2025 Fall Application: Chat, Share and Support One Another

[specialagentoso]

On 12/4/2024 at 1:32 PM, strawberrypasta said:

Nice! We seem to be applying to a lot of the same ones haha! I applied to Brown, Columbia, Michigan State, Northwestern, Princeton, Berkeley, Santa Barbara, Chicago, UIC, Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin.

What does your research center on? Mine broadly explores gender, family, and the life course.  

Omg we overlap a lot too, I'm interested in gender, family, and life course as well. I applied to UW Madison, Indiana, U of Michigan, UNC, UCSB, Stanford, Cornell, and Northwestern

[afraidtoletgo]

On 12/16/2024 at 7:53 AM, axolotlgrl said:

does anyone have any info on which schools do/don't interview for sociology in the top ~25?

I spoke with current PhD students from UCLA, Stanford, NYU, and Princeton, and they told me that they did not interview for their programs.

[strawberrypasta]

On 1/6/2025 at 9:54 AM, specialagentoso said:

Omg we overlap a lot too, I'm interested in gender, family, and life course as well. I applied to UW Madison, Indiana, U of Michigan, UNC, UCSB, Stanford, Cornell, and Northwestern

Ooo awesome! I am ready to start hearing back. Kind of going crazy from the wait already haha!

[specialagentoso]

28 minutes ago, strawberrypasta said:

Ooo awesome! I am ready to start hearing back. Kind of going crazy from the wait already haha!

Same, I submitted mine in November so I feel like I’ve already been waiting ages when in reality it’s only been 6 weeks. I just wanna know if/where I will be moving so I can plan 

[afraidtoletgo]

On 12/4/2024 at 12:02 PM, nervousyethopeful said:

Ooohhh yes def lots of overlap!! My interests are at the intersection of soc of family, education, & immigration, looking at the relationships btw schools & latino families. 

It feels so good to connect w other people in this process!!!

My research is Asian American culture/immigration and education! Definitely agree on connecting with other like-minded people

[strawberrypasta]

On 1/9/2025 at 2:45 PM, specialagentoso said:

Same, I submitted mine in November so I feel like I’ve already been waiting ages when in reality it’s only been 6 weeks. I just wanna know if/where I will be moving so I can plan 

Yes! Not knowing where I will be moving is killing me lol. I am a chronic overplanner so this is horrid haha. When is everyone planning on moving? I think I will be at the end of May or the beginning of June. It's a bit early, but my partner and I have an apartment through our university and we have to move out the day after they graduate.

I would also love to hear more about your research! Not sure if you are on Reddit, but my username is the same if you want to chat about it through DMs.

Edited January 11 by strawberrypasta

[specialagentoso]

48 minutes ago, strawberrypasta said:

Yes! Not knowing where I will be moving is killing me lol. I am a chronic overplanner so this is horrid haha. When is everyone planning on moving? I think I will be at the end of May or the beginning of June. It's a bit early, but my partner and I have an apartment through our university and we have to move out the day after they graduate.

I would also love to hear more about your research! Not sure if you are on Reddit, but my username is the same if you want to chat about it through DMs.

My current lease goes until the start of august so I probably won’t move until the end of summer, which is stressful in its own way. It’s nice to have the extra time here but will be a mad dash to get everything sorted if I’ll be in a new location. 
Unfortunately I’m not on Reddit  a girl can only handle so many social media platforms at once lol

[strawberrypasta]

20 hours ago, specialagentoso said:

My current lease goes until the start of august so I probably won’t move until the end of summer, which is stressful in its own way. It’s nice to have the extra time here but will be a mad dash to get everything sorted if I’ll be in a new location. 
Unfortunately I’m not on Reddit  a girl can only handle so many social media platforms at once lol

No worries! I just DMed you on here. I didn't realize GradCafe offered messaging.

 

[strawberrypasta]

Just saw that on the spreadsheet that someone marked they got an acceptance from Minnesota… can anyone else confirm if they have? 

[CrockPotKin]

It's that time of the year where decisions are starting to roll in with increasing frequency - good luck to everyone!

[RGA126]

It seems results start coming in today - can any one confirm the UC Irvine interview I see on the results page? I also applied and I did not get anything today, so I am very anxious at the moment. Apparently most news should be out in these two weeks! wow

[traingirl]

56 minutes ago, RGA126 said:

It seems results start coming in today - can any one confirm the UC Irvine interview I see on the results page? I also applied and I did not get anything today, so I am very anxious at the moment. Apparently most news should be out in these two weeks! wow

that was me- I got an email last night from a professor I listed on my application asking for a 20 min informal Zoom call. good luck!

[RGA126]

22 minutes ago, traingirl said:

that was me- I got an email last night from a professor I listed on my application asking for a 20 min informal Zoom call. good luck!

😭Congrats! 

[inglepringle]

It seems like someone got an interview invite from Yale? Does anyone know if invites are sent in batches?

[crrrrrrrr]

I also got an email invite to interview from UC Irvine for PhD Sociology program this past Thursday evening (1/16/25). I applied to 13 schools and so far they are the only one I have heard from.