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Yup. Just checked UChicago and there's nothing there.

Oh man, really? I had no idea that's how it worked! After my POI told me that, I was too depressed to ask more questions about the admissions process, so I just asked about her work. By the way, i remember looking at the Columbia committee a few months ago. They were all European historians. Do you know/think that has any bearing on who gets in?

Hey remenis Yes, I know that Columbia has a separate admissions committee, but I surmise that she must have some say in the decision or at least some degree of involvement, especially considering she already knew about me before I even emailed her. Who knows lol And my subfield is late 20th century Immigration to the United States. I'm harmless to you

Hello peeps, I'm a long time stalker, first time poster. Like most of you, I applied to several PhD programs this year and am waiting for my acceptances/rejections. Just last week, however, I was finally able to meet my POI at Columbia University. I had not contacted her before because I was preoccupied with health related matters (a long bout with tuberculosis, to be precise). During our meeting, she told me that she had already read my application and that she would love to work with me, but warned me that it is "very, very, very, very hard for Columbia to accept students coming straight out of undergrad." Now, being the paranoid person that I am, I am not sure how to interpret this. Was she just trying to temper my expectations of getting admitted or was she trying to inform me of my rejection in a very subtle, polite way? Near the end of hour long meeting, she also told me that I had made the "first cut" and that there are two more final cuts coming up in the next few weeks..... Thoughts? (chews nails off)