humanpinata Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 On 1/24/2019 at 4:14 PM, taraeh said: Any more updates/thoughts on Madison?? only a few acceptances and then crickets... Expand I was accepted for American politics last week and booked my plane ticket to visit in March for their admitted students weekend. I'm excited! It's the only program I've heard back from so far. Full funding, stipend (amount TBA), and healthcare. On 1/24/2019 at 11:36 PM, pharyn98 said: What's PSR? Expand On 1/25/2019 at 2:18 AM, andyischaos said: you raise my curiosity Expand It's Political Science Rumors... Imagine reddit but for lonely trolls way too interested in politics and ruining other people's lives.
ijustwantin Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 I just want opinions on my chances of getting into some institutions, as I am a young, first generation college student. Undergrad GPA: 3.655 (Major - 3.875) MAT (Masters of Arts in Teaching): 4.0 Relevant Experience: Undergraduate research and graduate research, TA for education classes (despite looking into grad school for political science) GRE: 158 V (80th), 155 Q (58th), 5.0 AWA (92nd) I applied to: American Vanderbilt UMaryland UChicago Notre Dame UVA Colorado - Boulder Tennesse Emory (already been rejected)
amyvt98 Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 On 1/25/2019 at 3:15 PM, ijustwantin said: I just want opinions on my chances of getting into some institutions, as I am a young, first generation college student. Undergrad GPA: 3.655 (Major - 3.875) MAT (Masters of Arts in Teaching): 4.0 Relevant Experience: Undergraduate research and graduate research, TA for education classes (despite looking into grad school for political science) GRE: 158 V (80th), 155 Q (58th), 5.0 AWA (92nd) I applied to: American Vanderbilt UMaryland UChicago Notre Dame UVA Colorado - Boulder Tennesse Emory (already been rejected) Expand What's your specialty? At some of the schools you listed, that can make a difference.
ijustwantin Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 On 1/25/2019 at 3:22 PM, amyvt98 said: What's your specialty? At some of the schools you listed, that can make a difference. Expand American; judicial politics and behaviors in relation to public policy
peggy.olson Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 Has anyone else heard back from Northwestern since the wave of acceptances on Wednesday? Starting to get a little worried! Onwarrdz 1
BritishPS Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 (edited) On 1/25/2019 at 4:17 PM, peggy.olson said: Has anyone else heard back from Northwestern since the wave of acceptances on Wednesday? Starting to get a little worried! Expand Same boat here, kind of resigning myself to the fact I haven't got in to it now. I think if we were going to be accepted then we'd have heard back on Wednesday. How do we check if its been updated anyway? My status still just says: payment accepted, form submitted successfully. Edited January 25, 2019 by BritishPS
taraeh Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 On 1/25/2019 at 4:38 PM, BritishPS said: Same boat here, kind of resigning myself to the fact I haven't got in to it now. I think if we were going to be accepted then we'd have heard back on Wednesday. How do we check if its been updated anyway? My status still just says: payment accepted, form submitted successfully. Expand The FAQ page for Northwestern says that acceptances are not all sent on the same time. I am not resigning myself yet. Just got my rejection from UW-Mad. Expected but still hurts. My highest hopes are for NW so here is to hoping we hear something today...
Onwarrdz Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 On 1/25/2019 at 4:38 PM, BritishPS said: Same boat here, kind of resigning myself to the fact I haven't got in to it now. I think if we were going to be accepted then we'd have heard back on Wednesday. How do we check if its been updated anyway? My status still just says: payment accepted, form submitted successfully. Expand In previous years they have gone out over the course of a few days, not all at once. I'd be surprised if Wednesday was all the acceptances, especially because it's so early in the cycle still. Although it's possible I'm just desperate and deluding myself. Oh well...
BritishPS Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 On 1/25/2019 at 4:43 PM, Onwarrdz said: In previous years they have gone out over the course of a few days, not all at once. I'd be surprised if Wednesday was all the acceptances, especially because it's so early in the cycle still. Although it's possible I'm just desperate and deluding myself. Oh well... Expand I've always been a pessimist. I just think if we would be accepted then we'd hear by now.
TheBunny Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 Did anyone hear from Boston College? Last year, according to my data, they sent acceptances on January 25 and rejections on January 22 and March 5 (waitlist rejection I suppose)?
humanpinata Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 (edited) People waitlisted at George Washington - was your portal updated? Where did you find your letter? (1a/0r/0w/9p) Edited January 25, 2019 by humanpinata
IR1995 Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 Just my opinion, but I think it’s really unlikely Northwestern has sent out all of their acceptances at this point. They usually admit between 25-30 each year, and I think we would see more activity via the results page if this many acceptances had already been sent. Also, as others have mentioned, the results page from last year indicates that Northwestern sends out acceptances over a period of a few days.
amyvt98 Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 I got waitlisted at GW. It was on the portal at around midday today. Generic letter (I thought it was a rejection at first until I re-read it). No email. humanpinata 1
usmeme Posted January 26, 2019 Posted January 26, 2019 On 1/25/2019 at 11:32 PM, amyvt98 said: I got waitlisted at GW. It was on the portal at around midday today. Generic letter (I thought it was a rejection at first until I re-read it). No email. Expand Their way of accepting is almost the worst. They emailed to those who were accepted and waitlisted a week ago and did not offer any updates to those who have not received any notifications. Just let you hang in there. I even feel that a direct rejection is much better. amyvt98 1
usmeme Posted January 26, 2019 Posted January 26, 2019 Guys, also a poster claiming that he/she received an interview request from Penn. Troll again?
eggsalad14 Posted January 26, 2019 Posted January 26, 2019 On 1/26/2019 at 2:05 AM, usmeme said: Guys, also a poster claiming that he/she received an interview request from Penn. Troll again? Expand It seems realistic enough. Last year's results have 2 interview notices, both in early Feb, so I can see it being possible that it's real. Plus, I feel like trolls usually try to hit us where it hurts (and by that I mean Stanford and Harvard admissions)
kabixab Posted January 26, 2019 Posted January 26, 2019 On 1/24/2019 at 5:48 PM, sandmoon said: Also, there is a UCSD rejection on the results page. Anyone heard from UCSD? Expand I have a friend who's a current student in the UCSD program--their graduate coordinator is on vacation until next week, so I highly doubt there's much going on right now!
sandmoon Posted January 26, 2019 Posted January 26, 2019 On 1/26/2019 at 2:09 AM, kabixab said: I have a friend who's a current student in the UCSD program--their graduate coordinator is on vacation until next week, so I highly doubt there's much going on right now! Expand thank you!
sandmoon Posted January 26, 2019 Posted January 26, 2019 On 1/26/2019 at 1:32 AM, usmeme said: Their way of accepting is almost the worst. They emailed to those who were accepted and waitlisted a week ago and did not offer any updates to those who have not received any notifications. Just let you hang in there. I even feel that a direct rejection is much better. Expand Madison does this too. super annoying. I'd rather wait a few more days if they agree to release decisions to everyone on the same day.
vicrown Posted January 26, 2019 Posted January 26, 2019 This is getting confusing! Someone just updated that (s)he was interviewed yesterday for Northwestern, days after some folks had already received their acceptance letter. peggy.olson 1
amyvt98 Posted January 26, 2019 Posted January 26, 2019 On 1/26/2019 at 1:32 AM, usmeme said: They emailed to those who were accepted and waitlisted a week ago and did not offer any updates to those who have not received any notifications. Expand Yeah- I didn’t get mine until this week. The professor I talked to in my interview told me that the IR and comparative acceptances went out last week (30 slots) and the American acceptances were going to go out this week (4 slots). So that explains why most of the letters went out in one big batch and the smaller batch came a week later. I’m wondering if some of the other schools do the same thing- that might explain some of the confusion I’m seeing on the boards this morning. Dwar 1
eggsalad14 Posted January 26, 2019 Posted January 26, 2019 (edited) On 1/26/2019 at 1:45 PM, amyvt98 said: Yeah- I didn’t get mine until this week. The professor I talked to in my interview told me that the IR and comparative acceptances went out last week (30 slots) and the American acceptances were going to go out this week (4 slots). So that explains why most of the letters went out in one big batch and the smaller batch came a week later. I’m wondering if some of the other schools do the same thing- that might explain some of the confusion I’m seeing on the boards this morning. Expand That seems craZy and almost unbelievable that they admit 30 comparative and IR but only 4 American, seeing as they have many Americanists on faculty. Edit: Actually looking at the distribution of current grad students that's roughly believable but wow that's so surprising. Edited January 26, 2019 by eggsalad14
amyvt98 Posted January 26, 2019 Posted January 26, 2019 (edited) On 1/26/2019 at 3:28 PM, eggsalad14 said: That seems craZy and almost unbelievable that they admit 30 comparative and IR but only 4 American, seeing as they have many Americanists on faculty. Edit: Actually looking at the distribution of current grad students that's roughly believable but wow that's so surprising. Expand That’s just what I was told by a member of the faculty. They let in 2 behavior and 2 institution students each year. Edited January 26, 2019 by amyvt98 Clarifying
Onwarrdz Posted January 26, 2019 Posted January 26, 2019 Anyone have confirmation on the Northwestern rejection? Seems early based on when they sent them out in previous years. peggy.olson and lil_grudge 2
IR1995 Posted January 26, 2019 Posted January 26, 2019 On 1/26/2019 at 8:21 PM, Onwarrdz said: Anyone have confirmation on the Northwestern rejection? Seems early based on when they sent them out in previous years. Expand I think there's a good chance it's just a troll. Two of them say via email, one says via website - that seems weird to me. Who knows.. I have not yet received an email and my application portal still just says submitted.
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