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The graduate students from my undergraduate Soc. department seem to grumble time to time about funding/compensation - specifically, how low it is in comparison to other (private) programs. They certainly aren't in it for the glitz and glamour of graduate student life. And this is coming from a top-ranked public university.

I'd prefer a mixed-methods approach.

From the email it sounded pretty straightforward. Why does Rutgers appeal to you, and how will Rutgers help facilitate your graduate study? I think the interview will give us a chance to reiterate or expound upon why we applied to Rutgers in the first place, given that the SOP included such questions.

They probably didn't want to deal with the drop down menu.

It seems like someone else posted a wait listed decision for Berkeley. I guess they're sending out their wait list emails today.

I replied in the Acceptances/Rejections/Decisions thread, but that would be me. My smile turned into a frown as I read the email - it sounded like an acceptance for the first few sentences... They had nearly 400 applications this year. The email made it sound like they've finished reviewing all of the applications, so perhaps they'll be sending out acceptance/rejection emails soon.

The email made it sound like they've finished reviewing all of the applications. So perhaps they'll be sending out acceptance/rejection emails soon.

That would be me. My smile turned into a frown as I read the email - it sounded like an acceptance for the first few sentences... They had nearly 400 applications this year.

I'm so, so nervous about Wisconsin-Madison. It's in my top 5 choices and a perfect fit for my research interests.

Where? I couldn't find these on the results board.

I thought it would be helpful to create a thread to collect notification dates. This grad cafe feature was helpful in finding date ranges. Northwestern - Mid-February to March NYU - No later than March 15th University of California, Berkeley - Mid- to late February University of California, San Diego - Mid-February University of Chicago - First two weeks of March University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign - Late February to March University of Michigan, Ann Arbor - Mid-February University of Washington - February to March University of Wisconsin-Madison - February Rutgers - Mid-March Yale - Late February to March Please add your own (or correct mine)

From the grad students I've talked to in my undergraduate department, past degrees don't really matter. I know a grad student who has a BS in mechanical engineering, another who has a BA in political science, another in linguistics, another in economics, etc. You might have to put more effort into your coursework the first year or so, but that shouldn't hinder your application.

I'm having problems as well. One of my letters is listed as "not received" even though all of my materials and credentials were confirmed (with confirmation emails for the letters).

Programs I'm considering, in no order: University of Chicago, Berkeley, Wisconsin-Madison, Ann Arbor, Northwestern, Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Washington, Rutgers, Yale, NYU, UCSD. My interests: science/knowledge, higher education, institutions, immigration. Hi all!