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I would take a look at two schools that I know off the top of my head. Penn State has James Piazza, Douglas Lemke, and Zaryab Iqbal. Arizona State has Cameron Thies, David Siroky, and Will Moore joining in the fall from Florida State. Hope this helps.

Good Day Trossier, I would say given your background I doubt your undergraduate g.p.a. would be much of an issue. I would try to ensure that you get as high as graduate gpa as possible as well as cultivating a relationship with the professors whose research goals most align with your own, these people will be the ones who will write your letters when it comes time to apply for PhD programs. Your legal experience I think will help you stand out given the fact you have been a practitioner of the law. Continue to work on your GRE's and what you are doing now I think is the best way , I wish I knew someone with a PhD in math because it has been a long time for me as well. An option to consider is given your legal background maybe to try to get a adjunct position at a school that houses a great doctoral program and gain entry that way. While it is a ninja move if you prove to the school housing the doctoral program you wish to gain entry by taking some classes on the side. If my response is a little chaotic I am currently at a baseball game with kids screaming right behind me.

I would agree that some of the universities listed are decent ones, Mannheim FU Berlin, Konstanz are all solid schools. Another school to look at would be European University Institute or maybe Central European University. While neither are located in Germany, they are still schools with a decent name to them and have solid reputation in the social sciences.

No worries whatsoever. I enjoyed you input. Sometimes one sided views are wrought with issues so I was glad you brought up a differing point of view.

Firstly, I am not trying to defame Iowa whatsoever. I am glad that you had great dialogue with the faculty there. Second, the professor that I knew said that one of his colleagues who worked there was denied tenure, he went on to say that others were also denied tenure, only from CP and IR as I recall. His explanation was that the old guard at Iowa, who were Americanists he stated, were the ones who denied his colleagues tenure. Now the situation may not be as bleak as that and I am not saying it is a horrible university or department, but that is what I heard, so take it with a grain of salt. It could be possible that there were other extenuation circumstances that I was unaware of that may have led to this decision. Again, I am sorry if I came off poorly I did not mean to do so, all I can say is that is what I was told.

I would be careful about Iowa. One professor who I know and trust has told me that the Americanists at Iowa run that department and they have a bad reputation in denying tenure to CP and IR professors so they may have a lot of turnover.

I kind we should give bad news like this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VL4Mp53GOdg

Way to ruin that good feeling, just kidding. At least we won't be seeing a mass immigration of angry and spiteful individuals.

What it seems like to me is that they are offering conditional admission, rather than full admission. Why they did this I am unsure, but conditional admission tends to be offered to applicants who have something in their background that worries the faculty or the school, but I could be mistaken in this case.

So it looks like PSJR website is down. Website states that they have not renewed their domain name. Hopefully, their regular posters do not descend onto this forum.

I see you are drinking an AnchorSteam. While I do not drink, some of my colleagues in my department love it, which means you have some good taste.

I am sorry to hear that this cycle has not gone well for you. Believe me I understand what you are going through and your attitude is the right one. I hope your next cycle goes well and I wish you the very best.

In honor of President's Day I present the following:

Congrats to all the new admits. The admissions I have seen thus far are really impressive and you should all be very proud of yourself. To those who have not heard anything or have been greeted with rejections all I can say is that I emphasis with your situation and that while you have not heard good new thus far should not discount the possibility that you will gain admittance later in this cycle. I hope all of you are having a good week and I wish the best for you all. Best, P

Good Day Everyone, The first order of the day is my deep sorrow for those who have received rejects for the past couple of weeks. For those who have received more positive news all I can say is congratulations and I wish you the best of luck as you begin the next chapter of your life. To note the numbers of those viewing this post I find it sad that I check this forum every hour even though I did not apply anywhere. I think that speaks plenty about my life and how much time I have about my life. I hope everything goes well for all of you as you patiently wait to hear any news. All my best, -P