RWBG Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 RWBG nailed it. http://en.wikipedia....ki/Nigel_Tufnel This calls for a digression. The sustain! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll7rWiY5obI If I get rejected from all the schools I applied to, I'm going to play a lot of songs in D minor, because it's really the saddest of all keys. Wishing and Hoping and balderdash 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GopherGrad Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 RWBG nailed it. http://en.wikipedia....ki/Nigel_Tufnel This calls for a digression. The sustain! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll7rWiY5obI Of course. Sorry. Something about Nigel reminds me of Remu Aaltonen or Badding or something. Maybe Finns just share that vacant expression. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCreuset Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Uh-oh, unofficial Harvard admit is up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croasyjr Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Um, Harvard....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Livio88 Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Got into Duke with funding (don't know how much though). Just received the email with the link to Applyyourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balderdash Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 (edited) Not sure about the Harvard acceptance. I guess it's feasible that a prof did it through private communication, but I was under the impression that they were one school where it was all centralized through GSAS...? Note: I'm a Harvard app and I haven't heard anything. Edit: Whoever added the Duke acceptance on top of the Stanford, congratulations. Should be an interesting choice, depending on your subfield. Edited February 3, 2011 by balderdash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost in transition Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Got into Duke with funding (don't know how much though). Just received the email with the link to Applyyourself. Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yuke Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Just emailed Thom Wall about the Harvard acceptance. Unfortunately, " some admits are out" is definitely fake. Tufnel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balderdash Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 (edited) Just emailed Thom Wall about the Harvard acceptance. Unfortunately, " some admits are out" is definitely fake. Good to know, but that might be policy to keep the decisions quiet. It's in their interest to not let people know that admits are out, otherwise they get a flurry of frantic emails/calls from the de facto rejects. Edited February 3, 2011 by balderdash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oasis Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Good to know, but that might be policy to keep the decisions quiet. It's in their interest to not let people know that admits are out, otherwise they get a flurry of frantic emails/calls from the de facto rejects. My interpretation is that there isn't rejection per se, but that each applicant gets ranked, and the offers go to their top choices. As the top choices decline, they move to the next candidates. So there's no reason to reject a candidate this early, when that would preclude making him an offer if the next guy says no. Besides, isn't it better to still consider yourself in the running? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secretly_yes Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 I just called University of Michigan and they said they are planning on notifying decisions to all applicants by the end of next week. My heart definitely stopped for a few seconds when I heard that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcdickenson Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Got into Duke with funding (don't know how much though). Just received the email with the link to Applyyourself. Same here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefly28 Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 (edited) I just called University of Michigan and they said they are planning on notifying decisions to all applicants by the end of next week. My heart definitely stopped for a few seconds when I heard that. Good luck. I thought about applying to UMich even though it would've been a reach for me. PS I love the University of Phoenix admittee who attempted to defend the school's standing...and made rather conspicuous grammatical errors in doing so. Oops. To the previous poster who said online school doesn't mean nothing - I only applied to Phoenix University Online bc I had to care my kids while staying at home. How am I sposed to find time for collage when I need to care my kids? Edited February 3, 2011 by firefly28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 (edited) In at Washington University in St. Louis. E-mail came today. $20,000 stipend first year. Assistantship of about 16 hours per week in future years. Pretty relieved and excited after the Duke ding. Letter says they are aiming for a class size under 10. Edited February 3, 2011 by Viking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCreuset Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 In at Washington University in St. Louis. E-mail came today. $20,000 stipend first year. Assistantship of about 16 hours per week in future years. Pretty relieved and excited after the Duke ding. Congratulations! I didn't apply, but I'm curious - what's your subfield? Research interests? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyers29 Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 PS I love the University of Phoenix admittee who attempted to defend the school's standing...and made rather conspicuous grammatical errors in doing so. Oops. There is also this one on the results page: University Of Phoenix Online English, PhD (F11) Rejected via E-mail on 3 Feb 2011 A 3 Feb 2011 I can not believe they did not except me. secretly_yes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudPolitics Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 In at Washington University in St. Louis. E-mail came today. $20,000 stipend first year. Assistantship of about 16 hours per week in future years. Pretty relieved and excited after the Duke ding. Letter says they are aiming for a class size under 10. Me, too. Very happy because my research interests (judicial politics/empirical legal studies) match up very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 (edited) Congratulations! I didn't apply, but I'm curious - what's your subfield? Research interests? Thanks. I'm American Politics. I'm in the institutions camp, and I want to study Congress primarily. Edited February 3, 2011 by Viking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bandersnatch Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 In at Duke this morning. My field is African Political Economy...somewhere between Comparative and IR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_loblaw Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 I just found out about getting in at Duke, I had checked about 2 hours ago and nothing was up. So to everyone still waiting to hear don't give up! It seems like they are going up slowly for no apparent reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWBG Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Congrats to the WashU admits, even if this isn't a good sign for my own application. Out of curiosity, around when did you get the e-mails? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 (edited) Congrats to the WashU admits, even if this isn't a good sign for my own application. Out of curiosity, around when did you get the e-mails? Came around noon EST for me. Edited February 3, 2011 by Viking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Higgins Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Just FYI Harvard only makes a single round of admissions decisions. I can't imagine, based on some personal information, that they are out this early. Someone may have gotten a phone call or informal communication from a faculty member, but official offers have almost certainly not been made. When they are made, they will all come Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunseeker Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Came around noon EST for me. Also in at WUSTL (Comparative) same package as described above. Research interest comparative elections/legislatures (main regional focus Africa) surprised WUSTL liked that! Email came in at 12.16 EST. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balderdash Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 In at Duke this morning. My field is African Political Economy...somewhere between Comparative and IR. Sorry, but I have to ask: your name seems awfully similar to mine, especially since we're in the same subfield... Anyway, I have to say that the waiting is driving me bonkers. I don't know about you guys, but I keep swinging back and forth between "I'm going to get accepted lots of places" to "God I hope just get in somewhere." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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