2019-2020 Application Thread

[Romcomulus]

Of those admitted into UW so far, any theorists?

[S-Kyo]

Any claim for Boston College? Which sub-field? I also applied for BC. Mine is CP. 

[S-Kyo]

2 minutes ago, S-Kyo said:

Any claim for Boston College? Which sub-field? I also applied for BC. Mine is CP. 

Sorry, I did not add it: I have not heard anything. 

[Whaisidnfjlql]

I see the tendency of schools releasing their decisions early for this cycle tho, which means that you can’t just ignore the admitted people’s posts all to be trolls since not all people like to tell it off in the forum

Edited February 5, 2020 by Whaisidnfjlql

[StarkDark1]

Damn, this stress is killing me.  ?Still haven't heard word from Northwestern.  Guess I'm on the unofficial wait list...  

[kaze_ng]

@ People who got accepted to Penn State: what are your subfield? I'm applying for CP and still haven't heard anything.

[Dwar]

39 minutes ago, kaze_ng said:

@ People who got accepted to Penn State: what are your subfield? I'm applying for CP and still haven't heard anything.

I applied in IR and haven't heard anything either. Going off the past reports it seems that PSU sends out their acceptances in early Feb, and then their rejections in late Feb. Leaving most of us in limbo for a while  

[kaze_ng]

3 minutes ago, Dwar said:

I applied in IR and haven't heard anything either. Going off the past reports it seems that PSU sends out their acceptances in early Feb, and then their rejections in late Feb. Leaving most of us in limbo for a while  

Oh, I see. Thank you. It looks like PSU has started to look at CP applicants based on the post on the result page. I'll just assume for the worst and move on then. 

[DrPepperGuy]

Anybody in here claiming a Brown acceptance? I thought I saw a few earlier today.

[needanoffersobad]

2 hours ago, kaze_ng said:

@ People who got accepted to Penn State: what are your subfield? I'm applying for CP and still haven't heard anything.

IR subfield. Received email from DGS

[SeriousDiver]

loool Columbia or Michigan is NOT real, though Michigan and MIT are likely to come with decisions today or tomorrow

[needanoffersobad]

A quick off topic question: is it normal that the webpage for forums is always down? Or it’s just my internet’s problem 

[SDMSK]

2 minutes ago, needanoffersobad said:

A quick off topic question: is it normal that the webpage for forums is always down? Or it’s just my internet’s problem 

I have the same issue.

[Romcomulus]

5 minutes ago, needanoffersobad said:

A quick off topic question: is it normal that the webpage for forums is always down? Or it’s just my internet’s problem 

The forum is usually down for about 30 minutes to an hour after schools send out decisions. Probably from high traffic I'm guessing. In the middle of the night or early in the morning, I never have issues. Its right before and after lunch time that I can never get on.

[sloth_girl]

Got Stonybrook and WUSTL. I way overpaid on application fees ?Imposter Syndrome is expensive, y'all. 

[Romcomulus]

4 minutes ago, sloth_girl said:

Got Stonybrook and WUSTL. I way overpaid on application fees ?Imposter Syndrome is expensive, y'all. 

Congratulations! You're going to have one hell of a decision to make. 

[sloth_girl]

12 minutes ago, Romcomulus said:

Congratulations! You're going to have one hell of a decision to make. 

Tell me about it haha. Also I feel guilt easily, so it'll sting when I deny anyone. I honestly just thought I'd have 2-3 offers. My LOR writers must have worked some magic. 

[Dwar]

26 minutes ago, sloth_girl said:

Tell me about it haha. Also I feel guilt easily, so it'll sting when I deny anyone. I honestly just thought I'd have 2-3 offers. My LOR writers must have worked some magic. 

You'll definitely be able to get a great funding package. Play them off each other and make them fight for you! 

[captmarvel]

30 minutes ago, sloth_girl said:

Tell me about it haha. Also I feel guilt easily, so it'll sting when I deny anyone. I honestly just thought I'd have 2-3 offers. My LOR writers must have worked some magic. 

Hey now, no imposter syndrome here. You clearly had a great application and are going to make a fantastic political scientist!!

[niceward]

Rejected from Brown University. Can't say I'm surprised, but I thought I was a good fit. Kinda sad. 

[e2e4]

21 minutes ago, niceward said:

Rejected from Brown University. Can't say I'm surprised, but I thought I was a good fit. Kinda sad. 

how did you find out about Brown? I have nothing yet

[niceward]

Just now, e2e4 said:

how did you find out about Brown? I have nothing yet

They emailed me to check my portal. There was a polite rejection letter. 

[DrPepperGuy]

1 minute ago, niceward said:

They emailed me to check my portal. There was a polite rejection letter. 

Same here - thought I was a really good fit.  Guess it just wasn't meant to be. 

[niceward]

3 minutes ago, DrPepperGuy said:

Same here - thought I was a really good fit.  Guess it just wasn't meant to be. 

I'm trying really hard to keep from despairing. I'm still waiting on five schools, but now I feel somewhat disheartened. Oh, well. 

[Richelieu]

2 minutes ago, niceward said:

I'm trying really hard to keep from despairing. I'm still waiting on five schools, but now I feel somewhat disheartened. Oh, well. 

No shade but it might well be because of all those people who applied to +20 schools with +3.9 GPA and +165 GRE Scores. That's why we see some people getting accepted into +10 schools while others with more modest scores not being able to even be waitlisted. It's just a sad system.