2019-2020 Application Thread

[decisions1234]

1 hour ago, ihatedecisions said:

has anybody heard from OSU regarding the funding? 

Nope. Still waiting.

[e2e4]

2 hours ago, GabriellaG said:

So I know that some people have been writing to their schools they want to go to (at least so it seems here and on the results section) and asking about waitlisting, timelines, etc. And I was just wondering what the group's opinions are on trying to make your case to either a waitlist school (by ex: saying you would accept immediately if they offered it), or to a school you haven't been accepted to yet.

I've been going back and forth on it myself. It seems like it could be both harmful and beneficial depending on how you framed it. But I was just curious if any of you have done that and if you've gotten a generally positive or negative response from it? I'm dying here haha - I need to do something otherwise I'll go mad. 

Doesn't hurt to let the school know you'd 100% go if you were moved off the waitlist. That kind of info only helps them. Jumping the gun with schools that haven't sent out admits likely won't hurt, but I doubt it would help much unless they thought you were just treating them like a safety.... who knows... squeaky wheels tend to do well 

[huevo1991]

Hi all!

For those waiting for Notre Dame decisions, I sent an email to the program coordinator and she answered yesterday: "We are still making admissions decisions at this time and hope to have all decisions made by the end of next week."

I know there've been a couple of admissions (and i think some interviews earlier too), so the chances of recieving an offer might be low at this point, but just wanted to share the info.

Good luck!

[GabriellaG]

3 hours ago, Dwar said:

This is 100% appropriate. You’re more likely to hear a positive response if you tell them they are your top choice. For waitlists I’d say that contacting the DGS a few times (maybe once a month or so) to just check in is appropriate.

But I’d also try and figure out when events are and contact after. For example, a lot of programs judge a students level of interest by their attendance at a recruitment event. Similarly a lot of students decide if they’ll attend a school after a recruitment event. So if you can figure out when the event is for your waitlisted school then It may work better if you email them a week after the event ends. 

 

46 minutes ago, e2e4 said:

Doesn't hurt to let the school know you'd 100% go if you were moved off the waitlist. That kind of info only helps them. Jumping the gun with schools that haven't sent out admits likely won't hurt, but I doubt it would help much unless they thought you were just treating them like a safety.... who knows... squeaky wheels tend to do well 

Thanks guys! Much appreciated!

[ihatedecisions]

btw I just noticed a bunch of acceptances from UChicago from 10 days ago. Has anybody claimed them? 

[geoconvert]

Anyone know when we might hear back from Columbia? It looks like they're generally pretty late in the cycle, but figured I'd check!

[PolSci95]

4 hours ago, ihatedecisions said:

has anybody heard from OSU regarding the funding? 

They wrote an email to me yesterday offering full funding for five years

[Morning123]

Letter of acceptance from Penn + tentative stipend information

[allben]

Anyone claiming the UPenn admit that just popped up?

[alsldfjsdfl]

1 hour ago, ihatedecisions said:

btw I just noticed a bunch of acceptances from UChicago from 10 days ago. Has anybody claimed them? 

i've claimed one (and i think at least one other person in the forum did too); Chicago sent out admissions on February 10

[PoliSci4FlyGuys]

Just now, allben said:

Anyone claiming the UPenn admit that just popped up?

That wasn’t me but I also received one a few minutes ago. 

[Marika8]

1 minute ago, allben said:

Anyone claiming the UPenn admit that just popped up?

Also wondering! I haven’t heard anything yet 

[allben]

1 minute ago, PoliSci4FlyGuys said:

That wasn’t me but I also received one a few minutes ago. 

Congrats! 

[harshz3792]

3 minutes ago, PoliSci4FlyGuys said:

That wasn’t me but I also received one a few minutes ago. 

Same here. Received an email from UPenn a few minutes back. IR!

Edited February 20, 2020 by harshz3792

[Marika8]

I haven’t heard anything yet ? did anyone else receive an email from Upenn?

[geoconvert]

Just now, Marika8 said:

I haven’t heard anything yet ? did anyone else receive an email from Upenn?

I haven't heard anything yet either and my portal still has the status marked Ready for Review

[Marika8]

1 minute ago, geoconvert said:

I haven't heard anything yet either and my portal still has the status marked Ready for Review

Same... full out panicking here ? UPenn is my top choice. 

[sloth_girl]

Just got an acceptance to Penn via email (I'm CP for those that don't know already)

[Marika8]

1 minute ago, sloth_girl said:

Just got an acceptance to Penn via email (I'm CP for those that don't know already)

Congratulations! I’m also CP. no email from Penn... so I’m guessing now news is bad news in this case...

[kaze_ng]

Rutgers anyone?

[Marika8]

10 minutes ago, kaze_ng said:

Rutgers anyone?

Nope! I’ve heard nothing yet

[niceward]

1 hour ago, kaze_ng said:

Rutgers anyone?

Radio silence, captain. 

[decisions1234]

7 hours ago, PolSci95 said:

They wrote an email to me yesterday offering full funding for five years

Congrats! Wonder why I haven't heard anything yet though. 

[uchenyy]

Claiming a UNC acceptance. I just received an email from a professor in the department.

[PoliSciGuy00]

Hi all,

Not sure if it is relevant for folks on this forum, but I'm claiming a Duke University Sanford School rejection.  Appreciate that they got back to me in a reasonable time frame with a rejection, unlike some other programs (I'm looking at you, Georgetown).