gjason Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 At least you still have hair to turn gray. Not so lucky here. Damn, I was away for a few days, so hope this isn't...erm...old news. Most of my trajectory has been trying to find things I'm not bored with, which is no small part of why it's taken me so long to settle back down to academia -- it took me longer than some to discern the red thread that connects all my other seemingly disparate interests, and I wasn't about to go back in an area that I would get bored with after two years. (On a not unrelated note, I discovered the origin of 'red thread' as I was reading Goethe the other day -- God, I love history of political thought. High-falutin' philosophy aside, it's really just about people and how they act, which turns out to be the red thread in question. Fortunately, it is also impossible to get bored with that subject, since, no matter how hard one tries, one will never actually understand people.) I did tech support. I was homeless. I worked as an armed security guard at an intelligence agency. I was a technical administrator of a distance learning program. I got certified as an Underwater Criminal Investigator at some point. That was a highlight. And for those who made cracks about the grey hair...I've actually been going grey since I was 19, a genetic thing. So, yes, I probably have more than anyone else in the classroom, including most of the profs! But any sort of existential crisis about getting old doesn't tend to happen when it hits you that young, you just accept it as a thing and that's that. On the other hand, it can be used to hilariously uncomfortable effect on the 22 year-olds now and then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
history? Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 At least you still have hair to turn gray. Not so lucky here. Ha-ha. True. We ladies come out better on the pattern-baldness end of things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjason Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Anyone going to be at the MSU or FSU recruitment events? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefly28 Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Anyone going to be at the MSU or FSU recruitment events? I'll be at FSU, in the Sunday to Tuesday group. Is that yours too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mormegil Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 In at Georgia State. Got a phone call from a faculty member. Relieved after so many rejections. The department is a good fit for me. Wishing and Hoping 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjason Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 In the "Thurs.-Sat. group. Will just miss you. I'll be at FSU, in the Sunday to Tuesday group. Is that yours too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefly28 Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 In the "Thurs.-Sat. group. Will just miss you. Ah too bad. What field are you interested in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjason Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Methods and IR. Specifically, Behavioral Game Theory and Intl. Poli.-Economy. What fields are you into? Ah too bad. What field are you interested in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wannabee Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 In at Georgia State. Got a phone call from a faculty member. Relieved after so many rejections. The department is a good fit for me. Mormegil, Congrats! Happy to hear this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefly28 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 (edited) Methods and IR. Specifically, Behavioral Game Theory and Intl. Poli.-Economy. What fields are you into? Behavior, possibly with methods as a minor field. Have you heard anything about likely turnover at FSU? I've heard that it has a bit of a reputation as a school with high faculty turnover, which is a bit discouraging. Edited March 11, 2011 by firefly28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
informationbomb Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Did everyone who applied to Columbia receive a rejection? I haven't heard *anything*. Anyone care to speculate on that fact? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mormegil Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Mormegil, Congrats! Happy to hear this. Thank you wannabe. I'm on wait lists at few places and waiting to hear from few more, so i'm putting off my decision where to go for a few weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
by the way Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Did everyone who applied to Columbia receive a rejection? I haven't heard *anything*. Anyone care to speculate on that fact? I received a rejection yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croasyjr Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Did everyone who applied to Columbia receive a rejection? I haven't heard *anything*. Anyone care to speculate on that fact? I haven't heard anything either... but their visiting weekend is coming up, I think. I really thought that all acceptances had gone out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallerstein Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Did everyone who applied to Columbia receive a rejection? I haven't heard *anything*. Anyone care to speculate on that fact? I heaven't heard either. But I also think they have already sent out all admissions and waitlists. Still, optimistically, I'd say they might be considering our files for the MA program which, if I remember correctly, we have applied along with the PhD. But it could be just a simple delay... So far, I have received all my rejections a couple of days after people started posting them on the results page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjason Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 My thesis advisor graduated from UF and said one of the drawbacks of FSU was the turnover. My guess is that their formal theory profs will be there a while. HeeMin Kim has been at FSU since 1989. Siegel (2006) and Grosser (2007) are relatively new, so I don't see them leaving soon either. Behavior, possibly with methods as a minor field. Have you heard anything about likely turnover at FSU? I've heard that it has a bit of a reputation as a school with high faculty turnover, which is a bit discouraging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slacktivist Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 My thesis advisor graduated from UF and said one of the drawbacks of FSU was the turnover. My guess is that their formal theory profs will be there a while. HeeMin Kim has been at FSU since 1989. Siegel (2006) and Grosser (2007) are relatively new, so I don't see them leaving soon either. I could be wrong, but doesn't MSU place better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wishing and Hoping Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Just got my letter from NYU - rejected from PhD (duh), accepted into master's (without funding). Good grief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWBG Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Just got my letter from NYU - rejected from PhD (duh), accepted into master's (without funding). Good grief. Same here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mormegil Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 (edited) I could be wrong, but doesn't MSU place better? Slacktivist, couldn't help but notice your signature. You have one of the best acceptance/applications ratios of all polisci phd applicants cycle. Congratulations! Did you decide which school you'd attend? Edited March 11, 2011 by mormegil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtncffts Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 All right, I've accepted and going to Western Ontario! Thanks everyone for the camaraderie and commiseration. Will keep on the forum. gjason and Count de Monet 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefly28 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 I could be wrong, but doesn't MSU place better? This is anecdotal, but I spoke with an MSU graduate not that long ago who said that they would not recommend the program. I did not inquire as to why but I get the impression that there might be some hostility and ego issues in the ranks of the dept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElectricRelaxation Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Same here. Inquiring minds want to know, if you care to share the information-how were you notified? It'd be a lot of help to ease this old soul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calim Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 also confirming a Columbia reject by email. Assuming UCLA is a lost cause--which I'm assuming it us, not just by timing but also because they apparently didn't admit any people w/ a MENA focus this year--finally have all my responses. Phew! Don't despair just yet! I was accepted into UCLA, and have a MENA focus/comparative etc. but will almost certainly not attend... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWBG Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 All right, I've accepted and going to Western Ontario! Thanks everyone for the camaraderie and commiseration. Will keep on the forum. Congrats on Western! While there, you should check out Ron Wintrobe in the econ department, as well as Al Slivinski if you're at all interested in formal theory. Just in case those two slipped past you because they're in the econ department. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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