I felt terrible when i saw this information since I am a Chinese student in political science who have applied for several phd programs without any admissions so far, and i guess i am probably going to end up with nothing this year. really depressing...
But Realist,(i don't know whether you can see my post, but i do want to ask you several questions) 1.what if I have a master degree in a top American university, can this degree increase my "reputation" or "credibility"? Or in general, to what extent a master degree can help those phd applicants? 2. what if all my LoRs were written by American professors? Should that be credible enough for adcomm? 3.What if both my toefl and gre were taken in the US? Still cannot be trusted?
Anyway, I really appreciate that you can share your information with us. Although it cannot change my final results, at least I know what's going on.
