2022-2023 Application Thread

[Realbadgal]

15 minutes ago, xStardust said:

Princeton admits, are any of you in CP?

I am in CP field.

[xStardust]

18 minutes ago, Realbadgal said:

I am in CP field.

Thank you for answering, and congrats!

[Repspolisci]

Claiming UMich acceptance. American politics. Received acceptance via email.

[PolGrad]

Anyone received email from University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)?

[wubble]

Also claiming UMich acceptance, American politics. Email fromgraduate program coordinator!

[Anonymous8_8]

I just got a brown rej…completely lost hope because that’s the lowest ranked program I applied to and I only received rejs and presumed rejs so far. 

Edited February 6, 2023 by Anonymous8_8

[juliacar]

it’s time for a brown rejection party??

[ElisaV16]

6 minutes ago, Anonymous8_8 said:

I just got a brown rej…completely lost hope because that’s the lowest ranked program I applied to and I only received rejs and presumed rejs so far. 

Same here! 

[chairman mao]

Any Princeton/UMich acceptances IR?

[navyir]

Claiming a Brown rejection as well. I anticipated it as it was a tough sell for me in the first place in terms of fit and rank. Add to that my poor quant GRE score. I'm an older candidate with 15+ years of extremely related IR experience, an MA from a top 30 school with a ton of quant/methods courses and a mixed-methods writing sample leveraging survival models. I wasnt going to go back and spend a bunch of time studying math subjects like geometry that I havent taken in 20 years and wont use in IR to get a good GRE score when 99% of the schools that are a good fit for me dont require it. 

[Obscurepun]

Dying to know - I feel like I’m having a stroke every time my email goes off when it’s only some ad from PetCo or the likes

[coffeeman123]

11 minutes ago, juliacar said:

it’s time for a brown rejection party??

Lol I’m joining in too! Somewhat surprised, thought I had a good fit 

[WarStudent]

15 minutes ago, chairman mao said:

Any Princeton/UMich acceptances IR?

I was just accepted for Michigan in World Politics.

[lezz]

any umich cp

[Obscurepun]

Thanks! The username is fitting for that lol

[PolGrad]

I have begun to assume that UMichigan would reject my application, I am Comparative Politics sub-field but I didn't receive any email.

[QuantPoliSci]

Fuckkkkk I was really pulling for Michigan. No email yet but American subfield and sounds like American has already been sent out. 

[lezz]

3 minutes ago, PolGrad said:

I have begun to assume that UMichigan would reject my application, I am Comparative Politics sub-field but I didn't receive any email.

i feel like only ap or ir applicants claimed...still waiting lol

[poliscigradhopeful]

Do any of you have advice on finding a research-oriented position where I can boost my resume and hopefully reapply. I'm starting to lose hope on this application cycle, but I cannot afford to do a Master's in hope of that boosting my application and really would prefer to just do some kind of RA type work.

[macshmai]

14 minutes ago, poliscigradhopeful said:

Do any of you have advice on finding a research-oriented position where I can boost my resume and hopefully reapply. I'm starting to lose hope on this application cycle, but I cannot afford to do a Master's in hope of that boosting my application and really would prefer to just do some kind of RA type work.

https://www.poliscirumors.com/   I know this is mostly for people that have been doing a phd in poli sci, but you can take a look. Occasionally there are pre-doc positions posted.

[navyir]

5 minutes ago, poliscigradhopeful said:

Do any of you have advice on finding a research-oriented position where I can boost my resume and hopefully reapply. I'm starting to lose hope on this application cycle, but I cannot afford to do a Master's in hope of that boosting my application and really would prefer to just do some kind of RA type work.

Not that I am one to give advice or someone people should listen to given I am leaving one PhD for another because I ended up with an untenable fit but if you don't want to do an MA to boost your application, I would suggest pouring your time into your own work rather than someone elses. I have done the academia thing and think tank world for a while and would say that as related as some other research oriented positions may seem, there is no substitute for just going it alone and submitting or publishing your own solo peer-reviewed work. 

[poliscigradstudent]

For those that heard from Michigan today, did any of you apply to the Public Policy and Political Science joint PhD?

[Crossed_fingers]

2 hours ago, macshmai said:

https://www.poliscirumors.com/   I know this is mostly for people that have been doing a phd in poli sci, but you can take a look. Occasionally there are pre-doc positions posted.

that website is a cesspool (but occasionally helpful if you can sift through the trolls)

[Gabbiew]

Does Michigan conventionally send out acceptances in batches like Northwestern? Since a few people in my subfield (AP) have already claimed offers of acceptance from Michigan, I wonder whether it is safe to infer that I have practically been rejected from this program. 

[giraff]

2 hours ago, Crossed_fingers said:

that website is a cesspool (but occasionally helpful if you can sift through the trolls)

The current situation of PSR is simply bewildering, but similarly to EJMR people there don't have filter, which can help if one knows how to skim correctly.