2019-2020 Application Thread

[Foctest]

15 hours ago, uchenyy said:

Are you on the right forum? (I notice that your profile says you're in social work.)

I suppose I'm on the wrong forum. I'm quite new here. Sorry.

[uchenyy]

Just now, Foctest said:

I suppose I'm on the wrong forum. I'm quite new here. Sorry.

No worries! Best of luck to you!

[PhD2020Applicant]

On 2/15/2020 at 11:55 PM, sloth_girl said:

Haha, I'm still trying to figure that out myself! I know I did a pretty good job at the main points that others have talked about (e.g. get good GRE scores, good uGPA, well-crafted SOP, etc.), and I'll be posting my profile and info once the cycle finishes. But honestly, I think I just got very lucky this round. When I talk to POIs, there was a lot of "oh, we just hired this person and this person straight out of grad school who you have great fit with!", which I couldn't have anticipated. I'm not confident that any other application season would have yielded the same results if that makes sense. 

You're incredible. Congratulations on all of your success  really looking forward to reading your profile+info, I'd love to learn from you for next year. 

[Theory007]

On 2/15/2020 at 4:55 PM, sloth_girl said:

Haha, I'm still trying to figure that out myself! I know I did a pretty good job at the main points that others have talked about (e.g. get good GRE scores, good uGPA, well-crafted SOP, etc.), and I'll be posting my profile and info once the cycle finishes. But honestly, I think I just got very lucky this round. When I talk to POIs, there was a lot of "oh, we just hired this person and this person straight out of grad school who you have great fit with!", which I couldn't have anticipated. I'm not confident that any other application season would have yielded the same results if that makes sense. 

You're too modest. Surely it's more than pure luck that you're like one of the most competitive applicants to political science programs in 2020  

[Morning123]

So no reason to expect anything today I understand because of some strange holiday?

[sloth_girl]

16 hours ago, PhD2020Applicant said:

You're incredible. Congratulations on all of your success  really looking forward to reading your profile+info, I'd love to learn from you for next year. 

Thank you so much -- I'll be happy to post once I've heard back everywhere. 

14 hours ago, Theory007 said:

You're too modest. Surely it's more than pure luck that you're like one of the most competitive applicants to political science programs in 2020  

Haha luck always plays into graduate admissions -- there's no way to control a lot of the factors that affect admissions (e.g. availability of advisors, funding, etc.). I think I did well for the things within my "control" and overcame some things in my background. But I'll say this: both good performance and luck are necessary but not individually sufficient for admissions to graduate school. 

[Morning123]

8 hours ago, Morning123 said:

So no reason to expect anything today I understand because of some strange holiday?

Scratch that - letter from CUNY

[allben]

Cornell rejection letters are out via email, as an FYI. 

[bigmood]

Anyone hear anything from UNC? I’m just antsy to get some sort of answer at this point. Considering they had an earlier deadline than a lot of my other programs, I’m a little bummed to have not heard anything by now. 

[Theory & Quant]

Are the Yale posts genuine? Seems a bit early as compared to last year. If yes, then congrats to those admitted. (To be very frank with you though, it's hard to congratulate a person I have never met or even talked before - so I always find the ubiquitous congratulations here a bit odd, if not disingenuous.)

[StarkDark1]

Still no word from Northwestern....  

[niceward]

2 hours ago, Morning123 said:

Scratch that - letter from CUNY

What did you hear? What subfield are you in? 

[taraeh]

3 hours ago, Morning123 said:

Scratch that - letter from CUNY

Please explain more????

[Jaliboy]

Hi everyone, I'm new to the forum. 

I have a question, has anyone seen any changes to their portal for UChicago? Mine is showing that I need to submit an official transcript for my current institution which I do not recall it showing before. I was wondering if this means I might be accepted given what it says on the 3rd paragraph of the UChicago website https://socialsciences.uchicago.edu/admissions/application-materials/transcripts. Any other ideas on what this could mean, if anything? There is nothing on my portal saying that I was accepted/denied or a link to a decision letter. Thank you!

[uchenyy]

16 minutes ago, Jaliboy said:

Hi everyone, I'm new to the forum. 

I have a question, has anyone seen any changes to their portal for UChicago? Mine is showing that I need to submit an official transcript for my current institution which I do not recall it showing before. I was wondering if this means I might be accepted given what it says on the 3rd paragraph of the UChicago website https://socialsciences.uchicago.edu/admissions/application-materials/transcripts. Any other ideas on what this could mean, if anything? There is nothing on my portal saying that I was accepted/denied or a link to a decision letter. Thank you!

Mine shows the same thing. Is this just a glitch? 

[Jaliboy]

I'm not sure if it is a glitch. I've attached a screenshot on what my portal says 

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7 hours ago, taraeh said:

Please explain more????

cuny also made contact with me today -- details re visit day. no letter though..

[ihatedecisions]

5 hours ago, Jaliboy said:

I'm not sure if it is a glitch. I've attached a screenshot on what my portal says 

mine has the same thing now. I have not recieved any communication from chicago

[Vivlovelife28]

Hi all

Im an international applicant, wait-listed at Pittsburgh, the top school in my list of applications (mostly rejections so far).

Got an email from the DGS that I might be interviewed in early March. Wondering if I could get some interview advice on what to expect for interview questions, anything would be appreciated. Please DM me.Thank you so much. 

[Morning123]

14 hours ago, Morning123 said:

Scratch that - letter from CUNY

Letter from public policy representative on the admissions committee inviting to join the program and setting a Skype call

[Gik]

7 hours ago, Jaliboy said:

I'm not sure if it is a glitch. I've attached a screenshot on what my portal says 

Same here, hmm

[weast]

1 hour ago, Gik said:

Same here, hmm

I'm also getting the same notification. I'm planning on calling the admissions office later today. I'll let you all know what they tell me. 

[Marika8]

Has anyone heard anything from either Upenn or Rutgers? 

[RebPB]

Do we think MIT, Harvard and Columbia will be this week or next?? 

[decisions1234]

9 hours ago, Jaliboy said:

I'm not sure if it is a glitch. I've attached a screenshot on what my portal says 

I have it too. It is probably a glitch