Foctest Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uchenyy Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 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! Foctest 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhD2020Applicant Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 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. sloth_girl and Vivlovelife28 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theory007 Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 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 sloth_girl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morning123 Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 So no reason to expect anything today I understand because of some strange holiday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sloth_girl Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 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. arslanok, weast, Marika8 and 4 others 5 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morning123 Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 8 hours ago, Morning123 said: So no reason to expect anything today I understand because of some strange holiday? Scratch that - letter from CUNY niceward 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allben Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Cornell rejection letters are out via email, as an FYI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmood Posted February 17, 2020 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theory & Quant Posted February 17, 2020 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarkDark1 Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Still no word from Northwestern.... decisions1234 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niceward Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 2 hours ago, Morning123 said: Scratch that - letter from CUNY What did you hear? What subfield are you in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taraeh Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 3 hours ago, Morning123 said: Scratch that - letter from CUNY Please explain more???? niceward 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaliboy Posted February 18, 2020 Share 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uchenyy Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaliboy Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 I'm not sure if it is a glitch. I've attached a screenshot on what my portal says Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e2e4 Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 7 hours ago, taraeh said: Please explain more???? cuny also made contact with me today -- details re visit day. no letter though.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihatedecisions Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vivlovelife28 Posted February 18, 2020 Share 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. Dwar and Marika8 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morning123 Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gik Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weast Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 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. Gik 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marika8 Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Has anyone heard anything from either Upenn or Rutgers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebPB Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Do we think MIT, Harvard and Columbia will be this week or next?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decisions1234 Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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