Foctest Posted February 16, 2020 Posted February 16, 2020 On 2/16/2020 at 4:59 AM, uchenyy said: Are you on the right forum? (I notice that your profile says you're in social work.) Expand I suppose I'm on the wrong forum. I'm quite new here. Sorry.
uchenyy Posted February 16, 2020 Posted February 16, 2020 On 2/16/2020 at 8:53 PM, Foctest said: I suppose I'm on the wrong forum. I'm quite new here. Sorry. Expand No worries! Best of luck to you! Foctest 1
PhD2020Applicant Posted February 16, 2020 Posted February 16, 2020 On 2/15/2020 at 9:55 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. Expand 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. sloth_girl and Vivlovelife28 2
Theory007 Posted February 16, 2020 Posted February 16, 2020 On 2/15/2020 at 9:55 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. Expand 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 sloth_girl 1
Morning123 Posted February 17, 2020 Posted February 17, 2020 So no reason to expect anything today I understand because of some strange holiday?
sloth_girl Posted February 17, 2020 Posted February 17, 2020 On 2/16/2020 at 10:17 PM, 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. Expand Thank you so much -- I'll be happy to post once I've heard back everywhere. On 2/16/2020 at 11:32 PM, 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 Expand 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. Theory007, Marika8, arslanok and 4 others 5 1 1
Morning123 Posted February 17, 2020 Posted February 17, 2020 On 2/17/2020 at 12:17 PM, Morning123 said: So no reason to expect anything today I understand because of some strange holiday? Expand Scratch that - letter from CUNY niceward 1
allben Posted February 17, 2020 Posted February 17, 2020 Cornell rejection letters are out via email, as an FYI.
bigmood Posted February 17, 2020 Posted February 17, 2020 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. cardinal35 1
Theory & Quant Posted February 17, 2020 Posted February 17, 2020 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.) Richelieu 1
StarkDark1 Posted February 17, 2020 Posted February 17, 2020 Still no word from Northwestern.... decisions1234 1
niceward Posted February 17, 2020 Posted February 17, 2020 On 2/17/2020 at 8:35 PM, Morning123 said: Scratch that - letter from CUNY Expand What did you hear? What subfield are you in?
taraeh Posted February 18, 2020 Posted February 18, 2020 On 2/17/2020 at 8:35 PM, Morning123 said: Scratch that - letter from CUNY Expand Please explain more???? niceward 1
Jaliboy Posted February 18, 2020 Posted February 18, 2020 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 Posted February 18, 2020 Posted February 18, 2020 On 2/18/2020 at 4:11 AM, 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! Expand Mine shows the same thing. Is this just a glitch?
Jaliboy Posted February 18, 2020 Posted February 18, 2020 I'm not sure if it is a glitch. I've attached a screenshot on what my portal says
e2e4 Posted February 18, 2020 Posted February 18, 2020 On 2/18/2020 at 12:21 AM, taraeh said: Please explain more???? Expand cuny also made contact with me today -- details re visit day. no letter though..
ihatedecisions Posted February 18, 2020 Posted February 18, 2020 On 2/18/2020 at 4:56 AM, Jaliboy said: I'm not sure if it is a glitch. I've attached a screenshot on what my portal says Expand mine has the same thing now. I have not recieved any communication from chicago
Vivlovelife28 Posted February 18, 2020 Posted February 18, 2020 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. Marika8 and Dwar 2
Morning123 Posted February 18, 2020 Posted February 18, 2020 On 2/17/2020 at 8:35 PM, Morning123 said: Scratch that - letter from CUNY Expand Letter from public policy representative on the admissions committee inviting to join the program and setting a Skype call
Gik Posted February 18, 2020 Posted February 18, 2020 On 2/18/2020 at 4:56 AM, Jaliboy said: I'm not sure if it is a glitch. I've attached a screenshot on what my portal says Expand Same here, hmm
weast Posted February 18, 2020 Posted February 18, 2020 On 2/18/2020 at 12:37 PM, Gik said: Same here, hmm Expand 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. Gik 1
Marika8 Posted February 18, 2020 Posted February 18, 2020 Has anyone heard anything from either Upenn or Rutgers?
RebPB Posted February 18, 2020 Posted February 18, 2020 Do we think MIT, Harvard and Columbia will be this week or next??
decisions1234 Posted February 18, 2020 Posted February 18, 2020 On 2/18/2020 at 4:56 AM, Jaliboy said: I'm not sure if it is a glitch. I've attached a screenshot on what my portal says Expand I have it too. It is probably a glitch
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