acoustic_mayhem

If you are interested in migration then another important consideration would be a population center- UNC has a great one so you might not want to write them off yet-- if you have any questions about UNC let me know~

I'm still trying to decide as well. I've already rejected 4 offers.....still considering Chapel Hill, Indiana, and Washington-- Its getting down to the wire though-- I'm ready for it to be over with.....

Go ahead and contact the graduate secretary at the department. Its understandable and (in my opinion) acceptable to contact them if you haven't heard anything by this point. Explain in the e-mail (or on the phone) that another program is pressuring you to give an answer and if you could at least find out if you are still under consideration at UPenn it would be very helpful. I have so far done this with two programs and I got an e-mail back right away from both of them. Good luck to you.

Do you have any publications? If not, is there any chance you can try and get your Masters thesis published? Oftentimes when you submit an article for publication, and it is accepted with revisions, those revisions will help you to polish your writing sample and will make you a more competitive candidate. Also, I would suggest getting a bunch of word lists and really studying hard for the verbal section of the GRE- your math score is great, but your verbal is a bit low and may have hurt you during the application process. Other than that, you should e-mail all of the programs you applied to this year and ask if they had any suggestions for you to strengthen your application for next year. I'm sure at least one of them will respond. I don't think there's much you can do about appealing to the programs that rejected you, but contacting them and asking for advice on how you can be a more competitive candidate will show your continued interest and may help you out next year. Good luck!

I'm on the waiting list too-- I wonder how many of us there are?? It sucks getting on the wait-list because now we probably won't be invited to see the campus and if we get in, we will be expected to make a decision without ever meeting people, etc. :cry:

I was accepted to the University of Washington-Seattle a few weeks ago. Johns Hopkins is currently in the process of reviewing applications and will be notifying sometime in the next 2 weeks. I've actually heard from 9 of the 12 schools I applied to, and I'm also positive I've been rejected from Berkeley even though I haven't gotten the official letter yet... So, I'm just waiting on 2 more, guess most of mine decided to notify early....... :shock:

Yeah, I know what you mean-- I'm in sociology too and my rejection from Duke really hurt-- even though I'd had some acceptances from higher ranked schools. Its just hard being told they don't want you....I was hoping to at least get on their waiting list :cry:

Welcome! Congrats on your admission, I have also been admitted to the IUB Sociology program. What kinds of things did you want to know about it? Most of the things I know about it I've learned from their website, but I have heard from professors and others that they have an excellent teacher training program. I am planning on visiting sometime in March and can give you much more information then if you would like. Bloomington is a small town in Indiana, but it is about 45 minutes from the city of Indianapolis. It seems like a nice place, but I will find out more when I actually go there. Good luck with the rest of your applications!

Hello, and welcome! Congrats on your good news from Wisconsin and UCLA, that's awesome! I was wondering if you'd be willing to share why you aren't that intersted in attending JHU if you are admitted? I have applied there as well and I am anxiously awaiting their response, they are probably my 1st choice. If you hear anything from them would you mind posting?? Also, as a very likely fellow Berkeley reject I feel your pain....if you have any, given your awesome options already.... Good luck with everything else!

I got the e-mail from Washington. They said they had just finished their first round of evaluations, so I would definitely not give up hope yet!

You might want to keep checking their website (like log into your application)-- from what I've seen, Ohio State is one of the few schools that will put accept/reject info on their website often before e-mailing or snail mailing results. On a side note, will February *ever* get here?!

Who got the interview to Minnesota?! I didn't think they interviewed candidates....... How come they didn't e-mail me?? :cry: I hate waiting, this is so much worse than the applications were.....

I know what you mean-- I can't stop thinking about things I wish I would have said in my SOP, or thinking I wish I would have had time to retake the GRE....but oh well, can't do anything now! I just hope I don't have to go through this again next year-- I'm ready to start a program now!