2020-2021 Application Thread

[spotted]

got a portal update email from chicago but havent checked it yet 

just waiting for the NW rejection so my assumptions can be official ?

Edited February 15, 2021 by spotted

[icemanyeo]

1 minute ago, animal_whisperer said:

Nothing on my portal either...

Interesting...

[icemanyeo]

10 minutes ago, BrownSugar said:

Seeing that Princeton was delayed, and Cornell is also delayed, I expect not. I'm thinking first few days of March. 

So much waiting 

[PoliSci_IR2020]

Yep, got a UChicago rejection too. Again, a lack of research/focus "fit", in my opinion.

[comradecommissar]

Haven't heard anything from Chicago? Checked my portal. Nothing there. 

[StarkDark1]

Still nothing from Northwestern or UMich.  ?

[rash_sulganni]

Is anyone claiming the Syracuse acceptance on gradcafe?

[icemanyeo]

I wish there was a way to give feedback about streamlining the application process (in US schools) -- most applications to graduate school are not successful, so knowing decisions by a certain time (say, March 1) gives people enough time to have feasible backups. It's been somewhat frustrating to play cat and mouse while job-searching (we have to eat) because I don't want to accept a position and then get accepted to grad school later on in the process, thus burning bridges in my pretty small practitioner field by appearing like I'm flip-flopping.

[polisciii]

Maybe Chicago is sending decisions based on subfield?

[XXXXbe1]

Any info from Georgetown?

[irh4256]

Hello everyone - I hope you are doing well. Would anyone happen to have any insight on the UChicago admission process? I also have not received any notification and am wondering what to expect. 

Edited February 15, 2021 by irh4256
Realized I posted on the wrong thread

[BrownSugar]

36 minutes ago, XXXXbe1 said:

Any info from Georgetown?

I contacted the department, they said decisions will come by month-end. 

[HolyGinger]

Just got a funding offer from UAlbany! I am thrilled, however, does anyone know a good site where I can check the living expenses in Albany, NY?. Just want to make sure I can live with the stipend

[rash_sulganni]

3 minutes ago, HolyGinger said:

Just got a funding offer from UAlbany! I am thrilled, however, does anyone know a good site where I can check the living expenses in Albany, NY?. Just want to make sure I can live with the stipend

Congratulations on securing funding. You may check this website out: http://www.phdstipends.com/results

Its like gradcafe but for stipends. It has a "LW Ratio" component which is basically the living wage as a ratio of the stipend. 

[Mad Scientist Malfrost]

20 minutes ago, HolyGinger said:

Just got a funding offer from UAlbany! I am thrilled, however, does anyone know a good site where I can check the living expenses in Albany, NY?. Just want to make sure I can live with the stipend

Albany's CoL isn't too bad last I checked. I had a friend that lived there for a few years and they said it was pretty affordable, hopefully that is still the case!

[China_IR]

I have been rejected by all the programs I have applied so far...
Only USC and Georgetown left now. Hope will get some news by this week...

[kmccorm327]

Those Syracuse admits seem suspicious to me, having come one right after the other. Statistically, they usually release later in the admissions cycle as well I believe. Unless anyone here claims, I would likely say troll (WHY DO PEOPLE DO THIS I TRULY DO NOT UNDERSTAND). 

[kmccorm327]

Also, seriously though, where are the Duke rejections!? I just want to be put out of my misery at this point!

[Habermas]

Claiming a UChicago and Michigan rejection. CP.

[PolNerd]

AND another day goes by without Northwestern. Seriously.

[djuric]

Claiming a UMichigan and UChicago rejection.

[polisciii]

UChicago rejection but referred to MAPSS -- does anyone know anything about how competitive being admitted there is?

[CharmanderGo]

Also rejected by UChicago, but referred to CIR... Same question as @poliscii, anyone knows about CIR and how competitive admission is?

[poliscihopeful2021]

3 minutes ago, polisciii said:

UChicago rejection but referred to MAPSS -- does anyone know anything about how competitive being admitted there is?

Same - UChicago rejection but referred to CIR. 

[StarkDark1]

If you get a large scholarship, definitely a good choice to do an MA at UChicago.  But I wouldn't recommend taking a loan of tens of thousands for a 1 year MA.  I'm glad I didn't do that.  I went to another MA program with more generous funding.  

 

Edited February 15, 2021 by StarkDark1