Darth.Vegan
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100-300 pages a week? That would be an incredibly light reading week. Many times we're expected to read upwards of 500-600 pages, sometimes more.
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The two people generally apply for in their first couple years are Ford and NSF
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The hardest one was a potential advisor at the University of Victoria. She had written me detailed emails and was very generous with her time. I just wrote her a very polite email and explained that I really appreciated the time she put in with me but that I had chosen a different program for x,y and z reasons. She was very understanding.
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Harvard - a university so good they have to reject you by mail AND online...
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I'm planning on accepting. It's been a bit disheartening to read people talking about it just being a money-making scheme or the like, I mean I agree it shouldn't be so expensive, but I would think it's still an honor to get in? I was feeling lucky, but then got sad sensing that some believe that having to fund my education makes it not count or invalidates it or something. As I see it, I have zero background in Sociology and will need the MA as a gateway to get into funded PhD programs (if I even go that route, I don't want to be in academia so I'll see if I can get a decent job with a Masters once I graduate). Luckily I'm 40 and have been in the work force and have saved up, and my husband has a good job, so this whole "you can only go with a trust fund" or get into serious debt annoys me. Anyhow, it was nice to read your comment in contrast to some of the other things people have been saying on here.
If you stated or hinted in your SOP/application that you're not interested in a job in academia, that could partially explain not getting into PhD programs.
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I applied to Victoria, Simon Fraser and Toronto.Can you name some Darth? And do any of them have enough fin aid to give you a full ride or partial ride even? I almost applied to york phd and chose geog there at last minute, everyone's heard that story by now.
I got rejected from Toronto but got fully funded offers from Simon Fraser and Victoria. SF's offer was better, they even offered to match UCI and offered me an RA position with Gerardo Otero.
I also got funded offers for the MA program in sociology at Oklahoma ($32k), and the MA in environmental justice at University of Michigan (also $32k). It's really not that hard to find funding for MA programs, seems crazy to pay 50k for one.
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These are sociologists, unless you are specifically interviewing for an acceptance, casual dress is fine in my opinion.
Tattoos and piercings are not a problem.
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Hi everyone,
so I have a question regarding funding.
Because I do not have other offer's to compare,
I was wondering if you guys could give me some insight on funding.
I've only been admitted to one school so far, which is UCR and wait listed at UCI.
I believe I received a stipend for the 1st year and the remaining 3 years are taships.
The offer is called a fellowship, but I am confused because they only offer me a stipend for the first year?
Is this normal for UC's?
Thank you, appreciate it!
That's actually a good offer. Many UC's offer only TA based fellowships or 1 possibly 2 quarters for very select applications that don't require TA'ing.
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Canadian schools also offer fully funded MA programs, worth looking into. I had a lot of success applying to those but ended up getting a good PhD offer so I declined. I feel like the Chicago and Columbia programs are a debt trap. DASA at UCI is also a very good and much cheaper option that folks should look into.
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Just FYI, while pedigree matters somewhat, it isn't as important as some folks make it out to be.
Earnings and debt ratios are significantly impacted by a number of institutional characteristics. Institutional size, sector, and quality as measured by Astin and Henson’s selectivity score, all had slight positive impacts on earnings. Holding all student characteristics constant, graduates from private institutions enjoy a slight 4 percent earnings advantage over public college graduates. Moreover, graduates from colleges with selectivity scores 100 points higher than comparison colleges averaged a 1 percent earnings premiumSource: Thomas, ScottL. 2000. “Deferred Costs and Economic Returns to College Major, Quality, and Performance.” Research in Higher Education 41(3):281–313.
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Key questions: Job placement, whether faculty go out of their way to incorporate students into their work and research funding opportunities. The worst thing is when people get lost in a program.
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Yeah, I feel you on those concerns. It's obviously a prestigious program, but some more transparency about funding would be nice. It would basically be impossible for me to attend financially without a high percentage tuition remission and/or stipend to cover living expenses.
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Anyone else get an acceptance yesterday? I'm pretty excited although the program is stupid expensive.
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Just FYI, I got into a number of programs after what seemed like a period of silence after others got notifications. Be patient y'all. Nothing is a rejection until it's a rejection.
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Ah, I saw you did this last year too, how awesome. You are quite the UCI unofficial ambassador! I'm hoping to hear some good news... though it looks like acceptances and wait lists have been sent out.
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If any UC-Irvine admits have any questions feel free to PM me.
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You should be good for top 20 programs, might be a little low for top 10 but if the rest of your app is strong I wouldn't worry about it. It's above 70th percentile so that should be enough to pass any automatic cut offs. Also that verbal score is really impressive and will help you overall.
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You may want to look into Nina Bandelj in my department as well.
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What makes you think that SPSS isn't used much anymore?
Because most graduate stats programs don't teach with it. It's generally used in undergrad courses because it's considered "easier." Many of the quant people I know don't consider SPSS sufficient for serious quant work. I don't really agree with that assessment, I learned on SPSS first and it works fine, but I do prefer STATA these days.
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R is getting quite common among the hardcore quant folks. SPSS is not used much anymore, but STATA will likely be standard for courses.
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It's got to be a California school: http://sociology-schools.com/#schools
Cal Sate Fullerton is in the top 20 y'all, looks like I went to the wrong program in Orange County.
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If you ask they will generally just say "we take your entire application into account in our decision making process."
What is your plan for summer 2015?
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The first year is really intense. My advice? Just enjoy your summer people!!!!!!