LWitt Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Just starting a thread for 2024 application season. Third time is a charm! nyalagyal and Jim VK 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyalagyal Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Following! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jce8491 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 I applied. Hoping for the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nervienellie Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 I applied too! Have any of you applied before? when did you hear back ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jce8491 Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 On 1/18/2024 at 3:58 AM, Nervienellie said: I applied too! Have any of you applied before? when did you hear back ? This is my first time applying. Based on past years, it appears they send acceptances in early-to-mid February and rejections later that month or in early March. curtsyingking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nervienellie Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Thanks! Thats a long wait huh? Im a little stir crazy already! curtsyingking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yuyu Jiang Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 I also applied for the first time! Good luck to all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiamerg Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Hi y'all also applying for the first time here! I'm applying to the Law and Sociology field/concentration. Hope we can hear back soon! curtsyingking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LWitt Posted January 31 Author Share Posted January 31 Unfortunately, I am an expert on this particular topic. Based on past experiences (and talking to past admittees on here and on campus) - the first acceptances are by telephone probably by next week. As some accepted applicants turn Berkeley down (maybe after a few days of thinking time) there appears to be at least a small second round to fill spots that might get you to mid February. All the rest of us are turned down rather unceremoniously by email essentially on the last day February (thanks for your application fee....). Contacting the department about status is useless even if you have been in the no pile for weeks. My read is that if you don't hear by next friday - you should assume your chances are very low. jce8491, Yuyu Jiang and curtsyingking 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jce8491 Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 23 hours ago, LWitt said: Unfortunately, I am an expert on this particular topic. Based on past experiences (and talking to past admittees on here and on campus) - the first acceptances are by telephone probably by next week. As some accepted applicants turn Berkeley down (maybe after a few days of thinking time) there appears to be at least a small second round to fill spots that might get you to mid February. All the rest of us are turned down rather unceremoniously by email essentially on the last day February (thanks for your application fee....). Contacting the department about status is useless even if you have been in the no pile for weeks. My read is that if you don't hear by next friday - you should assume your chances are very low. Sorry to hear it didn't go your way last year. Hopefully, things are different this year! I was also pegging next Friday as the day after reading threads from past years. The wait has been so difficult. LWitt and curtsyingking 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyalagyal Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 I saw someone posted that they got the call over the weekend… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m123456 Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 31 minutes ago, nyalagyal said: I saw someone posted that they got the call over the weekend… Where did you see this? And they posted about it over the weekend or they received the call over the weekend? I am sus about someone getting a call over the weekend... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyalagyal Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 20 minutes ago, m123456 said: Where did you see this? And they posted about it over the weekend or they received the call over the weekend? I am sus about someone getting a call over the weekend... It’s in the results on this site. I don’t doubt it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m123456 Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 10 minutes ago, nyalagyal said: It’s in the results on this site. I don’t doubt it Would you be able to please provide the thread or direct me to it? I'd like to see - thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyalagyal Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 2 minutes ago, m123456 said: Would you be able to please provide the thread or direct me to it? I'd like to see - thanks! https://www.thegradcafe.com/result/913227 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jce8491 Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Well, assuming that's accurate, that seems to be bad news for the rest of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nervienellie Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Yeah. Im throwing in the towel on this year now. You gotta know when to walk away I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m123456 Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 2 hours ago, Nervienellie said: Yeah. Im throwing in the towel on this year now. You gotta know when to walk away I guess. I wouldn't count yourself out just yet! The person implied with POI that it would be the professor they would work under, but past years it seems like the Associate Dean called all of the accepted applicants on the same day. I would be surprised if they would call everyone on a weekend date too. We never know until we see the result! You got this! jce8491 and nyalagyal 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jce8491 Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 6 minutes ago, m123456 said: I wouldn't count yourself out just yet! The person implied with POI that it would be the professor they would work under, but past years it seems like the Associate Dean called all of the accepted applicants on the same day. I would be surprised if they would call everyone on a weekend date too. We never know until we see the result! You got this! I appreciate the optimism! I got rejected by three programs today, two of which I felt were really good fits. So it's been a rough day. I hope you're right on this. My other outstanding applications all felt like worse fits (from equally competitive programs) than the ones that rejected me---except JSP, which also feels like a strong fit. So this was the last bit of hope I was holding out. I'll hold on to it a bit longer. nyalagyal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m123456 Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 3 minutes ago, jce8491 said: I appreciate the optimism! I got rejected by three programs today, two of which I felt were really good fits. So it's been a rough day. I hope you're right on this. My other outstanding applications all felt like worse fits (from equally competitive programs) than the ones that rejected me---except JSP, which also feels like a strong fit. So this was the last bit of hope I was holding out. I'll hold on to it a bit longer. I'm sending positive vibes your way! jce8491 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nervienellie Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 42 minutes ago, m123456 said: I wouldn't count yourself out just yet! The person implied with POI that it would be the professor they would work under, but past years it seems like the Associate Dean called all of the accepted applicants on the same day. I would be surprised if they would call everyone on a weekend date too. We never know until we see the result! You got this! thanks! I hope im wrong and youre right! Either way we should all know definitively this week as more acceptances come in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LWitt Posted February 6 Author Share Posted February 6 I'll second the prior comment. A call from the POI on the weekend (rather than associate dean during a weekday) seems odd and might account for the earlier than expected informal acceptance. Looks like it might be a one-off so I'll stick with my prior view which is that this Friday seems to be the day you should schedule your disappointment. Kiamerg and jce8491 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nervienellie Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 On 2/7/2024 at 3:16 AM, LWitt said: I'll second the prior comment. A call from the POI on the weekend (rather than associate dean during a weekday) seems odd and might account for the earlier than expected informal acceptance. Looks like it might be a one-off so I'll stick with my prior view which is that this Friday seems to be the day you should schedule your disappointment. I hope so. It is alarming though that they havent sent out emails so far and its already thursday. I wonder if anyone else here has heard back since? Do they usually do interviews? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barthestow Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 4 minutes ago, Nervienellie said: I hope so. It is alarming though that they havent sent out emails so far and its already thursday. I wonder if anyone else here has heard back since? Do they usually do interviews? they never do interviews; they always do phone calls to notify acceptance, and emails at the end of february to notify rejection. again - echoing what has been said earlier - tomorrow is probably the day to schedule your excitement/disappointment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LWitt Posted February 8 Author Share Posted February 8 From past experience you don't want to receive an email - if you do you are out and you won't get that till end of February anyways. Don't expect an interview. Also it's not late yet - I'm pretty sure that acceptances will come today or Friday (and maybe a second round next week). So too early to be alarmed. Be alarmed tomorrow at 5:00 pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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