ExileOnMainSt Posted January 27, 2021 Posted January 27, 2021 Harvard, Yale, Princeton, NYU, Chicago, UCB, UCSD, Northwestern, Michigan, MIT, UCLA. Starting to rue my lack of safeties. If I strike out this year my list will be a stunning testament to hubris.
icemanyeo Posted January 27, 2021 Posted January 27, 2021 On 1/27/2021 at 10:49 PM, iamlia said: Yes I thought so! It's on my CV as well. This wait is killing me so now the slightest sign of anything related to those schools makes me even more anxious. Expand Try to pass the time using some activities that you like. I'm in the middle of winter break at my university, so I've been catching up on my Netflix, K-Drama and Anime backlog, writing my thesis, and watching TikTok videos. Anything that can get your mind off of the cycle is good. Maguire and iamlia 2
icemanyeo Posted January 27, 2021 Posted January 27, 2021 On 1/27/2021 at 10:25 PM, StarkDark1 said: Where all did y'all apply? Expand I've seen people in other fields create a signature that keeps track of their applications. Maybe we should do that too! Crossed_fingers, tryingherbest, Sad Politics and 1 other 4
jjiffy Posted January 27, 2021 Posted January 27, 2021 (edited) Stanford, Chicago, MIT, Berkeley, UCSD, UCLA, Cornell, Georgetown, Duke, Madison, OSU Edited January 27, 2021 by jjiffy
Cassatrass Posted January 27, 2021 Posted January 27, 2021 (edited) On 1/27/2021 at 10:51 PM, ExileOnMainSt said: Starting to rue my lack of safeties. If I strike out this year my list will be a stunning testament to hubris. Expand LMAO same with my schools... Haven't heard a peep... Edited January 27, 2021 by Cassatrass ExileOnMainSt 1
icemanyeo Posted January 27, 2021 Posted January 27, 2021 On 1/27/2021 at 10:51 PM, ExileOnMainSt said: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, NYU, Chicago, UCB, UCSD, Northwestern, Michigan, MIT, UCLA. Starting to rue my lack of safeties. If I strike out this year my list will be a stunning testament to hubris. Expand Go big or go home! You got this! verschiedene, TheLifeofBrian and ExileOnMainSt 2 1
ExileOnMainSt Posted January 27, 2021 Posted January 27, 2021 On 1/27/2021 at 10:55 PM, icemanyeo said: Go big or go home! You got this! Expand That was the general idea! ?
icemanyeo Posted January 27, 2021 Posted January 27, 2021 On 1/27/2021 at 10:51 PM, ExileOnMainSt said: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, NYU, Chicago, UCB, UCSD, Northwestern, Michigan, MIT, UCLA. Starting to rue my lack of safeties. If I strike out this year my list will be a stunning testament to hubris. Expand Also to be honest, there's probably no such thing as a "safety school" with PhD admissions, especially in a year like this one. So don't beat yourself up over that. Dwar, Angelo X, jjiffy and 1 other 4
funfetti Posted January 27, 2021 Posted January 27, 2021 Duke, Harvard, MIT, NYU, Princeton, Rice, Stanford, UC Berkeley, UCSD, Chicago, UT, WUSTL, Yale nivy25 and Maguire 2
TheLifeofBrian Posted January 27, 2021 Posted January 27, 2021 (edited) On 1/27/2021 at 10:25 PM, StarkDark1 said: Where all did y'all apply? Expand I went into this application season focused on the "fit". I found Professors and departmental expertise in all of the mentioned programs that could help me with my research. My interest deals with media, public opinion, political ideology, and destruction of democratic norms in the US. Accepted, Rejected, Pending Political Science: Princeton, UMass, UConn, Boston College, Boston University, Northeastern, Syracuse, Cornell, Yale, MIT, OregonSociology: Boston College, UVACommunications: UConn, UMass, UPennAmerican Studies: William and Mary Edited January 27, 2021 by TheLifeofBrian ExileOnMainSt, Dwar, polisci_gal and 1 other 2 2
guest789 Posted January 27, 2021 Posted January 27, 2021 (edited) On 1/27/2021 at 10:58 PM, TheLifeofBrian said: I went into this application season focused on the "fit". I found Professors in all of the mentioned programs that could help me with my research. My interest deals with media, public opinion, political ideology, and destruction of democratic norms in the US. Accepted, Rejected, Pending Political Science: Princeton, UMass, UConn, Boston College, Boston University, Northeastern, Syracuse, Cornell, Yale, MITSociology: Boston College, UVACommunications: UConn, UMass, UPennAmerican Studies: William and Mary Expand We have similar research interests. No Stanford comms/poli sci? I applied to Top 10 political science programs and two computational social science programs. Literally no "safety" programs at all, YOLO. Edited January 27, 2021 by timeseries ExileOnMainSt 1
ExileOnMainSt Posted January 27, 2021 Posted January 27, 2021 On 1/27/2021 at 10:56 PM, icemanyeo said: Also to be honest, there's probably no such thing as a "safety school" with PhD admissions, especially in a year like this one. So don't beat yourself up over that. Expand You’re absolutely right, but I’m not going to feel at ease with this till at least one turns green!
ssppiikkeerr Posted January 27, 2021 Posted January 27, 2021 On 1/27/2021 at 10:25 PM, StarkDark1 said: Where all did y'all apply? Expand Accepted, Pending Michigan, Harvard, Stanford, Princeton, OSU, Wisconsin, Vanderbilt, Illinois, Northwestern, UCLA, USC, UCSD, MSU Notably it seems the school's I've been admitted to so far did not require or accept the GRE. May not be the case when all is said and done, but an interesting trend nonetheless. Maguire 1
icemanyeo Posted January 27, 2021 Posted January 27, 2021 On 1/27/2021 at 11:04 PM, ExileOnMainSt said: You’re absolutely right, but I’m not going to feel at ease with this till at least one turns green! Expand I feel the same way~ ? Maguire 1
BrownSugar Posted January 27, 2021 Posted January 27, 2021 On 1/27/2021 at 10:25 PM, StarkDark1 said: Where all did y'all apply? Expand Pending: Yale, Princeton, Cornell, Boston U, Chicago, Indiana, Georgetown, USC, EUI, Graduate Institute Geneva Rejected: LSE On 1/27/2021 at 10:53 PM, icemanyeo said: I've seen people in other fields create a signature that keeps track of their applications. Maybe we should do that too! Expand How do we?
plus Posted January 27, 2021 Posted January 27, 2021 On 1/27/2021 at 11:03 PM, timeseries said: We have similar research interests. No Stanford comms/poli sci? I applied to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, MIT, Michigan, Berkeley, and two computational social science programs. Literally no "safety" programs at all, YOLO. Expand Which computational social science programs?
icemanyeo Posted January 27, 2021 Posted January 27, 2021 On 1/27/2021 at 11:10 PM, BrownSugar said: How do we? Expand -> Click on profile name in upper right hand corner -> Select Account Settings -> Select Signature From there on you can edit it however you like. BrownSugar 1
icemanyeo Posted January 27, 2021 Posted January 27, 2021 On 1/27/2021 at 11:10 PM, BrownSugar said: Pending: Yale, Princeton, Cornell, Boston U, Chicago, Indiana, Georgetown, USC, EUI, Graduate Institute Geneva Rejected: LSE Expand I was on the cusp of applying to Geneva...Kinda regretting taking it off my list now. Also wanted to apply to CEU but I didn't feel strong enough in my theoretical background to do the straight PhDs in most of Europe. BrownSugar 1
guest789 Posted January 27, 2021 Posted January 27, 2021 On 1/27/2021 at 11:10 PM, BrownSugar said: Pending: Yale, Princeton, Cornell, Boston U, Chicago, Indiana, Georgetown, USC, EUI, Graduate Institute Geneva Rejected: LSE Expand EUI looks amazing, such a gorgeous campus. BrownSugar 1
TheLifeofBrian Posted January 27, 2021 Posted January 27, 2021 On 1/27/2021 at 11:03 PM, timeseries said: We have similar research interests. No Stanford comms/poli sci? I applied to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, MIT, Michigan, Berkeley, and two computational social science programs. Literally no "safety" programs at all, YOLO. Expand I was eyeing mostly east coast schools. I live in Seattle and Im ready to be back east. Although I did apply to Oregon, but I like Eugene, Im not the biggest fan of the Bay Area.
afjackie Posted January 27, 2021 Posted January 27, 2021 Despite having an MPP from Georgetown, good GRE scores, and 8 years experience at the State Department and the White House, when I applied the first time for the 2017 cycle I only applied to Harvard, MIT, Berkeley, Stanford, and USCD - no safety schools, I didn't reach out to professors because I was living in Khartoum, Sudan, and was super busy, and not surprisingly I didn't get in anywhere. So this time around I was super focused on fit before ranking, talking to profs at every program, included a couple safety schools, and fingers crossed will do better this time! As you can tell from my programs I'm clearly an IR/Conflict Studies person Good luck to everyone out there! Accepted Interview(ed) Pending Rejected Northwestern, Graduate Institute Geneva, Notre Dame (Kroc/Peace Studies and PoliSci), Manchester, Edinburgh, U Denver (Josef Korbel/International Studies), UC Irvine. TheLifeofBrian 1
poliscibxtch Posted January 27, 2021 Posted January 27, 2021 (edited) On 1/27/2021 at 10:25 PM, StarkDark1 said: Where all did y'all apply? Expand Accepted: UT Austin Pending: UCSD, Princeton, Cornell, UCLA, Stanford, Michigan, Vanderbilt, Duke, Berkeley, and Yale Edited January 27, 2021 by poliscibxtch nivy25 1
Barry B. Benson Posted January 27, 2021 Posted January 27, 2021 On 1/27/2021 at 10:25 PM, StarkDark1 said: Where all did y'all apply? Expand Accepted: OSU Rejected: UTexas (not formally, but being almost a week since acceptances I lack faith) Pending: MIT, Chicago, NYU, Michigan, Harvard, WashU, Berkeley
TheLifeofBrian Posted January 27, 2021 Posted January 27, 2021 On 1/27/2021 at 11:26 PM, afjackie said: Despite having an MPP from Georgetown, good GRE scores, and 8 years experience at the State Department and the White House, when I applied the first time for the 2017 cycle I only applied to Harvard, MIT, Berkeley, Stanford, and USCD - no safety schools, I didn't reach out to professors because I was living in Khartoum, Sudan, and was super busy, and not surprisingly I didn't get in anywhere. So this time around I was super focused on fit before ranking, talking to profs at every program, included a couple safety schools, and fingers crossed will do better this time! As you can tell from my programs I'm clearly an IR/Conflict Studies person Good luck to everyone out there! Accepted Interview(ed) Pending Rejected Northwestern, Graduate Institute Geneva, Notre Dame (Kroc/Peace Studies and PoliSci), Manchester, Edinburgh, U Denver (Josef Korbel/International Studies), UC Irvine. Expand I applied and got into Edinburgh back in 2008 for a PhD, but ended up choosing Dartmouth for my Masters instead. I often wonder if that was the right choice. I think Edinburgh is an AMAZING school and considered it this round, but I find the funding options in the US are much better (or at least I understand them better). afjackie 1
BrownSugar Posted January 27, 2021 Posted January 27, 2021 On 1/27/2021 at 11:26 PM, afjackie said: Despite having an MPP from Georgetown, good GRE scores, and 8 years experience at the State Department and the White House, when I applied the first time for the 2017 cycle I only applied to Harvard, MIT, Berkeley, Stanford, and USCD - no safety schools, I didn't reach out to professors because I was living in Khartoum, Sudan, and was super busy, and not surprisingly I didn't get in anywhere. So this time around I was super focused on fit before ranking, talking to profs at every program, included a couple safety schools, and fingers crossed will do better this time! As you can tell from my programs I'm clearly an IR/Conflict Studies person Good luck to everyone out there! Accepted Interview(ed) Pending Rejected Northwestern, Graduate Institute Geneva, Notre Dame (Kroc/Peace Studies and PoliSci), Manchester, Edinburgh, U Denver (Josef Korbel/International Studies), UC Irvine. Expand I studied at Edinburgh during undergrad. Probably my favorite city ever. afjackie and TheLifeofBrian 2
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