2024-2025 Application Thread

[polisci8989]

On 3/4/2025 at 5:34 PM, polisci001 said:

First and thankfully last PhD cycle is finally over! Final tally: 5 acceptances (Oxford, LSE, UCL, Princeton, Yale) and 5 rejections (Berkeley, Stanford, Michigan, Harvard, MIT).
 

Will almost certainly be giving up spots at LSE, UCL, and Yale (CP), but very undecided between Oxford and Princeton. 

 

Best of luck everyone!

When did you hear from LSE and Oxford? 

[jacksmith98798]

So the rejections from Georgetown are out. Mine as well. The results page at GradCafe is also flooded.

"Thank you for your application to the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Georgetown University. This year, the Graduate School received over 10,000 applications for our Masters and Ph.D. programs."

[01anonymous]

2 hours ago, jacksmith98798 said:

So the rejections from Georgetown are out. Mine as well. The results page at GradCafe is also flooded.

"Thank you for your application to the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Georgetown University. This year, the Graduate School received over 10,000 applications for our Masters and Ph.D. programs."

10,000? Just for graduate programs? That sounds insane. Is that across all fields in the university? Even then, it seems high.

[Various_Locations]

2 hours ago, jacksmith98798 said:

So the rejections from Georgetown are out. Mine as well. The results page at GradCafe is also flooded.

"Thank you for your application to the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Georgetown University. This year, the Graduate School received over 10,000 applications for our Masters and Ph.D. programs."

Got my rejection as well and my cycle is now over. This cycle was definitely brutal and I don't see it getting ay better next year. Congratuations to everyone who got in. 

[01anonymous]

Hi, I just saw an acceptance from the University of Michigan - did you receive it today, or did you accept it today? For context, I am waitlisted and eager to know more if possible.

Edited Friday at 08:41 PM by 01anonymous
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[jaliren]

Claiming a Georgetown rejection too (as expected). My application to Penn is still technically pending, but I think that's pretty likely to be a rejection given how late it is now -- so I think the cycle is basically over for me. Feeling lucky to have an acceptance I'm pretty happy with, even though it was far from my top choice originally. 

Edited Friday at 08:58 PM by jaliren

[polisciad]

22 minutes ago, jaliren said:

Claiming a Georgetown rejection too (as expected). My application to Penn is still technically pending, but I think that's pretty likely to be a rejection given how late it is now -- so I think the cycle is basically over for me. Feeling lucky to have an acceptance I'm pretty happy with, even though it was far from my top choice originally. 

If you reach out to the DGS, they will let you know the update.  

[Anish93]

So with Georgetown done, I have three unis pending, Rutgers, Johns Hopkins and Pittsburgh. I believe Pitt is yet to release its results, even though it's been a while since admissions pause was taken out, but the other two are taking too long to give their decisions honestly. I am not sure if I should email them to inquire. Saw a recent update in the results page of a rejection from JHU, while Rutgers has been silent since early Feb. If anybody has any news about these three that would be really helpful. Having to wait another week for what are most likely rejections is hell.

 

0a/7r/3p

Edited Saturday at 08:50 AM by Anish93

[PolSciComp]

On 3/6/2025 at 10:14 PM, 01anonymous said:

10,000? Just for graduate programs? That sounds insane. Is that across all fields in the university? Even then, it seems high.

I think it is the total number of applications for Georgetown's all Graduate programs; seems that the Department of Government didn't even write rejection letter on behalf of the Department

[jaliren]

7 hours ago, Anish93 said:

So with Georgetown done, I have three unis pending, Rutgers, Johns Hopkins and Pittsburgh. I believe Pitt is yet to release its results, even though it's been a while since admissions pause was taken out, but the other two are taking too long to give their decisions honestly. I am not sure if I should email them to inquire. Saw a recent update in the results page of a rejection from JHU, while Rutgers has been silent since early Feb. If anybody has any news about these three that would be really helpful. Having to wait another week for what are most likely rejections is hell.

 

0a/7r/3p

I was the one who posted the Hopkins rejection. My portal never updated, but I had reached out to the profs that I interviewed with back in early Feb, and they informed that I hadn't made it in. I'm almost positive that all acceptances are out at this point given that their visit day already happened -- so I'd unfortunately likely assume rejection. 

[PolSciComp]

Hi everyone! Anyone here who has been waitlisted at Washington University in St. Louis for Comparative politics subfield? Could you get any further email or information from the Department?

[smoothoperator77]

Saw some rejections of Upenn pouring in. But is anyone still waiting on an official notice?

[jaliren]

1 hour ago, smoothoperator77 said:

Saw some rejections of Upenn pouring in. But is anyone still waiting on an official notice?

I just got my rejection, so I'm not still waiting at this point.

That concludes the cycle for me: 1a/1w/7r. Honestly, this was a lot more difficult than I expected, and I thought I'd end up with more than one acceptance. However, I'm feeling fortunate to have one offer that I'm pretty happy with at the end of the day. 

[smoothoperator77]

13 minutes ago, jaliren said:

I just got my rejection, so I'm not still waiting at this point.

That concludes the cycle for me: 1a/1w/7r. Honestly, this was a lot more difficult than I expected, and I thought I'd end up with more than one acceptance. However, I'm feeling fortunate to have one offer that I'm pretty happy with at the end of the day. 

We are in this together! A lot more difficult than I expected, and I thought I'd have more than one offer as well. But yeah, fortunate enough to prevent a total disaster two years in a row. I haven't received anything from Upenn yet. I'll send an email to check with them tomorrow. 

If you are attending the open house of AU on March 20th we could see each other that day.

[jaliren]

1 minute ago, smoothoperator77 said:

We are in this together! A lot more difficult than I expected, and I thought I'd have more than one offer as well. But yeah, fortunate enough to prevent a total disaster two years in a row. I haven't received anything from Upenn yet. I'll send an email to check with them tomorrow. 

If you are attending the open house of AU on March 20th we could see each other that day.

Yes, you should email them -- I bet they'd be able to provide an update at this point.

And I actually didn't even know about an open house on the 20th. Did you receive that info via email?

[smoothoperator77]

8 minutes ago, jaliren said:

Yes, you should email them -- I bet they'd be able to provide an update at this point.

And I actually didn't even know about an open house on the 20th. Did you receive that info via email?

Yeah it's weird if you have not received it. They should have sent multiple emails about that regarding the travel information and reimbursement for the travel cost. 

[Anish93]

On 3/8/2025 at 9:24 PM, jaliren said:

I was the one who posted the Hopkins rejection. My portal never updated, but I had reached out to the profs that I interviewed with back in early Feb, and they informed that I hadn't made it in. I'm almost positive that all acceptances are out at this point given that their visit day already happened -- so I'd unfortunately likely assume rejection. 

Thank you for this. I guess I can cross it off my list as well.

 

Does anyone have any idea about Rutgers though? Have they begun their open house invitations yet?

[XYZ_GU]

Hi, is anyone still waiting for an update from UPenn? I saw a lot of rejections, but I have nothing in my email and portal.

[smoothoperator77]

3 hours ago, Anish93 said:

Thank you for this. I guess I can cross it off my list as well.

 

Does anyone have any idea about Rutgers though? Have they begun their open house invitations yet?

I know that their offers are out since I was being waitlisted, not sure about their open house though. 

2 hours ago, XYZ_GU said:

Hi, is anyone still waiting for an update from UPenn? I saw a lot of rejections, but I have nothing in my email and portal.

I am waiting for an update from UPenn as well, I emailed them yesterday but have not received a response yet. 

Edited 9 hours ago by smoothoperator77

[01anonymous]

My cycle is officially over today! I got two interviews, two final acceptances, and one waitlist involving 4 different schools! Made 10 applications total! I hope I get in off the waitlist, but otherwise, I am definitely going to grad school this year for a PhD! Excited. Congratulations to all and I hope your wait ends soon with good news!