GradSchoolAlibi

There's no "secret formula" for the ordering of admissions responses, although people pop up with them every year, looking at the first letter of your name, the date you applied, etc. Stop pattern-hunting and accept the unknowable -- it's your only choice! Anyone looking for a career in policy analysis should know not to accept the first theory with two data points, and anyone looking to into a career in administration should know how detrimental that theory would be to morale.

There's no "secret formula" for the ordering of admissions responses, although people pop up with them every year, looking at the first letter of your name, the date you applied, etc. Stop pattern-hunting and accept the unknowable -- it's your only choice! Anyone looking for a career in policy analysis should know not to accept the first theory with two data points, and anyone looking to into a career in administration should know how detrimental that theory would be to morale.

There's no "secret formula" for the ordering of admissions responses, although people pop up with them every year, looking at the first letter of your name, the date you applied, etc. Stop pattern-hunting and accept the unknowable -- it's your only choice! Anyone looking for a career in policy analysis should know not to accept the first theory with two data points, and anyone looking to into a career in administration should know how detrimental that theory would be to morale.

I just want to add a thought to relieve anxiety for our audience here, particularly those who aren't commenting. Most of my decisions last year were admits, and they still didn't come until mid-March. Syracuse had let me know super early, and I think Heinz got back to me in the first week of March (because as a DC admit, I was in the first pool of acceptances).
 
Anybody hoping for an MPP from Michigan/Duke/Chicago/UCLA/Berkeley/Heinz etc. shouldn't expect to hear anything for two weeks, at least.

I just want to add a thought to relieve anxiety for our audience here, particularly those who aren't commenting. Most of my decisions last year were admits, and they still didn't come until mid-March. Syracuse had let me know super early, and I think Heinz got back to me in the first week of March (because as a DC admit, I was in the first pool of acceptances).
 
Anybody hoping for an MPP from Michigan/Duke/Chicago/UCLA/Berkeley/Heinz etc. shouldn't expect to hear anything for two weeks, at least.

I just want to add a thought to relieve anxiety for our audience here, particularly those who aren't commenting. Most of my decisions last year were admits, and they still didn't come until mid-March. Syracuse had let me know super early, and I think Heinz got back to me in the first week of March (because as a DC admit, I was in the first pool of acceptances).
 
Anybody hoping for an MPP from Michigan/Duke/Chicago/UCLA/Berkeley/Heinz etc. shouldn't expect to hear anything for two weeks, at least.

hahaha, that confused the hell out of me. FYI Columbia hasn't posted my admissions decision. I can't say that checking my status was worth the time it took me to find my PIN and log out from one of my other "applyyourself" accounts, which always conflict and never resolves easily.