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Dropping by to say hello to members of this thread. I am an applicant for the Political Science F12 cycle who was rejected across the board. My research objectives are mainly about Internet, media and authoritarian politics so I am thinking about also applying to some of the communication programs next year, since I found out late in my application process that faculty members in comm programs also matched my interest. My undergraduate degree is in English, with a minor in Animation. I am now (hopefully) finishing an MA in political science. I hope you wouldn't mind if I ask some questions here. Is it only advisable to apply for comm phd if one has a lot of work experience?

Two rejections in one day...Ouch...

I guess most of the schools follow the notify those who we truly want and let the losers wait with false hope policy... Somehow I wish that polisci had an auto-reject system just like law schools.

I feel like so incompetent in this field when I see you guys arguing like this

My emotions right now summed up in one pic. (Does it show up?)

My Fall 2012 cycle is 95% over right now, sigh. I don't think I will be standing any chances at Berkeley or Maryland..

Got an email reply that the results will be finalized by the end of February. Strange that I already see stuff in the survey. By the way, last year's mass rejection was on March 1st right?

Nah I am gonna play with the akinator.

Whatever, just interested in who will be joining me in the next cycle XD EDIT: congrats on the ND offer!

That's sheer evil.

I don't quite understand what's the point in trolling the survey...

Thank you so much. I cried several times during the week knowing that I would probably get nothing 。・°°・(((p(≧□≦)q)))・°°・。 I need a hug

OMG he is too cute!

My mother has got a BSc in physics and my dad is a professor in non-linear optics. May have great connections if I would ever apply for science and engineering but apparently I am a case of genetic mutation as I suck at maths and sciences. (I am Asian, sigh.)

Second rejection today. Had to call the department to get it (other applicants to the same school were already though several circles of rejection-admission-wait-list-acceptance-rejection). Apparently they just threw my application in the basket without notification.

I feel your pain. My pain exactly.

@adaptions Thank you so much for your input! I was reading it with a mobile device this morning so forgive me for the delay in replying. My family is relatively poor so I am really not in the position to ask for further support in my education. Since my department does not have any famous faculty members I will go with what I already have. But still, I will be presenting in conferences this year which I hope will provide me with one last chance in getting familiar with this field. I am also starting to move over to plan B. Since my research interest is closely related to social media and internet, what kind of internship or job can I find to strengthen my application? I will also continue working on my own dataset, but I heard that independent work is not regarded highly by the adcoms.

I didn't even expect anything else but it was still distressful that they didn't notify everyone (rejected) at the same time.

Thank you so much for the pick up. I am also thinking about plan B but there are definitely not enough (paid) opportunities for PoliSci international students.

I know it's still a little bit too early, but since most of the schools I applied for have already sent out notifications I would just readily assume that I am out of the game for this year. Anyways, I come from a totally different field (BA in English and Animation from a Top 5 Chinese university) and I am now finishing a MA in Political Science at a local university in Texas. GRE scores are mediocre, mainly in the 86%~89% range, verbal>quant, UG is infamous for low GPAs around 3.4~3.5, and my LOR writers are definitely not big names. I am primarily interested in Internet protest mobilization and Chinese civil society (social media, collective action, and democratization), and there aren't many professors in this area to begin with. Research experience include, undergraduate research project at codified online (political) expressions, RA at my current institution and one upcoming conference paper. Relevant work experience zero, and I did not participate in any social movements XD The only highlight in my application would be language proficiency in German and Japanese (lived in Germany for 7 years during childhood, and I am a big fan of Japanese culture). I applied mainly for the Top 30 schools this year (let's call it a strategical mistake), with my safety school at the Top 50~60 range, but I don't think I was able to stress my fit for the program in my SOP plus my writing sample was definitely hurried because I couldn't obtain enough data on the topic I was writing about. I feel I have wasted most of the time on my fruitless application and anxiety issues. By this time of the year, my graduate thesis won't turn out very desirable. So yeah, I am pretty much depressed right now and unsure what to do next, or whether I should try for another application cycle. Any suggestions would be welcome. PS: I heard that the most pro-active applicants will start to bombard their POIs with emails and phone calls by June and won't stop lobbying the adcomm till April... How much harm did my socially anxious/introvert personality inflict upon my application?

Congrats for the offers. I wish I could keep up my hopes but according to the survey here the rest of the schools I applied for have already sent out their decision letters (acceptances, wait-lists AND rejections), which makes me wonder whether they took a glance at my application to begin with.

I wish I had discovered this forum earlier, which would have reduced much of the stupid mistakes I made in my own application. Judging from my prospects right now (one admission w/o funding from safety school, one official rejection, 5 more on the way) it is highly likely that I have to endure another cycle. Any suggestions?

Hmm...called UCLA and judging from their response...Maybe they didn't even look at my application? sigh

Same here, my safety school won't offer any funding and I am also passing the acceptance window for the rest of the schools I am applying for. I heard that aggressive applicants will bombard the adcoms with emails and phone calls at this time of the year, but me being someone who has been suffering from social anxiety since primary school...I just feel I am doomed.