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I'm not sure, but a delayed denial is a delayed disappointment

I'll be there, I'm lucky though. The cost for the registration is only $34 for an undergraduate

Well at least I didn't get a rejection letter from duke...makes me feel a little better

Im in the same boat as well. Except I'm in my final year of undergrad, so I have classes and thesis stuff to finish! But I'm banking on the Fulbright (got recommended to research in China by IIE last week), and maybe a job offer for a backup plan. So i'm trying to keep myself busy. I appreciate the hitchhiker's guide reference BTW!

The other students who received the same phone call may not get the same "bad taste" when inspiring false hope in the DGS. Just a thought..

Florida State acceptances are in!

Yep, just China

Recommended for a research Fulbright to China 2012-2013 in Economic Geography. Looks as though I will have to wait until at least april to see whether or not I get a grant. There seems to be a historically large amount of grants for China though..

Nope mines in Chicago, would be great to go to west coast...I actually need to register for it asap! Thanks for advice on fulbright, I feel like it would be a great way to solidify my interests, as well as go back to a country I loved living in!

Balderdash, if we both end up at Princeton/Stanford/Berk/ or Yale...Can we be friends? This is a request based soley on the fact you used the term "amaze balls". Because that's friggen awesome.

Well I can't speak more than 5 years worth, i'm from South Carolina But the message is all of the same! Warm wishes and happy new year!

大家新年快樂!

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I appreciate the feedback. Concerning your remarks on methods, I've taken two graduate seminars in statistics methodology (both A's) and am currently applying a lot of regression and co-variable analysis in a paper that i'm presenting at a conference soon. I think I did fill the application pool with too many top tens as you said, but my research interests did meet those of the programs' professors. If I do get the Fulbright, I will go on and finish that paper (it's heavily statistics based) and use that as my writing sample for a second round. I honestly have accepted I probably won't get in anywhere, but wanted to put my head out there while I could (was way too busy finishing honors thesis and working a job to take the GRE again).

Had some good news today, got recommended for a Fulbright by the IIE

Since I sent all of my applications in, I have be bombarded with allusions to all of the graduate programs I applied to. Michigan T-shirts, Stanford football games, Duke youth program flyers....everywhere! Maybe I'm just more aware of it since they're on my mind...but it's kind of a tease/annoyance. If I believed in fate, maybe this would make me feel better? Anyone had this happen to them?

I'd vote "After Hegemony" by Keohane...maybe some "Retreat of State" by Susan Strange. Don't read all of After Hegemony, maybe chapters 4 - 7 , all of Retreat of State is an entertaining argument though.. Hmm...Axelrod's stuff would be good too

I know this is late coming, but is any else applying for research grant in China? My project is in economic geography in Nanjing next year. Good luck to everyone!

publishing honors thesis in graduate/undergraduate journal

a few independent research projects, quantitative work in China ( applies for Fulbright for funding for further work)

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Hey guys, this another necrotic, perfectionist, anxious, self indulging-post about chances getting into grad school programs. I am applying for a PHD for Poli Sci (IR and IPE), and my research interests are in the political economy of global governance and financial regulatory consensus. I come from a state school but I'm in the honors college there with some well known faculty (presidents of various international studies associations) who wrote my recommendations. I speak advanced mandarin and have worked/studied/volunteered in China and Vietnam several times in my undergraduate career, and have done a lot of independent study (competing for well known grants /presenting at well known conference this april). I believe I have linked my research interests with the professors pretty well, mostly in political economy and global governance, as well as comparative economic development (my research in China was on gentrification and is going to be published next year). GPA: 3.9 GRE: 164 Verbal / 157 Math (yeah i know) 5.5 Writing Writing sample and personal statements I believe are good if not impressive. Any idea on chances for the following schools for a fall phd admit? Columbia UCSD Yale Harvard Uni Mich UC Berkeley Columbia Princeton Uni Washington - Seattle Stanford