polisci119 Posted February 24 Posted February 24 Has anyone here received news from Boston College? It's been a while since two rejections were posted.
jaliren Posted February 24 Posted February 24 On 2/24/2025 at 4:35 PM, aurat278 said: Have any other Columbia admits gotten visit weekend info beyond the initial email from the 14th? Expand I haven't even received a decision from Columbia lol. Assuming likely rejection at this point if they're already sending visit weekend info... 01anonymous 1
polisciad Posted February 24 Posted February 24 With Georgetown's visit RSVP approaching, is there any update on their decisions? I emailed them asking about it but couldn't get a reply. Not even sure how many people actually got in until now.
jaliren Posted February 24 Posted February 24 On 2/24/2025 at 5:24 PM, polisciad said: With Georgetown's visit RSVP approaching, is there any update on their decisions? I emailed them asking about it but couldn't get a reply. Not even sure how many people actually got in until now. Expand I'm also still waiting for a decision (IR subfield). Not sure why there are so many schools that don't send out all their decisions at once—seems like a strange approach.
PolSciComp Posted February 24 Posted February 24 On 2/24/2025 at 5:28 PM, jaliren said: I'm also still waiting for a decision (IR subfield). Not sure why there are so many schools that don't send out all their decisions at once—seems like a strange approach. Expand Georgetown is very bad when it comes to notify applicants about their application result 😞
Heffalump27 Posted February 24 Posted February 24 Does anyone have any info about stipend amounts, whats good, whats not. Are there ways to leverage more money? I found this thread, but its a bit old. https://forum.thegradcafe.com/topic/28410-range-of-funding-for-polisci-programs/page/8/#comments LanaFan and nnb1 2
JPYSD Posted February 24 Posted February 24 (edited) On 2/24/2025 at 6:53 PM, Heffalump27 said: Does anyone have any info about stipend amounts, whats good, whats not. Are there ways to leverage more money? I found this thread, but its a bit old. https://forum.thegradcafe.com/topic/28410-range-of-funding-for-polisci-programs/page/8/#comments Expand What is good of course depends on your area, as schools in big and expensive cities naturally pay more than those in cheaper towns on the countryside. But of course, it depends on overall wealth of the university and (!) the department. There is this very helpful website, where you can filter according to program, year and university: "phdstipends". But many entries are wrongly entered or trolls, so you need to find a trend and way through the lists (usually still quite possible). Most t10-15 schools in bigger (more expensive) cities seem to have payed between 40k and 50k USD last year. That is at least my experience and a very good PhD stipend. Some of these schools are traditionally a bit stingy with money (Columbia, for example) while others are more generous. Often, private schools pay better than public ones. The trend is to pay more and admit less students. The amounts get lower rather quickly in the "ranking", however. To me as a European, those are still dream numbers. If they do at all (which at least half don't), most PhD programs there pay max. around the 20k mark (Switzerland is different). Edited February 24 by JPYSD LanaFan 1
polt29 Posted February 24 Posted February 24 Has anyone been accepted/rejected to Yale for theory subfield? Just wondering since I still haven't heard anything (trying to be patient but it's hard as I haven't had positive news yet from any school).
i_kant_anymore Posted February 25 Posted February 25 On 2/24/2025 at 10:49 PM, polt29 said: Has anyone been accepted/rejected to Yale for theory subfield? Just wondering since I still haven't heard anything (trying to be patient but it's hard as I haven't had positive news yet from any school). Expand Claiming rejection for Yale PT. Perhaps you're waitlisted?
PLSC25 Posted February 25 Posted February 25 I currently have an offer from UCSD, which was recently revised due to the ensuing uncertainty around federal funding. While the offer remains, the university has replaced the phrase "guaranteed funding" with a paragraph explicitly stating that the funding package is not guaranteed. Have any of you with other admits received similar updates or revisions? UCSD is my top choice right now but I'm unsure how to factor this into my decision-making process and would love to hear your thoughts, especially from those in a similar situation. garmit and LanaFan 2
garmit Posted February 25 Posted February 25 Some of my friends have had their funding offers retroactively cut down for their PhD offers bc of the Trump cuts. UCSD specifically LanaFan 1
garmit Posted February 25 Posted February 25 On 2/25/2025 at 11:37 AM, PLSC25 said: I currently have an offer from UCSD, which was recently revised due to the ensuing uncertainty around federal funding. While the offer remains, the university has replaced the phrase "guaranteed funding" with a paragraph explicitly stating that the funding package is not guaranteed. Have any of you with other admits received similar updates or revisions? UCSD is my top choice right now but I'm unsure how to factor this into my decision-making process and would love to hear your thoughts, especially from those in a similar situation. Expand On 2/25/2025 at 12:34 PM, garmit said: Some of my friends have had their funding offers retroactively cut down for their PhD offers bc of the Trump cuts. UCSD specifically Expand Sorry, I did not see your post @PLSC25.What are the odds this spreads to other cali schools? I have no idea how to deal with this btw. Write your reps, if you are American.
polisci119 Posted February 25 Posted February 25 It really seems a brutal round; just saw UPenn is negotiating to cut 40% of offers bc of trump
1251pl Posted February 25 Posted February 25 On 2/25/2025 at 1:19 PM, polisci119 said: It really seems a brutal round; just saw UPenn is negotiating to cut 40% of offers bc of trump Expand can you share the source?
polisci119 Posted February 25 Posted February 25 (edited) On 2/25/2025 at 1:52 PM, 1251pl said: can you share the source? Expand it's for School of Arts & Science, covering a wide range of subjects beyond PoliSci. I tried to attach the link here but it was censored, you can google 'UPenn School of arts and science funding freeze'. Edited February 25 by polisci119 reedit
anonymous99 Posted February 25 Posted February 25 On 2/25/2025 at 11:37 AM, PLSC25 said: I currently have an offer from UCSD, which was recently revised due to the ensuing uncertainty around federal funding. While the offer remains, the university has replaced the phrase "guaranteed funding" with a paragraph explicitly stating that the funding package is not guaranteed. Have any of you with other admits received similar updates or revisions? UCSD is my top choice right now but I'm unsure how to factor this into my decision-making process and would love to hear your thoughts, especially from those in a similar situation. Expand I received the same email. UCSD is also my top choice, but this update has made the decision more complicated. I'd love to hear how others are approaching this uncertainty.
polisci001 Posted February 25 Posted February 25 Apologies in advance if this is a dumb question. I’m an international applicant and I’m extremely undecided between staying where I am and going to the US. Do you think this funding freeze will affect Ivy League schools? And can schools change the funding amount and/or conditions after you accept an offer?
Uull6739 Posted February 25 Posted February 25 On 2/25/2025 at 2:48 PM, anonymous99 said: I received the same email. UCSD is also my top choice, but this update has made the decision more complicated. I'd love to hear how others are approaching this uncertainty. Expand As a rule, do not go to a US university where funding is not guaranteed. San diego is one of the most expensive places in the country and if your funding is not guaranteed you should literally take ANY other FUNDED option. I pray you have a funded alternate offer. LanaFan 1
A Dalek Posted February 25 Posted February 25 On 2/25/2025 at 3:03 PM, polisci001 said: Apologies in advance if this is a dumb question. I’m an international applicant and I’m extremely undecided between staying where I am and going to the US. Do you think this funding freeze will affect Ivy League schools? And can schools change the funding amount and/or conditions after you accept an offer? Expand It's impacting everyone. Ivies have big endowments, but they also rely heavily on federal funding. Treat offers like legal contracts, because they are. Until it's signed and processed by both parties it can still be changed. Make sure to read the language in your offer letters carefully to see if it has a clause clarifying when/if they can change the stipend amount. For those of you who have multiple offers, you can use that to counter offer the stipend amount. Note that this is usually limited to bargaining how much you make the first year or trying to get non-departmental fellowships. Fair warning to everyone. The job market has always been awful but given current conditions it's going to get a lot worse. I expect hiring freezes nationwide, and even when they lift you'll be competing with several postdocs/Assistant Professors who were under placed because of all this. The market is still recovering from the impact of covid and never really recovered from the great recession. Given the high opportunity cost of spending 5+ years in your 20s/30s getting a PhD, make sure this is what you REALLY want to do. brzher, LanaFan, 01anonymous and 4 others 5 2
jaliren Posted February 25 Posted February 25 Anyone else feel that decisions have been very delayed for a lot of schools this year? If so, do we think this is likely due to uncertainty with funding, or what? LanaFan 1
smoothoperator77 Posted February 25 Posted February 25 On 2/25/2025 at 6:11 PM, jaliren said: Anyone else feel that decisions have been very delayed for a lot of schools this year? If so, do we think this is likely due to uncertainty with funding, or what? Expand I think so. For one, GW is most likely delayed due to the uncertainty with funding, and I think Columbia obviously is, and maybe the Harvard and Upenn conundrum that's going on for us is also due to this reason. I feel like those schools that release results later than previous years are most likely all related to this, and there are many of them this year. polt29 and jaliren 2
garmit Posted February 25 Posted February 25 On 2/25/2025 at 6:11 PM, jaliren said: Anyone else feel that decisions have been very delayed for a lot of schools this year? If so, do we think this is likely due to uncertainty with funding, or what? Expand A source at Harvard told me that this is exactly the case. jaliren 1
jaliren Posted February 25 Posted February 25 On 2/25/2025 at 7:14 PM, garmit said: A source at Harvard told me that this is exactly the case. Expand Interesting. Did they mention when Harvard expects to release decisions? I would think that Harvard would be least affected of any school by funding difficulties, given their crazy levels of wealth.
Heffalump27 Posted February 25 Posted February 25 So should offer letters literally say 'guaranteed funding for x years at y amount'? I've had offers that say 'you can expect funding for 5 years' and as loose as 'we endeavor to renew fellowships for up to 5 years....'
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