FYI

[lkaitlyn]

For future applicant reference, Princeton Sociology announced they will not admit a cohort this coming year. If you're making lists of potential schools to apply to in the fall, make sure you check every so often for updates on this coming year, as some other schools could follow.

Edited May 23, 2020 by lkaitlyn

[passere]

University of California Santa Barbara has announced the same ?

https://www.soc.ucsb.edu/news-events/item/fall-2021-grad-admissions-deferred

[lkaitlyn]

RUNNING LIST OF SCHOOLS NOT ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS THIS CYCLE (A-Z):

Johns Hopkins: https://soc.jhu.edu/graduate/admissions/

Princeton: https://sociology.princeton.edu/graduate-program

University of California - Santa Barbara: https://www.soc.ucsb.edu/news-events/item/fall-2021-grad-admissions-deferred

UMass - Amherst: https://www.umass.edu/sociology/graduate/admissions

Edited July 15, 2020 by lkaitlyn

[lkaitlyn]

4 hours ago, passere said:

University of California Santa Barbara has announced the same ?

https://www.soc.ucsb.edu/news-events/item/fall-2021-grad-admissions-deferred

Thank you! Added to the running list comment.

[THS]

It looks like some programs will still admit students, but that this cycle will be highly competitive due to an even smaller number of spots. Just wanted to share. Not sure what my own program is doing, if they are reducing the cohort size or skipping a year- either way I'll post it to this board when they announce. 

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/06/01/some-departments-plan-suspending-or-limiting-graduate-cohorts-year-or-longer-free

[lkaitlyn]

RUNNING LIST OF SCHOOLS NOT ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS THIS CYCLE (A-Z):

Columbia University: https://sociology.columbia.edu/content/admissions-0

Johns Hopkins: https://soc.jhu.edu/graduate/admissions/

Princeton: https://sociology.princeton.edu/graduate-program

University of California - Santa Barbara: https://www.soc.ucsb.edu/news-events/item/fall-2021-grad-admissions-deferred

UMass - Amherst: https://www.umass.edu/sociology/graduate/admissions

[lkaitlyn]

Sorry y'all but really sad update:

RUNNING LIST OF SCHOOLS NOT ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS THIS CYCLE (A-Z):

Columbia University: https://sociology.columbia.edu/content/admissions-0

Johns Hopkins: https://soc.jhu.edu/graduate/admissions/

Princeton: https://sociology.princeton.edu/graduate-program

University of California - Berkeley (current student posted screenshot of email from department on Reddit)

University of California - Santa Barbara: https://www.soc.ucsb.edu/news-events/item/fall-2021-grad-admissions-deferred

UMass - Amherst: https://www.umass.edu/sociology/graduate/admissions

[lkaitlyn]

Berkeley confirmed: https://sociology.berkeley.edu/prospective-students

[Planted]

Brown also announced no 2021 PhD admits 

https://www.brown.edu/academics/sociology/programs/phd

Edited September 20, 2020 by Ami

[lkaitlyn]

Sorry I keep having to repost; silly website won't let me update the original list (ugh). Added Brown and Penn.

RUNNING LIST OF SCHOOLS NOT ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS THIS CYCLE (A-Z):

Brown University: https://www.brown.edu/academics/sociology/programs/phd

Columbia University: https://sociology.columbia.edu/content/admissions-0

Johns Hopkins: https://soc.jhu.edu/graduate/admissions/

Penn: https://sociology.sas.upenn.edu/graduate-program

Princeton: https://sociology.princeton.edu/graduate-program

University of California - Berkeley: https://sociology.berkeley.edu/prospective-students

University of California - Santa Barbara: https://www.soc.ucsb.edu/news-events/item/fall-2021-grad-admissions-deferred

UMass - Amherst: https://www.umass.edu/sociology/graduate/admissions

[Ghostu]

JHU is accepting applications for 2021, also Northwestern has paused applications till Oct 28th, the official notice says that they are still deciding whether or not to admit students for 2021. 

[lkaitlyn]

On 9/30/2020 at 10:27 AM, Ghostu said:

JHU is accepting applications for 2021, also Northwestern has paused applications till Oct 28th, the official notice says that they are still deciding whether or not to admit students for 2021. 

Awesome! Glad JHU reversed course.

Edited October 2, 2020 by lkaitlyn

[lkaitlyn]

Not going to update the list for this since they're still deciding, but U of Arizona and UCI also still figuring out whether or not they're taking apps. I'll update both of those situations when they (hopefully) announce later in October.

[lkaitlyn]

UPDATED LIST (new additions: Northwestern, U of Missouri)

Brown University: https://www.brown.edu/academics/sociology/programs/phd

Columbia University: https://sociology.columbia.edu/content/admissions-0

Northwestern: https://sociology.northwestern.edu/graduate/admissions/

Penn: https://sociology.sas.upenn.edu/graduate-program

Princeton: https://sociology.princeton.edu/graduate-program

University of California - Berkeley: https://sociology.berkeley.edu/prospective-students

University of California - Santa Barbara: https://www.soc.ucsb.edu/news-events/item/fall-2021-grad-admissions-deferred

UMass - Amherst: https://www.umass.edu/sociology/graduate/admissions

University of Missouri: https://sociology.missouri.edu/grad/graduate-program

[THS]

Washington State University will not be recruiting a new cohort. Internal e-mail confirmed this morning. There is a statement on the WSU Sociology homepage, but the prospective student webpage has not been updated (and it is unclear if it will be updated as a lot of the department's web presence is out of date). 

Edited November 6, 2020 by loves2hike

[lkaitlyn]

RUNNING LIST (A-Z) (new additions: WSU, Arizona, BU)

Boston University: https://www.bu.edu/sociology/graduate-programs/admissions/

Brown University: https://www.brown.edu/academics/sociology/programs/phd

Columbia University: https://sociology.columbia.edu/content/admissions-0

Northwestern: https://sociology.northwestern.edu/graduate/admissions/

Penn: https://sociology.sas.upenn.edu/graduate-program

Princeton: https://sociology.princeton.edu/graduate-program

University of Arizona: https://sociology.arizona.edu/graduate/apply

University of California - Berkeley: https://sociology.berkeley.edu/prospective-students

University of California - Santa Barbara: https://www.soc.ucsb.edu/news-events/item/fall-2021-grad-admissions-deferred

UMass - Amherst: https://www.umass.edu/sociology/graduate/admissions

University of Missouri: https://sociology.missouri.edu/grad/graduate-program

Washington State University: https://soc.wsu.edu/graduate-program/prospective-graduate-students/applying-for-admission/

Edited November 10, 2020 by lkaitlyn

[tsengch77]

I was informed by a current Ph.D. student that Boston University have also paused application for 2021.

https://www.bu.edu/sociology/

Edited November 17, 2020 by tsengch77

[joshualuo7]

Maryland seems to have paused application too

https://socy.umd.edu/graduate/information-prospective-students

[lkaitlyn]

RUNNING LIST (A-Z) (new additions: Maryland, Temple, Pittsburgh)

Boston University: https://www.bu.edu/sociology/graduate-programs/admissions/

Brown University: https://www.brown.edu/academics/sociology/programs/phd

Columbia University: https://sociology.columbia.edu/content/admissions-0

Northwestern: https://sociology.northwestern.edu/graduate/admissions/

Penn: https://sociology.sas.upenn.edu/graduate-program

Princeton: https://sociology.princeton.edu/graduate-program

Temple: https://www.cla.temple.edu/sociology/

University of Arizona: https://sociology.arizona.edu/graduate/apply

University of California - Berkeley: https://sociology.berkeley.edu/prospective-students

University of California - Santa Barbara: https://www.soc.ucsb.edu/news-events/item/fall-2021-grad-admissions-deferred

University of Maryland: https://socy.umd.edu/graduate/information-prospective-students

UMass - Amherst: https://www.umass.edu/sociology/graduate/admissions

University of Missouri: https://sociology.missouri.edu/grad/graduate-program

University of Pittsburgh: https://www.asgraduate.pitt.edu/admissions

Washington State University: https://soc.wsu.edu/graduate-program/prospective-graduate-students/applying-for-admission/

[Planted]

Just received an email from Brandeis stating admission to sociology PhD is paused for 2021.
 

I don’t see anything posted on the website yet and I tried to post a screenshot of the email but it was too big. Could try DMing it if someone is interested. 

Eleven days before the application deadline. I thought we’d be out of the woods by now.

[Soc_Gen23]

I received an email from University of Colorado-Boulder that they are suspending admission for the Sociology PhD in Fall 2021 and will resume in 2022.

https://www.colorado.edu/sociology/apply#graduate_students-109

[lkaitlyn]

RUNNING LIST (A-Z) (new additions: Brandeis, Colorado)

Boston University: https://www.bu.edu/sociology/graduate-programs/admissions/

Brandeis University: email

Brown University: https://www.brown.edu/academics/sociology/programs/phd

Columbia University: https://sociology.columbia.edu/content/admissions-0

Northwestern: https://sociology.northwestern.edu/graduate/admissions/

Penn: https://sociology.sas.upenn.edu/graduate-program

Princeton: https://sociology.princeton.edu/graduate-program

Temple: https://www.cla.temple.edu/sociology/

University of Arizona: https://sociology.arizona.edu/graduate/apply

University of California - Berkeley: https://sociology.berkeley.edu/prospective-students

University of California - Santa Barbara: https://www.soc.ucsb.edu/news-events/item/fall-2021-grad-admissions-deferred

University of Colorado - Boulder: https://www.colorado.edu/sociology/apply#graduate_students-109

University of Maryland: https://socy.umd.edu/graduate/information-prospective-students

UMass - Amherst: https://www.umass.edu/sociology/graduate/admissions

University of Missouri: https://sociology.missouri.edu/grad/graduate-program

University of Pittsburgh: https://www.asgraduate.pitt.edu/admissions

Washington State University: https://soc.wsu.edu/graduate-program/prospective-graduate-students/applying-for-admission/

[cec2021]

Anyone interested in starting a list of schools taking a smaller cohort than normal if we hear about them? I've seen some public health PhD programs post notices about this. 

[lkaitlyn]

16 hours ago, cec2021 said:

Anyone interested in starting a list of schools taking a smaller cohort than normal if we hear about them? I've seen some public health PhD programs post notices about this. 

The only ones I know about are NYU (1/2 cohort) and UCI (20% reduction). If you have others in mind, happy to add a second list to the not accepting list!

[tsengch77]

On 12/10/2020 at 3:07 AM, lkaitlyn said:

The only ones I know about are NYU (1/2 cohort) and UCI (20% reduction). If you have others in mind, happy to add a second list to the not accepting list!

Back in November, I have also received email from UMinn that they also reduced cohort to only few demographers for the cycle.