Theory & Quant Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 Which schools so far have cancelled their visiting days? Do you expect others to follow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwar Posted March 7, 2020 Author Share Posted March 7, 2020 I think University of Washington did. I believe they shut down the entire campus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horololo Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 I just checked the portal of UChicago and found out that i've been offered admission to MAPSS with Phoenix Research Scholarship. If you're wondering if you got admission to this program maybe you should check your portal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theory & Quant Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 5 hours ago, Dwar said: I think University of Washington did. I believe they shut down the entire campus I have heard Harvard also cancelled their recruitment event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathinduction Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 3 hours ago, Theory & Quant said: I have heard Harvard also cancelled their recruitment event. 11 hours ago, Theory & Quant said: Which schools so far have cancelled their visiting days? Do you expect others to follow? Just got a notification that MIT cancelled theirs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanZero Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 Got an email from UCR on friday that their event is still on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polsci2020 Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 Princeton says theirs is still on. According to their website, Harvard has prohibited all university-related international travel and either prohibited or strongly discouraged domestic travel. mathinduction 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolSci95 Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 Stanford just cancelled theirs and NYU prohibited international students from attending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
needanoffersobad Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Vanderbilt cancelled it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihatedecisions Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Hay guys, I have a little bit wierd question. So, i have been getting in touch with the programs I was admitted to and whereas the professors are all very responsive, the same cannot be said for the graduate administrators. Sometimes they just do not reply to my emails or take a very long time to do so and generally not really helpful. I was wondering if this is the norm or are these departments just badly run? Especially at my top pick, the admin person's unresponsivness and inability to provide further information is very offputting and I do not know what to think about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwar Posted March 10, 2020 Author Share Posted March 10, 2020 20 minutes ago, ihatedecisions said: I was wondering if this is the norm or are these departments just badly run? Definitely not the norm. In my experience with grad administrators, they’ve all been amazing. This is from experience at schools that I’ve been both admitted and rejected from. while I obviously don’t know the specific school or specific situation, I’d only say that while it’s great and make your life hella easier to have a responsive and caring person In that position, ultimately it’s the professors that make or break a program. Paulcg87 and ihatedecisions 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrengthandHonor Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 On 3/7/2020 at 4:13 AM, Theory & Quant said: Which schools so far have cancelled their visiting days? Do you expect others to follow? UNC has cancelled our recruitment weekend. On that note, I'll make my once-a-year offer: if any of you are considering UNC and have questions, feel free to reach out to me via DM. I'm a current soon-to-be ABD in the department and I'm happy to talk. Paulcg87 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clintarius Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 The open house events I was invited to are being cancelled one after the other because of the virus. I'm sad I was so excited Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmood Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Princeton and URochester have both cancelled. Princeton says they'll try and do a virtual event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihatedecisions Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 OSU has cancelled too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artifex_Archer Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 UW-Madison also cancelled. I understand that the schools feel like they're in a predicament, and really can sympathize, but I'm lost as to how a university can expect students to make a decision like this, sight unseen and with extremely limited access to current students/faculty/resources. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moment11 Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 Anyone heard from NYU? It seems I'm rejected but they say nothing about it. No updated website... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GabriellaG Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 Claiming the Denver waitlist. I decided to turn down the waitlist as I'm already going to CSU (most likely) so good luck to other applicants on the list! Dwar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romcomulus Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 Hopefully the last few decisions are sent out shortly so we can all accept an offer before these schools shut down, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoconvert Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 Cornell moved their open house online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanZero Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 UCR moved it online as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uchenyy Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 Minnesota moved it online weast 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horololo Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 On 3/11/2020 at 2:12 PM, Artifex_Archer said: UW-Madison also cancelled. I understand that the schools feel like they're in a predicament, and really can sympathize, but I'm lost as to how a university can expect students to make a decision like this, sight unseen and with extremely limited access to current students/faculty/resources. It's moved to online sessions now, and we can take a glimpse at least :)! Artifex_Archer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artifex_Archer Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 10 hours ago, horololo said: It's moved to online sessions now, and we can take a glimpse at least :)! Yep—I'm tuned in now. Would be great to have virtual meet-up sub-forums for admitted cohorts, since so many schools are doing online visiting days. I got lucky with some of the visiting days that were scheduled earlier... Also, could someone please assuage my anxiety over this quarantine stuff continuing into the fall? My nightmare scenario is that schools will decide to defer all new enrollment until who knows what. Logically, I know that wouldn't be economically feasible for an institution, but panic does funny things to people. horololo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horololo Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 31 minutes ago, Artifex_Archer said: Yep—I'm tuned in now. Would be great to have virtual meet-up sub-forums for admitted cohorts, since so many schools are doing online visiting days. I got lucky with some of the visiting days that were scheduled earlier... Also, could someone please assuage my anxiety over this quarantine stuff continuing into the fall? My nightmare scenario is that schools will decide to defer all new enrollment until who knows what. Logically, I know that wouldn't be economically feasible for an institution, but panic does funny things to people. had it been the original offline visit, I guess we would have met! I am extremely worried about the situation, too. I live in Asia, so I am worried that the visa process just may not proceed or something.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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