Pol Sci 2024-25 / Waitlisted Candidates

[jaliren]

32 minutes ago, polisci8989 said:

Anyone waitlisted for UPENN?

When did you receive a decision? My portal doesn't show any status updates yet. 

[polisci8989]

Just now, jaliren said:

When did you receive a decision? My portal doesn't show any status updates yet. 

I have not received a decision yet either. I was wondering if they sent out acceptance already. And if they have a waitlist at all. 😐

[jaliren]

3 minutes ago, polisci8989 said:

I have not received a decision yet either. I was wondering if they sent out acceptance already. And if they have a waitlist at all. 😐

From what I've seen on the results page, it doesn't seem like they've sent out any decisions yet. Judging from previous years, Penn usually seems to be very late compared to other schools. I'm also anxiously awaiting their word, as Penn is one of my top choices. 

[smoothoperator77]

I am waiting for Upenn as well, but the hope is not high. I also think they have not released anything yet. 

[edwardsaid]

Anyone has an idea of how likely someone is to get off the waitlist of a T10 program these days?

Edited 19 hours ago by edwardsaid
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[JPYSD]

1 hour ago, edwardsaid said:

Anyone has an idea of how likely someone is to get off the waitlist of a T10 program these days?

If there is a waitlist, it is likely to be used. Most t10-waitlists are really short, so you have good chances. Harvard and Stanford are maybe really difficult in that regard, but most other schools move a lot before their new PhD class stands. Of course, the larger the accepted cohort is, the more likely it is for the waitlist to come into effect for more people. So the program size might be a factor, as is the subfield. Princeton admitted a huge amount of students last year and if I remember correctly, at least 5 people got off their waitlist that I was aware of (all right before the final decision deadline, however).

Edited 17 hours ago by JPYSD

[Omkar Poojari]

3 hours ago, JPYSD said:

If there is a waitlist, it is likely to be used. Most t10-waitlists are really short, so you have good chances. Harvard and Stanford are maybe really difficult in that regard, but most other schools move a lot before their new PhD class stands. Of course, the larger the accepted cohort is, the more likely it is for the waitlist to come into effect for more people. So the program size might be a factor, as is the subfield. Princeton admitted a huge amount of students last year and if I remember correctly, at least 5 people got off their waitlist that I was aware of (all right before the final decision deadline, however).

Just thinking about how could things different in a T-50 University? (Brown for CP to be specific.)

[JPYSD]

44 minutes ago, Omkar Poojari said:

Just thinking about how could things different in a T-50 University? (Brown for CP to be specific.)

Not much different. Brown very much has a similar process to some of the top schools and in many ways, should be ranked much higher. Those kind of rankings are a bit silly in the first place. What matters more is their actual research output and their funding. And Brown is as well funded and politically renowned as most of the t10-20 schools are.

[PolSciComp]

3 hours ago, JPYSD said:

Not much different. Brown very much has a similar process to some of the top schools and in many ways, should be ranked much higher. Those kind of rankings are a bit silly in the first place. What matters more is their actual research output and their funding. And Brown is as well funded and politically renowned as most of the t10-20 schools are.

I agree, Brown is way better compared to many Political Science Departments whose rankings are higher than Brown.

[Omkar Poojari]

7 hours ago, JPYSD said:

Not much different. Brown very much has a similar process to some of the top schools and in many ways, should be ranked much higher. Those kind of rankings are a bit silly in the first place. What matters more is their actual research output and their funding. And Brown is as well funded and politically renowned as most of the t10-20 schools are.

Yes, ironically the generous funding makes me more worried and less hopeful about my chances. It seems unlikely that someone would let that go.