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Love that all these threads are picking up momentum as we all drive ever closer to either insanity, vindication, or utter despair. Everybody drink the punch!

UW is definitely one of my top choices. Given, however, the figures you just listed (and the fact that it wouldn't surprise me if their applicant pool hit the 375 mark this year), I'm being realistic about my chances. My one ray of shimmering hope is that one of my LOR writers used to be a tenure track professor in that department. It's not much, but i'll take anything that might possibly distinguish me from the masses!

Talked to a UT prof at SSSR who said they are pretty certain no candidates for soc of rel will be accepted this cycle. Not sure if that helps/hurts but for what it's worth I thought I'd throw that out there

Totally agree. At this point I think a request for interview would kill me almost as bad as a rejection. Even more weeks spent waiting....

Who else here is waiting to hear back from Duke? Just saw the most recent results submission. Waiting until possibly next week seems like eternity

I have a similar question regarding being rejected across the board. I've heard from numerous people that gaining research experience is a great way to improve your application. How do I go about looking for such opportunities? Where could I get a job as a Research Assistant? I'm a bit clueless as to where to begin. Thanks!

My situation: Invited for expenses paid campus visit from which offers were going to be made afterwards. We had been asked to schedule interviews with our main POI's for about 3 or 4 separate one on one 15 min interviews. For my list of scheduled interviews, my main POI was away and thus unavailable for interview. While the interviews with other professors went well, they werent the main faculty members in which I felt my research interest were best aligned. I was notified of my wait-list status about a week after the campus visit, with the reason being they felt my research interests werent the best fit for the department My question: Should I contact my POI and express how I feel my research interests fit? Should I emphasize how I feel my research interests fit with theirs, as well as other faculty members who I was not able to get interviews with? Thoughts appreciated. Thanks!

What would you all say is the best approach to being waitlisted? I've read a couple of threads suggesting an email to someone in the department.. what would you all reccomend? Emailing the coordinator? Sitting on your hands and waiting? Kidnapping accepted students?... (kidding)

Hey all, So I recently got accepted into Loyola University Chicago's Ph.D Sociology program. While it isn't among my top choices (I've been waitlisted at a couple other schools), I'm beginning to think it might be the only school I get into this application season. That being said, Loyola has been growing on me as it does strongly parallel by research interests. On another note, I began thinking about the benefits of being square in the middle of Chicago (Water Tower Campus on Michigan Ave) and the strong networking possibilities such a location might hold. What would you say are the benefits to attending school with a location that has great potential for social networking? Is this indeed a good benefit of attending a school such as LUC or would you say that I am merely rationalizing at this point? And as a final question, what would you say are the dangers of going to a school that was undoubtedly your "safe", a school you may not have been as excited to attend as some of your top choices? Greatly Appreciated, SK

I had a similar read. It might be a little tricky though because my research interests revolved particularly about getting into CREO. I know a couple other students interested in the center had a long list of schools they applied to/had visits lined up for.. who knows. Either way, I plan on reapplying. I've been accepted into a MA program for Sociology at Loyola Chicago so depending on how things go there hopefully I may be able to transfer after obtaining my Masters. I'm happy though that you got accepted (albeit slightly envious haha). Where do you stand on your decision? Are you planning on enrolling? (not that your deciding to elsewhere would matter much if you werent specifically planning on enrolling in CREO)

Got invited to the visit day on February 18th, went through all the interviews and the happy hours anddddd... officially wait listed via phone call. How should I take this? Do you think there is any hope? Or should I treat it like a flat rejection?