uchenyy Posted January 26, 2020 Posted January 26, 2020 2 hours ago, taraeh said: I actually think the northwestern admits are accurate. They often put very little weight on the GRE and a good GPA from a good school goes a long way (which the previous low GRE post had). A lot of people don't know about this forum and only check the results page which is why people have conversations on there instead of here. Last year they came in one wave about the third week of Jan too. I hope I am wrong - but I have lost a bit of hope at this point. Although Northwestern may not care as much about the GRE, the department's website notes that a GRE V score below 160 means the likelihood of admission is low. Yes, exceptions can made made--and probably are--but we're talking about a score of 148 here, not a 158 or 159. StarkDark1 1
Mixedmethodsisa4letterword Posted January 26, 2020 Posted January 26, 2020 (edited) 6 hours ago, taraeh said: I actually think the northwestern admits are accurate. They often put very little weight on the GRE and a good GPA from a good school goes a long way (which the previous low GRE post had). A lot of people don't know about this forum and only check the results page which is why people have conversations on there instead of here. Last year they came in one wave about the third week of Jan too. I hope I am wrong - but I have lost a bit of hope at this point. There is a 99.99999999999999% chance that the report is fake. 148/153 is way too low for polisci PhD programs, let alone a top-25 one. Edited January 26, 2020 by Mixedmethodsisa4letterword StarkDark1 1
needanoffersobad Posted January 26, 2020 Posted January 26, 2020 I agree. More importantly, having seen this shocking GRE, I noticed that the GPA is not incrediblly high So I have no clue how a mediocre GPA with a super low GRE can help get a admission.
Artifex_Archer Posted January 26, 2020 Posted January 26, 2020 23 hours ago, StarkDark1 said: One person claimed an acceptance with like a 148 verbal and 153 quant score. Is it even possible to get into Northwestern with those scores? From memory, their website states that anything BELOW 148 Quant means that one’s chances of admission are ‘low’. I can’t recall off the top of my head what they said about Verbal, but Northwestern is known for accepting applicants with lower GRE scores, relative to program ranking. I do think the fact that the post in question reported receiving the exact ‘unofficial minimum’ GRE Quant score is odd.
SeriousDiver Posted January 26, 2020 Posted January 26, 2020 (edited) Berkeley just sent out admit emails. I got in Edited January 26, 2020 by SeriousDiver Dwar, Artifex_Archer and captmarvel 3
Nichrome Posted January 26, 2020 Posted January 26, 2020 Also claiming a Berkeley admission! Dwar and Artifex_Archer 2
Theory007 Posted January 26, 2020 Posted January 26, 2020 18 minutes ago, SeriousDiver said: Berkeley just sent out admit emails. I got in That is so amazing!
sloth_girl Posted January 26, 2020 Posted January 26, 2020 (edited) 48 minutes ago, SeriousDiver said: Berkeley just sent out admit emails. I got in 35 minutes ago, Nichrome said: Also claiming a Berkeley admission! What subfields? And is the application portal updated? Edited January 26, 2020 by sloth_girl
captmarvel Posted January 26, 2020 Posted January 26, 2020 Congrats on the Berkeley admits! Were they via a form email that seemed to go out to everyone at once or individualized?
SeriousDiver Posted January 26, 2020 Posted January 26, 2020 (edited) 12 minutes ago, sloth_girl said: What subfields? And is the application portal updated? 8 minutes ago, captmarvel said: Congrats on the Berkeley admits! Were they via a form email that seemed to go out to everyone at once or individualized? I applied as a comparativist. No, the portal is not updated. They were pretty generalized forms, with the recipients name on top. I'm looking forward to other schools though. I also want to note that they may indeed not have sent out everything to every admit. Maybe they did it by alphabetical. Maybe by field. Maybe by submission of application date. Edited January 26, 2020 by SeriousDiver
Nichrome Posted January 26, 2020 Posted January 26, 2020 (edited) 13 minutes ago, sloth_girl said: What subfields? And is the application portal updated? IR for me. No portal update either. Edited January 26, 2020 by Nichrome
Haeralis Posted January 27, 2020 Posted January 27, 2020 According to the user submitted survey results, Baylor had two interviews on January 15th. That has me thinking that my chances of admittance are non-existent, since I did not receive any requests from them for an interview. Is it safe to assume that my chances at Baylor are pretty much null?
harshz3792 Posted January 27, 2020 Posted January 27, 2020 (edited) Received an offer from UT Austin! Got an email from the DGS just now. Subfield IR. Funding info will be released in a few days. Edited January 27, 2020 by harshz3792 arslanok, niceward, Dwar and 1 other 1 3
og_al Posted January 27, 2020 Posted January 27, 2020 Also claiming an acceptance from UT Austin for CP subfield. niceward, arslanok, Romcomulus and 2 others 1 4
ikebana Posted January 27, 2020 Posted January 27, 2020 I also claim an acceptance from UT Austin (CP subfield, International applicant). niceward, Romcomulus, Dwar and 2 others 5
arslanok Posted January 27, 2020 Posted January 27, 2020 49 minutes ago, ikebana said: I also claim an acceptance from UT Austin (CP subfield, International applicant). Congratulations. Texas Austin is one of the best programs out there. ikebana 1
fauxgranite Posted January 27, 2020 Posted January 27, 2020 (edited) Anyone claiming any of the Boston University decisions? No update to my portal. Edited January 27, 2020 by fauxgranite
Ps20 Posted January 27, 2020 Posted January 27, 2020 40 minutes ago, fauxgranite said: Anyone claiming any of the Boston University decisions? No update to my portal. Claiming a BU acceptance - no update to my portal yet either. Got an email from a prof on the grad committee last week, said official letters and funding info would be coming soon. It seemed like a semi-personalized email so they might be sending our decisions individually. Good luck!! Dwar and niceward 1 1
arslanok Posted January 27, 2020 Posted January 27, 2020 8 minutes ago, Ps20 said: Claiming a BU acceptance - no update to my portal yet either. Got an email from a prof on the grad committee last week, said official letters and funding info would be coming soon. It seemed like a semi-personalized email so they might be sending our decisions individually. Good luck!! Congrats on BU admission! You already got accepted last week?? If so you might be the first and only person to be accepted to BU in this cycle. Congrats also for that!
StarkDark1 Posted January 28, 2020 Posted January 28, 2020 Anyone claiming admission from Northwestern?
tdaotong Posted January 28, 2020 Posted January 28, 2020 UT Austin acceptance, Theory Dwar and Nichrome 2
Marika8 Posted January 28, 2020 Posted January 28, 2020 Someone has reported an interview from UPenn, has anyone else received an email from them or is still waiting to hear anything? Keeping my fingers crossed that I get an email soon.
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