Ferrero Posted March 17, 2008 Posted March 17, 2008 anybody hear anything? i called earlier, but nobody picked up. maybe they're still in meetings to decide? Heavens! Goodness! They've been quartered there since Friday afternoon!? A real bull session I say.
zephyr Posted March 18, 2008 Posted March 18, 2008 Come on.. Let's just get this over with. has nobody heard yet? hmmm...anyone got the gravitas to call the department up tuesday to see what's going on?
applicantZERO Posted March 18, 2008 Posted March 18, 2008 Ok Georgetown applicant people, I have inside information. First, I was accepted to political theory with funding. I have declined the offer. That bumps, in theory, everyone up the list one spot. Second, arrangements for visiting students are now being made. If you have not even heard about admissions, it is unlikely you will be admitted at all (but still possible), but it is very unlikely you will be funded in the end. There are 8 or so people who got funding offers. Then there is a short list of alternates. All these people are being contacted. Sorry if this is bad news for some.
zephyr Posted March 19, 2008 Posted March 19, 2008 Ok Georgetown applicant people, I have inside information. First, I was accepted to political theory with funding. I have declined the offer. That bumps, in theory, everyone up the list one spot. Second, arrangements for visiting students are now being made. If you have not even heard about admissions, it is unlikely you will be admitted at all (but still possible), but it is very unlikely you will be funded in the end. There are 8 or so people who got funding offers. Then there is a short list of alternates. All these people are being contacted. Sorry if this is bad news for some. rats...guess that means any of us who haven't heard are out. considering the fact that they usually accept 70-80 people, not getting an admission offer stings...
lenin333 Posted March 19, 2008 Author Posted March 19, 2008 I an pretty sure snail mail rejections are on the way.
zephyr Posted March 19, 2008 Posted March 19, 2008 take this for what it's worth, but i just spoke to someone over there and while they did meet for 7 hours last friday to make decisions, they still have one more round of applications to go through - although i don't think there are many. they also said only students offered funding as of right now have been contacted, and that they've been working w/ the grad school this week to get decisions in. the real questions are, 1) have they really only contacted the funded students; and 2) how many students have been offered funding at this point.
iheartplato Posted March 20, 2008 Posted March 20, 2008 I just called over there and they said that all decisions have been made. They are processing the rejections now, and I think the informal admit emails as well. I don't know if that means we will hear today or next week, but hopefully the sooner the better.
zephyr Posted March 20, 2008 Posted March 20, 2008 just got the acceptance email a short while ago. the department is a perfect match for my interests. now just gotta pray for funding!
iheartplato Posted March 20, 2008 Posted March 20, 2008 Congrats! That is very exciting, and I'm glad it worked out for you. Since no email was thrown my way, I guess I will need to cut my losses on that front. Anyway, congrats again to you~
silencio1982 Posted March 20, 2008 Posted March 20, 2008 yay!! congrats zephyr. hope funding works out for you.
zephyr Posted March 20, 2008 Posted March 20, 2008 thanks, ya'll...now comes the hard part...getting funding! hopefully i'll have a better idea after their open house in a few weeks.
zephyr Posted March 20, 2008 Posted March 20, 2008 this is also interesting...the letter of invitation for the open house says they are inviting attendees as "one of the top applicants to the department." i am guessing its a generic letter that all admitted students get, but maybe (hopefully) they only invite funded and top alternate students to the open house???? considering they usually admit a lot of students (85 last year), logistically, maybe they only invite candidates high on their list???
lenin333 Posted March 20, 2008 Author Posted March 20, 2008 I got in too! I am not a loser after all.
silencio1982 Posted March 20, 2008 Posted March 20, 2008 by the way guys- i totally want to have a DC/baltimore grad cafe meetup next fall.
Leica Posted March 20, 2008 Posted March 20, 2008 Congratulations everyone, I was rooting for you guys! :mrgreen:
ordinonuovo Posted March 21, 2008 Posted March 21, 2008 In as well.. probably will decline have to decline if it's without full funding though...
lenin333 Posted March 21, 2008 Author Posted March 21, 2008 I am going to go to see what the deal is. I don't know how many times I can read the email to try and divine if funding is a possibility. still waiting, I guess.
lenin333 Posted March 21, 2008 Author Posted March 21, 2008 Zephyr, Check your email attached to this site. Sincerely, Lenin
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