dvxyzijil Posted February 7, 2019 Posted February 7, 2019 (edited) 11 hours ago, Pancho Villa said: If you look at hundreds of (accepted) applications each year, over time you learn that (in poli sci and most programs) almost nothing is disqualifying. Truly. At least a handful of your classmates (non theory included) will not have completed a calculus class. Ever. So the one who fails, then gets a B-, often won’t be considered any worse off. Also, right, a B- can mean many things. In my story, for the student who eventually scored ok on the GRE and has a head for methods, it can even signal persistence. Hahahahaha, I love this take. I did just the thing that @eggsalad14 rightly warned against: I actively signaled that I'm terrible at math with a string of C's in introductory calculus courses and a just-ok GRE quant score. (And no, I'm not a theorist.) I thought I had completely disqualified myself from top schools, but I applied on the advice of my advisor and now have an acceptance to OSU and a waitlist spot from Duke. Maybe it was all of the persistence I signaled. (For any future applicants, let me be clear that I do not recommend you what I did. I was told by one mentor in no uncertain terms that I had badly sabotaged my chances. On the other hand, if you have a serious weakness, don't give up hope!) Edited February 7, 2019 by dvxyzijil Pancho Villa 1
plzuniverse Posted February 7, 2019 Posted February 7, 2019 12 minutes ago, quesadilla said: Keep in mind it also just depends on who gets stuck with your application. There could be three different theory profs who each get so many applications to vet, and only one prof may take the time to interview any students. Thanks for the kind words. I really need it right now trying to keep my hope up. Only have one waitlist, one rejection and four pending yet.
TheBunny Posted February 7, 2019 Posted February 7, 2019 I have a feeling that we will get important results today... peggy.olson 1
IcedCovfefe Posted February 7, 2019 Posted February 7, 2019 Anyone want to claim that Stanford interview? What’s going on there? peggy.olson 1
cafeoverdose Posted February 7, 2019 Posted February 7, 2019 Anyone heard from the department at Rochester? Got an official acceptance from the portal two days ago and just received an email on visitation from the department secretary. Has the DGS sent anything yet?
wara Posted February 7, 2019 Posted February 7, 2019 7 hours ago, quesadilla said: Keep in mind it also just depends on who gets stuck with your application. There could be three different theory profs who each get so many applications to vet, and only one prof may take the time to interview any students. I don't want to discourage any ND theory applicants but my impression is that it's one of the (luckily few) schools where nobody gets admitted without an interview. Though hopefully I'm wrong!
IRSquirrel Posted February 7, 2019 Posted February 7, 2019 20 minutes ago, wara said: I don't want to discourage any ND theory applicants but my impression is that it's one of the (luckily few) schools where nobody gets admitted without an interview. Though hopefully I'm wrong! Is this true for all subfields or only theory?
trinityshot Posted February 7, 2019 Posted February 7, 2019 Hoping for Michigan to come out and I didn't even apply ana21, IRSquirrel and IcedCovfefe 3
peggy.olson Posted February 7, 2019 Posted February 7, 2019 I see a new Northwestern rejection that just came out today in the results page??
trinityshot Posted February 7, 2019 Posted February 7, 2019 2 minutes ago, peggy.olson said: I see a new Northwestern rejection that just came out today in the results page?? 2 new ones. Seems like updates are coming
peggy.olson Posted February 7, 2019 Posted February 7, 2019 12 minutes ago, trinityshot said: 2 new ones. Seems like updates are coming Nothing for me yet. Ugh
eggsalad14 Posted February 7, 2019 Posted February 7, 2019 I basically always keep an email tab open. Just saw I had a new email and got excited. Nope, it was just the chipotle I just ordered. trinityshot, humanpinata and ana21 3
IRSquirrel Posted February 7, 2019 Posted February 7, 2019 13 minutes ago, peggy.olson said: Nothing for me yet. Ugh Nothing for me either. Maybe it's a good sign... However, based on two rejections and even more silence, I feel like that I screwed something up that will keep me out of everywhere... When is the appropriate time to ask POIs about weaknesses and future advice? End of April?
Dwar Posted February 7, 2019 Posted February 7, 2019 Just now, IRSquirrel said: Nothing for me either. Maybe it's a good sign... However, based on two rejections and even more silence, I feel like that I screwed something up that will keep me out of everywhere... When is the appropriate time to ask POIs about weaknesses and future advice? End of April? I emailed the DGS of a rejected program (OSU) and he got back to me the next day. But the DGS of Ohio is a generally awesome guy who seems to really care about students and applicants. He even read my file and made a reference to my POI (he was retiring at the end of this year, who knew) and offered some words of encouragement. I kind of have a feeling thought that he is an outlier, I contacted the DGS of another program I was rejected from and he responded with a generic email about the strength of their applicants and how they couldn't accept everyone who applied. So I guess what i'm trying to say is it depends? obviously you should wait until you get the official rejection, but after that I guess it depends on the program? I reached out and asked shortly after rejection and have found mixed results.
peggy.olson Posted February 7, 2019 Posted February 7, 2019 7 minutes ago, eggsalad14 said: I basically always keep an email tab open. Just saw I had a new email and got excited. Nope, it was just the chipotle I just ordered. literally me just now except it was a shipping notification for the clothes I stress-ordered last night I love it
trinityshot Posted February 7, 2019 Posted February 7, 2019 8 minutes ago, eggsalad14 said: I basically always keep an email tab open. Just saw I had a new email and got excited. Nope, it was just the chipotle I just ordered. Yep. Except mine was TurboTax fml
peggy.olson Posted February 7, 2019 Posted February 7, 2019 honestly don't even know if I care if its a rejection or acceptance at this point I just want them to TELL me gd it @ northwestern
taraeh Posted February 7, 2019 Posted February 7, 2019 (edited) Can the northwestern rejects tell us which subfield they applied to?? Edited February 7, 2019 by taraeh
at281 Posted February 7, 2019 Posted February 7, 2019 1 hour ago, cafeoverdose said: Anyone heard from the department at Rochester? Got an official acceptance from the portal two days ago and just received an email on visitation from the department secretary. Has the DGS sent anything yet? I got the offer, the campus invitation, and have not heard from DGS or anybody else as well. cafeoverdose 1
pp30 Posted February 7, 2019 Posted February 7, 2019 11 minutes ago, taraeh said: Can the northwestern rejects tell us which subfield they applied to?? Sure. Comparative.
quesadilla Posted February 7, 2019 Posted February 7, 2019 9 minutes ago, taraeh said: Can the northwestern rejects tell us which subfield they applied to?? Northwestern Rejects sounds like the name of a cover band from Portland humanpinata, StormingTheCastle, IR1995 and 3 others 1 5
ana21 Posted February 7, 2019 Posted February 7, 2019 2 hours ago, TheBunny said: I have a feeling that we will get important results today... praying that you are right, so I can stop checking my email every five minutes. anyways, I'm thankful for this forum somehow my stress kind go diminishes reading your comments(my anxiety however keeps growing)
taraeh Posted February 7, 2019 Posted February 7, 2019 17 minutes ago, pp30 said: Sure. Comparative. Thanks. I am CP too... hoping I hear something soon.
taraeh Posted February 7, 2019 Posted February 7, 2019 12 minutes ago, quesadilla said: Northwestern Rejects sounds like the name of a cover band from Portland HAHA... OMG that was horrible. I didn't mean to call someone a "reject". LOL. Although on second thought... it sounds like a band I will soon be joining. PolSci_2020 1
Neil Soul Posted February 7, 2019 Posted February 7, 2019 42 minutes ago, taraeh said: Can the northwestern rejects tell us which subfield they applied to?? Methods
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