2024 PhD Applications

[PrincessOfThemyscira]

  On 2/1/2024 at 7:19 PM, BamaorBust said:

Did anyone reach out to current students? Or professors before applying? I read mixed reviews on whether or not that was a good idea to do. 

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I did for MSU, met with the professor i wanna do research with and a few of her students in person/online; i didn't for case western

[Josh987]

Does anyone know when offers will be released for the PhD programs at U Penn and Columbia?

Thanks 🙂

[foodie24]

  On 2/4/2024 at 8:41 AM, Josh987 said:

Does anyone know when offers will be released for the PhD programs at U Penn and Columbia?

Thanks 🙂

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I'm also waiting on a Columbia decision! They released on Feb 16th last year, so if the timeline is the same we should hear next week. I had thought they did interviews, but I haven't heard anything yet... 

[Eve77]

Does anyone know if Columbia and Pittsburgh have had interview sessions in the past? If there was I guess I should have gotten a rejection since I haven't heard anything......

[Nyantakyi]

  On 2/6/2024 at 7:20 PM, Eve77 said:

Does anyone know if Columbia and Pittsburgh have had interview sessions in the past? If there was I guess I should have gotten a rejection since I haven't heard anything......

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I applied to Pittsburg and haven't heard anything yet....I guess they've not had their interviews

[Eve77]

Thank you for sharing! I hope we all get good news in the end......

[Allegra98]

  On 2/4/2024 at 8:41 AM, Josh987 said:

Does anyone know when offers will be released for the PhD programs at U Penn and Columbia?

Thanks 🙂

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Did you mean the social welfare one for UPenn? I saw 2 rej posted already

[wanderlust__18]

Hi all! I am excited for all of us!! I applied to 4 schools: UC Berkeley, UCLA, U of Washington, and NYU. I was offered interviews with UCLA and UW. I haven't heard anything from the others. Wishing all of us luck!!!

[Phdvibez]

  On 2/7/2024 at 1:31 AM, wanderlust__18 said:

Hi all! I am excited for all of us!! I applied to 4 schools: UC Berkeley, UCLA, U of Washington, and NYU. I was offered interviews with UCLA and UW. I haven't heard anything from the others. Wishing all of us luck!!!

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I had my interview with UW this morning. Had 7 people in there!! The director told me they should be making final decisions by end of next week. 

[PrincessOfThemyscira]

Got waitlisted for MSU, accepted to CWRU; neither one said anything about interviews, tho, so I don't know if that's just not a thing or if they didn't have enough candidates for it to be a requirement

[wanderlust__18]

  On 2/7/2024 at 4:28 AM, Phdvibez said:

I had my interview with UW this morning. Had 7 people in there!! The director told me they should be making final decisions by end of next week. 

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I had mine this morning too!! There were 8 people in mine. So many lol! I am hoping for the best for us.  We will know soon!

[Josh987]

  On 2/7/2024 at 12:50 AM, Allegra98 said:

Did you mean the social welfare one for UPenn? I saw 2 rej posted already

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Yes I do, oh ok, if I haven’t heard anything is that good then? I remember they said there’s no interviews. 

[Phdvibez]

  On 1/26/2024 at 5:23 PM, iglevitt said:

Glad to finally track down this thread. I've been soooo nervous, I applied to ten different places and god willing I'll get into one!
I applied to Wayne State, Michigan State, Loyola, Rutgers, University of Pittsburgh, UC Berkeley, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Indiana University - Bloomington, Ohio State University, and Maryland University. Got a rejection from Maryland but have not heard from anyone else.
Good luck everyone! We can be anxious together!

 

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Have you hear from Berkeley yet?

[iglevitt]

  On 2/8/2024 at 10:20 PM, Phdvibez said:

Have you hear from Berkeley yet?

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I have not. I’ve heard from three schools. Waitlisted at Michigan State, rejected from University of Maryland and University of Pittsburgh. Everything else is still up in the air! 

[iglevitt]

  On 2/8/2024 at 10:20 PM, Phdvibez said:

Have you hear from Berkeley yet?

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I take my initial statement back. Got an email to check my portal just a few minutes ago, received a rejection letter.

[SilentCipher24]

  On 2/9/2024 at 3:05 AM, iglevitt said:

I take my initial statement back. Got an email to check my portal just a few minutes ago, received a rejection letter.

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sorry i hope you hear good news from MU. I swear applying to phd programs has been a rollercoaster.   

 

sending you good vibes

[Phdvibez]

  On 2/9/2024 at 3:05 AM, iglevitt said:

I take my initial statement back. Got an email to check my portal just a few minutes ago, received a rejection letter.

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I just got my rejection letter as well ☹️

[iglevitt]

  On 2/9/2024 at 3:58 AM, Phdvibez said:

I just got my rejection letter as well ☹️

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So sad to hear this, wishing you luck with the rest of your applications! It's been a tough week so far with hearing back.

[wanderlust__18]

  On 2/9/2024 at 4:02 AM, iglevitt said:

So sad to hear this, wishing you luck with the rest of your applications! It's been a tough week so far with hearing back.

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I also got rejected from Berkeley...

[iglevitt]

  On 2/9/2024 at 3:27 AM, SilentCipher24 said:

sorry i hope you hear good news from MU. I swear applying to phd programs has been a rollercoaster.   

 

sending you good vibes

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Thank you so much! It's been an emotional rollercoaster of a week with starting to hear back. Kind of wishing I hadn't asked the universe to start giving me my answers, haha! the hits seem to keep coming, but I have six more schools to hear back from.

[iglevitt]

  On 2/9/2024 at 4:05 AM, wanderlust__18 said:

I also got rejected from Berkeley...

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This sucks, so sorry to hear that. Also hope you get in to a program that you fit well with!

[Phdvibez]

  On 2/9/2024 at 4:05 AM, wanderlust__18 said:

I also got rejected from Berkeley...

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This really sucks! I did see that over the past 2 years they’ve only taken 2 students. 

[wanderlust__18]

  On 2/9/2024 at 4:23 AM, iglevitt said:

This sucks, so sorry to hear that. Also hope you get in to a program that you fit well with!

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Thank you! I hope the same for you as well!!! Good things are coming for us all

[wanderlust__18]

  On 2/9/2024 at 4:25 AM, Phdvibez said:

This really sucks! I did see that over the past 2 years they’ve only taken 2 students. 

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It does! But I know we will all end up where we are meant to. Wow, that's a super low number 

[thotleader]

  On 1/17/2024 at 3:53 PM, foodie24 said:

Any news from schools yet? I was notified last week I'm a finalist for Wash U, and have an interview tomorrow. Still waiting to hear from the other 5 programs! U Chicago said they would send decisions in mid-Feb (they don't do interviews), but not sure about the other places I applied! 

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Question: From where did you hear that UChicago does not do interviews?