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I'm out - Congrats to all who made it

Which, I'm afraid, should lead us to believe that the admits were sent this morning and the rejections/waitlists will go out later.... Like an earlier poster suggested, I'd send the bad news late in the day myself.... Thanks for all of your comments though, makes the wait and possible bad news easier to digest...

Good to know about the new grant at Nunn. Because of some personal things, I need to stay within striking distance of DC. Looks like Georgia is out... That said, if you want to talk non-proliferation and such, feel free to touch base off line. Always looking for quality co-authors...

Thanks for the info, but because of some personal commitments, I need to stay within striking distance of DC. Monterey does have a very good program though.

Hi everyone, I've been following this forum for a while, so I figured I'd finally post to get your insights on chances, especially from past applicants. I'm applying to WWS, SAIS, MSFS, GW Elliott, and George Mason. School: Top 10 public Majors: Double major in international relations and physics with "honors" in IR GPA: Overall: 3.0 IR GPA: 3.8 GRE: (combined) 620V 760Q 5.5/6.0 AWA SOP: I think it's good... will adcoms? Who knows.... Letters: Letters from my work superiors and undergrad profs, some well known Research experience: Year long independent project on nonproliferation, managing research assistant for two projects with profs in undergrad, four conference papers (two on nuclear issues and two on delegation issues), and one minor publication WE: 2 years, over 1 year spent with a nonprofit embedded in the Department of Energy working nuclear counterproliferation issues Service Experience: Varied, but significant domestic and international Interests: Nuclear nonproliferation and counterproliferation Abroad experience: Minimal, short term service trip to Latin America Languages: Basic/Intermediate Arabic and Basic French My overall GPA is weak, no question, but perhaps some of the other numbers will help offset it? We're all just shooting in the dark with our appraisals of one another's chances, but reality checks are always good. Thanks for the feedback!

Fair enough on the FP article, but my blame is on FP when the actual report published by W&M looks to read correctly: http://irtheoryandpractice.wm.edu/proje ... t_2009.pdf Moreover, the FP chart and the W&M report do not match on a number of items. This casts doubt, in my mind at least, on the editors of FP. For those on the board who care about these particular rankings, check about the above link instead of the FP article.

While I haven't seen the print copy of FP, the website article and the W&M report posted online are clear on the question of Denver. The online article doesn't show rankings lower than 20 and the W&M report states University of Denver is tied at 21. If there was a mistake, it appears to be fixed now. Like all rankings, they should be taken with a grain of salt, but the report as a whole has gotten very good response for its larger survey. It is worth checking out for better understanding the academic side of IR and the folks teaching it.....