ExileOnMainSt Posted January 27, 2021 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icemanyeo Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 Just now, 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. 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. iamlia and Maguire 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icemanyeo Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 27 minutes ago, StarkDark1 said: Where all did y'all apply? I've seen people in other fields create a signature that keeps track of their applications. Maybe we should do that too! tryingherbest, jjiffy, Sad Politics and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjiffy Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 (edited) Stanford, Chicago, MIT, Berkeley, UCSD, UCLA, Cornell, Georgetown, Duke, Madison, OSU Edited January 27, 2021 by jjiffy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassatrass Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 (edited) 3 minutes ago, ExileOnMainSt said: Starting to rue my lack of safeties. If I strike out this year my list will be a stunning testament to hubris. LMAO same with my schools... Haven't heard a peep... Edited January 27, 2021 by Cassatrass ExileOnMainSt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icemanyeo Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 2 minutes ago, 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. Go big or go home! You got this! ExileOnMainSt, verschiedene and TheLifeofBrian 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExileOnMainSt Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 Just now, icemanyeo said: Go big or go home! You got this! That was the general idea! ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icemanyeo Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 3 minutes ago, 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. 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. jjiffy, Dwar, Angelo X and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funfetti Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 Duke, Harvard, MIT, NYU, Princeton, Rice, Stanford, UC Berkeley, UCSD, Chicago, UT, WUSTL, Yale nivy25 and Maguire 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLifeofBrian Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 (edited) 55 minutes ago, StarkDark1 said: Where all did y'all apply? 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 Dwar, ExileOnMainSt, funfetti and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guest789 Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 (edited) 35 minutes ago, 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 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExileOnMainSt Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 5 minutes ago, 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. You’re absolutely right, but I’m not going to feel at ease with this till at least one turns green! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssppiikkeerr Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 36 minutes ago, StarkDark1 said: Where all did y'all apply? 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icemanyeo Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 Just now, ExileOnMainSt said: You’re absolutely right, but I’m not going to feel at ease with this till at least one turns green! I feel the same way~ ? Maguire 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrownSugar Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 43 minutes ago, StarkDark1 said: Where all did y'all apply? Pending: Yale, Princeton, Cornell, Boston U, Chicago, Indiana, Georgetown, USC, EUI, Graduate Institute Geneva Rejected: LSE 15 minutes ago, icemanyeo said: I've seen people in other fields create a signature that keeps track of their applications. Maybe we should do that too! How do we? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plus Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 6 minutes ago, 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. Which computational social science programs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icemanyeo Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 Just now, BrownSugar said: How do we? -> 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icemanyeo Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 2 minutes ago, BrownSugar said: Pending: Yale, Princeton, Cornell, Boston U, Chicago, Indiana, Georgetown, USC, EUI, Graduate Institute Geneva Rejected: LSE 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guest789 Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 8 minutes ago, BrownSugar said: Pending: Yale, Princeton, Cornell, Boston U, Chicago, Indiana, Georgetown, USC, EUI, Graduate Institute Geneva Rejected: LSE EUI looks amazing, such a gorgeous campus. BrownSugar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLifeofBrian Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 16 minutes ago, 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. 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afjackie Posted January 27, 2021 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poliscibxtch Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, StarkDark1 said: Where all did y'all apply? Accepted: UT Austin Pending: UCSD, Princeton, Cornell, UCLA, Stanford, Michigan, Vanderbilt, Duke, Berkeley, and Yale Edited January 27, 2021 by poliscibxtch nivy25 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry B. Benson Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 1 hour ago, StarkDark1 said: Where all did y'all apply? Accepted: OSU Rejected: UTexas (not formally, but being almost a week since acceptances I lack faith) Pending: MIT, Chicago, NYU, Michigan, Harvard, WashU, Berkeley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLifeofBrian Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 1 minute ago, 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. 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrownSugar Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 2 minutes ago, 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. I studied at Edinburgh during undergrad. Probably my favorite city ever. afjackie and TheLifeofBrian 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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