Supernovasky

Same as you. I thought I had good stats and a good direction, but there must be tons of applicants out there that blow mine away!

UW I think is my biggest chance of all of the universities I applied to. I'm heavily focused on quantitative and methodology in my SOP and Writing Sample, and I have a very strong quant background. None of the professors from there that I have emailed have gotten back in touch with me, but I'm still hoping. I wouldn't mind living in Seattle. Pacific Northwest... about as far away from Louisiana as can be!

Last year, it looks like Feb. 7th was the admissions day. So this should be coming up soon too... Looks like they've got an itneresting wait-list program too that falls on about the 23rd. Anyone else apply here? I feel like this is the school wehre I probably have the closest fit as far as my background is concerned.

Well, Last year's Austin acceptance dates seemed spot on with this years. So I am going to assume the same is happening here with Ann Arbor.

I found one professor there that said, "She would be looking forward to reading my application." thats all she said though, lol...

Last year, the open house invites went out on Feb 14th-15th. I would very much love to go here, not just for the university, but for the location. Ayone else apply here?

Looks like this is the next big university that I applied to that has acceptancse comign up. Last year, the acceptances were emailed or phoned in on Feb. 5th. Anyone else applied here? I hope I have better luck here than UT-Austin!

For Austin, go check the Austin thread. Seems if you havent gotten your Austin acceptance by now, its probably a rejection.

Thanks for the positivity, I really appreciate it. I hope that its just a case of the school not being a good fit rather than me not being a good applicant.

I learned yesterday I was rejected from UT-Austin. UT-Austin was my top choice, because it is where my girlfriend just learned she got her new job at. We've been together for a year now. This one hurts. It means that not only did I not get into UT-Austin (and probably won't get into Ann Arbor either, considering that Ann Arbor is MORE competitive than Austin), but it means that I'll be living quite far away from her for 5 years, and pretty much means that we are breaking up this coming weekend when she moves. I'm having second thoughts as to whether any professor at UC Boulder shares a dime in my research interests. I feel like Wash-Seattle is my last, best hope, its got the biggest quantitative Socio department, but Seattle is, from what I'm told, just as hard to get into and selective as Austin. I'm now worried I won't get into ANY schools but LSU, my state school, in which case, I might take another year, work, figure something else out to do, and apply again.

I've already got my first rejection, so the waiting is taking on an even more important facet... I feel like I'm playing a game of survivor!

I wonder what university I get to stress about next. Ann Arbor, Boulder, or Washington-Seattle?

Need some sociology humor. This UT Austin rejection sucks :-/ Gotta break up with my girlfriend because of it. She's moving to Austin for a killer job.

At least I got some closure, and to be truthful, UT Austin really didn't have too many quant sociology professors that I could have worked with anyway. It really wasn't that great a fit.

Well, at least I got my first rejection out of the way. Boulder and Washington are much better fits for me. Ann Arbor is pretty much shut out. If I cant get into UT, Ann Arbor is not going to be any easier. I really don't want to go to my state school of LSU....

Yup, emailing her is the kiss of death. Its cool though, at least gives me closure and now I focus on the other 4. I wasn't a good fit for Austin anyway. "Thanks very much for your interest in our program. While your application was viewed favorably, this year’s applicant pool was particularly competitive. As a result, we are unable to offer admission to you and many other impressive applicants for 2012. I’m sure you will find a program that meets your needs as well or better than the University of Texas."

Yup. Hi --------, Thanks very much for your interest in our program. While your application was viewed favorably, this year’s applicant pool was particularly competitive. As a result, we are unable to offer admission to you and many other impressive applicants for 2012. I’m sure you will find a program that meets your needs as well or better than the University of Texas. Best wishes for your ongoing academic success. ------------------- 1 down, 4 to go.

Could not resist opening Schrödinger's box. Will tell you if the cat is alive or dead tomorrow. Haha.

I emailed her, short and sweet... just asking if all of the decisions have been made by now, or if the admissions process is still ongoing, because I'm aware a few offers have already been made. So far everyone that has emailed her has gottne the kiss of death. Lets see how that works for me

Well, we'll see how things go, huh? Best of luck to us. I guess all my schools are top 40, safe for LSU, then... I hope one of them gives me a chance.

Well, I had a simple formula. I only had 500 dollars to spend on applications... so 90 dollars a school (50-75 for fee, +20 for GRe scorse) 1 SUPER safe school - LSU 2 "on par schools" - UW and UC Boulder 2 "reach" schools - UT-Austin and Ann Arbor More I think about it I should have just done 4 "on par" schools and not erached at all, but then again, thats never how I've lived. A UT Austin aceptance would make my world right about now.

I noticed that about UW. I think I emailed at least 4 professors there. I was actually shocked to see how much quantitative research is going in in UW.

My SOP and Writing Sample really focused more on the quantiative, social research side of things... I have a very, very specific thing I want to research when it comes to sampling a population of people's internal ideas... I just hope SOME university picks me up!

All I see is "Shroomery"

Worried I won't even get accepted into any...