Information about Political Science Program at Duke

[jasonkowk]

I just received admission letter from Department of Political Science at Duke and the degree I applied for is M.A. degree. I have limited information about this program at Duke and I am concerning two things. The first one is was the acceptance rate high of this M.A. program's graduates to top doctoral programs in recent years. The second one is that is it possible to directly transfer to PhD track from M.A track in the second year. It will be very grateful if someone can tell me some information about this program.

[Penelope Higgins]

These are both questions that you should ask the folks at Duke. They are fair questions to consider as you weigh admissions offers. Nobody on this board will have thorough answers to either question. If the department does not give you clear answers on these issues, I would be wary about enrolling. But I expect that both answers will be fairly easy for them to provide.

I just received admission letter from Department of Political Science at Duke and the degree I applied for is M.A. degree. I have limited information about this program at Duke and I am concerning two things. The first one is was the acceptance rate high of this M.A. program's graduates to top doctoral programs in recent years. The second one is that is it possible to directly transfer to PhD track from M.A track in the second year. It will be very grateful if someone can tell me some information about this program.