2022-2023 Application Thread

[polisci320]

32 minutes ago, theorysc said:

That's great advice! You've inspired me to close GradCafe for the day. Thank you!

Site owners in the background shaking their fists

[lezz]

someone reported berkeley? did anyone else receive the phone call? NERVOUS

[REGISTERONRAINYDAY]

Is there anyone claiming Berkeley acceptance?

[MooseTracks]

Expect an Emory decision today!

 

 

[okiedokie.....]

10 minutes ago, MooseTracks said:

Expect an Emory decision today!

 

 

extremely nerve-wrecking

[nicollo]

someone just posted about Berkeley. O.o i wonder if other people here received the same phone call. hoping for the best to all of us 

[randomsinging]

A phone call? What is this 2000s renaissance...! 

[poliscigradhopeful]

I got a phone call from a California area code around 11:00 but I was at work and missed it. They did not leave a message, nor can I call them back, but I'm praying it was Berkeley lmaoooo

[New_Frequency]

Had to reset my password to log in, but claiming the Berkeley result!

[lezz]

2 minutes ago, poliscigradhopeful said:

I got a phone call from a California area code around 11:00 but I was at work and missed it. They did not leave a message, nor can I call them back, but I'm praying it was Berkeley lmaoooo

ET?

[lezz]

2 minutes ago, New_Frequency said:

Had to reset my password to log in, but claiming the Berkeley result!

are you the one who claimed on the result page? may i ask your subfied?

[poliscigradhopeful]

4 minutes ago, lesleyzhanggg said:

ET?

Yep

[Fellowpigeon]

is it just 1 berkeley result???

[juliacar]

So far. Although if they’re calling everyone it would probably take a bit to get through that list 

[Obscurepun]

There’s an Emory result now too… unfortunately quiet for me on Berkeley and Emory fronts so far.

[TerribleTowel]

I was admitted to Emory too. Email came at 12:40 central time

[Realbadgal]

Claiming Emory too. 

Edited February 1, 2023 by Realbadgal

[PolGrad]

Anyone received email from Northwestern today? Hope that we would hear good news from Northwestern.

[bfil]

3 hours ago, icedamericanopolitics said:

I applied to: Berkeley, Chicago, Columbia, Duke, Harvard, Michigan, MIT, Northwestern, Princeton, Stanford, UCLA, UNC, and Yale. I have heard back from ONE school so far (WL @ Duke). Someone pls tell me that results are just coming slowly and this means nothing ?

When were you waitlisted? I did not get any response, so I assume it's a rejection...

[Crossed_fingers]

4 minutes ago, PolGrad said:

Anyone received email from Northwestern today? Hope that we would hear good news from Northwestern.

Also hoping we hear from them soon. It would be crazy if we've already seen all the Northwestern grad cafe acceptances

[Obscurepun]

Claiming Emory as well- mine came around 2:15 ET.

[new display name]

An Emory student claiming an Emory offer. Thank you, Emory Political Science.

[PolPsychGal11]

5 hours ago, TerribleTowel said:

Also, to some degree, placement is affected by the location of your PhD program. If you go to Emory, for instance, that increases the likelihood that you'll place somewhere in the South. Whereas at UCLA you might place somewhere in Utah or Idaho. I think this is because programs tend to have connections to schools around them, or at least be more familiar with schools that are closer by. So that's not to say for sure that you'll place within the region, but your odds go up a little bit.

Hi - I'm a current assistant prof, and was on the market twice, both times I got a TT job (I moved up after my first job). This is patently not true. The market is tight, and people take whatever job they can get. Going to school on the east coast does not make it more likely that you'll get a job on the east coast. If anything, this works slightly in reverse: many schools in the middle of the country are skeptical of graduates of highly-ranked coastal schools. Sometimes this is an unfair assumption, other times it is based on making an offer and being burned. 

For those with multiple offers to consider: you need to have a good fit with your potential program, but you also need to go to a highly ranked program. I've lurked on this site for a while, and am always torn about weighing in when people are apply to poorly ranked and poorly regarded schools. Taking 5-6 years to do a PhD at a not great school might be an ok option if you want to go into industry (though there are significant opportunity costs), but it is just not a good idea if you have you dreams set on entering academia. I'd encourage you all to read this as you consider acceptances and what decisions to make: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2022/12/07/faculty-member-issues-dire-warning-grad-students-about-jobs

[Realbadgal]

I am assuming Berkeley rejection by now since there are already phone calls and admissions in portal. My portal hasn't changed anyway..

[Fellowpigeon]

i don't think they call international students. i wonder if we'll get an email...