2021-2022 Application Thread

[polyglotaspiring]

1 minute ago, Au_DD said:

It really was not clear to me either. I only found out about this requirement two weeks after submitting my application causing me to panic. 

Oh gosh, thank you for the info! I'm sending it to them now. Panicking slightly but choosing to believe that them notifying me this late into the cycle is a good sign...

[swanronson]

26 minutes ago, polyglotaspiring said:

I just received an email from USC that I have an incomplete application - official transcripts. I remember reading their website in detail when I applied and it said that I didn't need them when submitting my app... I wonder if this is a sign?

I got that too. I hope it means we are at least being seriously considered!

[phduntome]

41 minutes ago, pbspoon said:

@phduntome This was the last update from the department.

Appreciate that. Don't know how I missed that one! Mid-march, that's brutal.

[theory_philosophy]

5 hours ago, phdhell said:

On the survey results page it seems like Yale has usually released results around today/yesterday, so there is still hope that they'll come out sometime this week!

That's amazing! Thanks for sharing. I'll look out for an update. For some reason, I recall coming across previous results that indicated end Feb (though there were 1-2 candidates who got calls/emails a few days earlier). I also remember thinking that it was nice of them to notify admitted/rejected/waitlisted candidates more or less together!

[CapTipps]

1 hour ago, polyglotaspiring said:

I just received an email from USC that I have an incomplete application - official transcripts. I remember reading their website in detail when I applied and it said that I didn't need them when submitting my app... I wonder if this is a sign?

Same here! Hopefully they will be considering all "incomplete" applications. This info was not clear at all, I even reached out to the program coordinator and Graduate School at the time and no one replied ?

[phdhell]

Can those who got a phone call from harvard poi’s let us know when they receive the official email! 

[bmo103]

I would like for this cycle to be over now

[phdhell]

claiming an mit rejection via email

[jjiffy]

MIT rejection email here too. I figure Stanford is also a reject so this wraps up my cycle. Receiving the Berkeley acceptance a few weeks ago gave me hope heading into Columbia, Stanford, and MIT so I am a little bummed. But also I have 4 offers I am very grateful for. Overall a successful cycle!

[catiecatie]

Also MIT rejection email here! It was a bad fit so I'm not really surprised. Congrats to those who got in!

[jjiffy]

2 minutes ago, catiecatie said:

Also MIT rejection email here! It was a bad fit so I'm not really surprised. Congrats to those who got in!

A day I never thought I'd live to see. Sorry to hear but still congrats on the rest of your cycle and good luck on those last two!

Edited February 23, 2022 by jjiffy

[catiecatie]

Just now, jjiffy said:

A day I never thought I'd live to see. Sorry to hear but still congrats on the rest of your cycle and good luck on those last two!

Congrats on your cycle as well! You've got Berkeley! 

[pbspoon]

2 hours ago, phduntome said:

Appreciate that. Don't know how I missed that one! Mid-march, that's brutal.

Yeah, hopefully it was a generous estimate (for them, not us!) and it's actually in the next week or so...

[theory_philosophy]

33 minutes ago, catiecatie said:

Also MIT rejection email here! It was a bad fit so I'm not really surprised. Congrats to those who got in!

Tough luck. You have great acceptances! I'm at Harvard right now and took a graduate seminar at MIT last semester - honestly, I know they have a Security Studies specialty, but I liked everything about Harvard better! 

I wonder how long Yale is going to make us wait...

[honeymoow]

For anyone else who's done with their cycle, I know it really helped me and other applicants to look at earlier years' results/lessons threads!

[modesteffect]

Claiming a Harvard waitlist.... fyi, their target is 15, and due to school requirement they are only allowed to run 15 active offers at one time. so they keep a short waitlist.

[second-time]

13 minutes ago, modesteffect said:

Claiming a Harvard waitlist.... fyi, their target is 15, and due to school requirement they are only allowed to run 15 active offers at one time. so they keep a short waitlist.

Was this an email?

[modesteffect]

Just now, second-time said:

Was this an email?

its phone call + email

[second-time]

2 minutes ago, modesteffect said:

its phone call + email

Ah, then I guess that's that for me on that front. Thanks for the info!

[moomagoo]

Claiming a wait list at MIT! Got an email earlier

[Hazel C]

Hi guys. Anyone knows about Georgetown, Cornell, UMD, Northeastern, Pittsburgh- no hope or still making decisions? At this point, I need to prepare mentally,,, 

[uncle_socks]

1 hour ago, modesteffect said:

Claiming a Harvard waitlist.... fyi, their target is 15, and due to school requirement they are only allowed to run 15 active offers at one time. so they keep a short waitlist.

this is uh...somewhat smaller than past cohorts. I wonder what the deal is. 

[modesteffect]

1 minute ago, uncle_socks said:

this is uh...somewhat smaller than past cohorts. I wonder what the deal is. 

I guess covid is still a factor. last year it accepted only 8

[Learnerlearnerlearner]

20 minutes ago, Hazel C said:

Hi guys. Anyone knows about Georgetown, Cornell, UMD, Northeastern, Pittsburgh- no hope or still making decisions? At this point, I need to prepare mentally,,, 

Wondering the same. 

Edited February 24, 2022 by Learnerlearnerlearner

[Quriosity]

19 minutes ago, Hazel C said:

Hi guys. Anyone knows about Georgetown, Cornell, UMD, Northeastern, Pittsburgh- no hope or still making decisions? At this point, I need to prepare mentally,,, 

I'm also waiting on Georgetown and UMD. Are you American Politics? Seems like for those two schools only IR/CP have heard back.