hey everyone! Thanks for starting this thread. I'll be joining you in September and I'm really looking forward to it. My subfield is Comparative, particularly postcommunist politics. I live abroad so I wasn't able to visit before I committed to OSU but I've heard so many wonderful things about the town, department and school that I'm pretty excited. I have a question for any of you who went to the recruitment weekend. What is the deal with the math workshop mentioned in that recent email? Do you get the impression that it's pretty important?

You just made my day. After the cold shoulder from San Diego and Berkeley I am banking on some West Coast love from UCLA.

I appreciate you letting us know. Congratulations!

After months of voyeurism I finally signed up. Here are my stats for the Fall 09 cycle that we are all waiting upon so anxiously. BA Government and Philosophy, Magna Cum Laude College of William and Mary Overall GPA: 3.75, Govt GPA: 3.83 No honors thesis but an extremely challenging course load full of extra senior seminars and an unofficial third major in Post-Soviet Studies (basically Russian) GRE: 740V, 720Q, 6.0A LOR: Two extremely good ones, one probably very good but she's hard to read. All three are well known and from top 5 PhD programs. I think that the weakest part of my application is the lack of real research. I didn't do an honors thesis and have never published a paper. On the other hand, I did take a number of research seminars as an undergrad, and since graduation I've lived in Eastern Europe learning another language and trying to prepare myself to study the region. Good luck to everyone!