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jfarm, I wouldn't worry yet. I don't believe anybody has been notified of acceptance or rejection by Cornell's Development Sociology unless they received the news in response to a query. I agree with living_in_paradise that the DGS is quite nice and very helpful when contacted. According to the email I received from them yesterday, they just now finished the reviews and, I believe, are working out the funding for those who are accepted.

I posted the reply this morning. It was an email in response to a request for status. The Grad department said they just finished up the reviews and will be sending out the decisions soon. They did say that they had 60 people apply and from previous years cohorts, I believe they accept around 5 or 6.

Has anybody applied to Cornell Development Sociology and heard anything from them? I see there is one posted rejection on the results page but am not sure if it is valid.

I see that a couple people have posted acceptances to Johns Hopkins PhD programs. Anybody know if all those that are accepted have been notified?

Are you that are accepted, accepted into Sociology or the Development Sociology program?

My fiance has also applied to Development Sociology at Cornell, but she has not heard from them yet, other than to tell her she has all the application documents submitted.

Hello, My fiance has applied to some top schools, Cornell, Brown, Boston U., American U., John's Hopkins and a few others, for a PhD in Sociology, or more specifically, Development Sociology. I think I am more nervous than she is while waiting for acceptance/rejection as I will need to move with her and get another job, which is not a fun thing to do in this economy. I was wondering if any of you could evaluate my fiance's general qualifications and if she has a decent chance for acceptance. She has a BS in English from U. of Costa Rica, Latin American Studies from University of Guatemala, and International Relations from Universidad Nacional. She has a MS in Women's Studies with a 3.98 GPA from University of Cincinnati. She has some Letters of Recommendation from Prof's who are alumni of schools she applied to. She has work experience in Development at Amnesty International and she also has work experience at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. She has taught at the college level for 7 years. She has given some speeches at conventions and received a few research grants for her work in Women's Studies. She has had papers published both for work in International Relations and Women's Studies. The only things that make me nervous are we did not have much time to put together her applications and her GRE scores are not good at all. I really hope they ask her for an interview as she will definitely earn acceptance. She wow's all professors who speak to her.