Decision timelines for particular universities and programs derived from the gradcafe data + GRE/GPA distributions

[rooguild]

this is.... amazing. 

[siliconchins]

16 minutes ago, there_is_a_wait_so_long said:

Sociology is in one of the answers above. Geography I will check if there is enough data.  

Gotta say your profile pic makes this post that much better.

[senorbrightside]

Very cool. Thanks. I'm applying for Spanish and not sure if there are enough results to do that.

[GreenEyedTrombonist]

If you happen to want to do this for Communication PhDs, that would be so amazing!

 

In any case, very interesting and nice to see visual breakdowns.  

[94AVL]

9 hours ago, there_is_a_wait_so_long said:

Sociology is in one of the answers above. Geography I will check if there is enough data.  

Ooops. Sorry I missed the Sociology one. Great work again!

[seems_fair]

15 hours ago, semling said:

Wow, that Literature one is ... sobering. Y'all have my sympathies.

If this doesn't work out with the Arabic thing, I think I'm going to switch to Computer Science ....

 

I wouldn't look at accepted/rejected ratio in this data because it is definitely biased. People are more likely to brag about accepts than rejects. And CS is crazy competitive. I am applying to CS and scared shitless.

[semling]

31 minutes ago, there_is_a_wait_so_long said:

 I am applying to CS and scared shitless.

Somehow, I suspect you'll be okay.  ;-)

[bigboots02]

Sweating here guys...

Berkeley Civil Engineering Undergrad

GPA: 3.75, Upper Division GPA: 3.80, graduated cum laude, dean's honor roll during entire undergrad.

GRE: Q: 164 (87%), V: 148 (38%), W: 4.0 (60%)

2 Letters of Rec from Berkeley Professors

2 Honor Societies (held office for 2 years with 2 positions)

Competition team member - won Nationals 2 years in a row

Boeing Scholarship Recipient for Academic Excellence

Applied for Structural Engineering MS to:
Berkeley, Stanford, USC, UCLA, UCSD, UC Davis

...scared shitless. Please someone talk some sense into me.

[seems_fair]

On 1/25/2018 at 3:40 PM, ssw32 said:

I would love to see one on Microbiology! These are awesome

Here you go

 

Microbiology PhD https://imgur.com/a/swpLT

 

Not enough data for particular universities. 

[seems_fair]

On 1/25/2018 at 5:15 PM, 94AVL said:

Great work! Could you do some of the Social Sciences as well? 

Sociology, Geography?

Here you go

 

Geography PhD https://imgur.com/a/f0yfP

[seems_fair]

19 hours ago, senorbrightside said:

Very cool. Thanks. I'm applying for Spanish and not sure if there are enough results to do that.

Here you go

 

Spanish PhD https://imgur.com/a/7rGtf

Edited January 27, 2018 by there_is_a_wait_so_long

[seems_fair]

6 hours ago, semling said:

Somehow, I suspect you'll be okay.  ;-)

I have really bad undergrad GPA. But we'll see.

 

Thanks for kind words!

[senorbrightside]

@there_is_a_wait_so_long Muchas gracias, thank you so much.  You are awesome. 

[birdy-bear]

This is incredible--thank you so much for taking the time to make this and share it with us. Would you be willing to do one for Education or Special Education? Best of luck with your application process--hope you'll be hearing some good news soon!

[seems_fair]

17 hours ago, birdy-bear said:

This is incredible--thank you so much for taking the time to make this and share it with us. Would you be willing to do one for Education or Special Education? Best of luck with your application process--hope you'll be hearing some good news soon!

Thanks! Here you go:

Education PhD https://imgur.com/a/NVZQH

Education MS https://imgur.com/a/yfoQz

[Kingsouth]

Damn I love graphs. Don't know why I'm now suddenly intrigued by the acceptance ratios of fields I've never even thought about, but either way, made my day.

[seems_fair]

13 hours ago, Kingsouth said:

Damn I love graphs. Don't know why I'm now suddenly intrigued by the acceptance ratios of fields I've never even thought about, but either way, made my day.

I wouldn't look to acceptance rates based on this data because they are definitely skewed towards acceptance in most cases. 

[Kingsouth]

9 minutes ago, there_is_a_wait_so_long said:

I wouldn't look to acceptance rates based on this data because they are definitely skewed towards acceptance in most cases. 

Yeh I've noticed that. Your comments about the GRE and GPA data being unreliable rings true as I follow your work, that and I've also found that certain sets to be off (date wise) depending if those dates fall on certain days of the week.

I also believe the data to be influenced by posts that either believe they would get into an institution, but were rejected, and the reverse for acceptances. These two groups seem the most likely to have posted their information. Comments attached usually reflect this observation. I say this in regards to mostly the humanities.

In any case, love your work, keep it up and good luck with your applications!

[fortsibut]

On 1/25/2018 at 8:58 PM, Guest345 said:

I'm sure the History folks would love to see a graph reflecting their admissions data. If at all possible and time + energy allows.

Yes, +1 to this if you have time to add that!  Great work on what you've done so far, o.p.  =)

 

EDIT:  whoops, didn't read all the way down the first page, just glanced at the o.p. and opened my big mouth!

 

/embarrassed

Edited January 29, 2018 by fortsibut

[Aradhana94]

This is so good. Thank you for your effort! I would really love to see a Civil Engineering one though, if the data sets are sufficient.

[seems_fair]

5 hours ago, Aradhana94 said:

This is so good. Thank you for your effort! I would really love to see a Civil Engineering one though, if the data sets are sufficient.

Here you go:

Civil Engineering PhD https://imgur.com/a/rYcyf

Civil Engineering MS https://imgur.com/a/rOarb

[Aradhana94]

THANK YOU! Even though it looks too optimistic haha, but really improved my peace of mind _/\_

11 hours ago, there_is_a_wait_so_long said:

Here you go:

 

Civil Engineering PhD https://imgur.com/a/rYcyf

Civil Engineering MS https://imgur.com/a/rOarb

 

[1|]010ls10o]

13 hours ago, there_is_a_wait_so_long said:

Here you go:

 

Civil Engineering PhD https://imgur.com/a/rYcyf

Civil Engineering MS https://imgur.com/a/rOarb

Could you do one for Clinical Psychology PhDs? Would be much appreciated. 

[seems_fair]

10 hours ago, 21ny14 said:

Could you do one for Clinical Psychology PhDs? Would be much appreciated. 

Here you go

 

Clinical Psychology PhD https://imgur.com/a/cTTUz

Edited January 30, 2018 by there_is_a_wait_so_long

[LibraryLivingJT]

Thanks for this! I know USC English is a long shot, but met one of my POIs this summer, and he helped with my app materials and wrote me a letter of rec for all programs I applied to, plus told the English committee that he strongly recommends my application.

Good luck everyone!