saltlakecity2012 Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Someone brave enough to call Berkeley?? Just called. Janet Newhall was unavailable, so I spoke to the graduate student advisor (Bette Evans). She doesn't have anything to do with the admissions process, but she said she overheard that decisions are going out, and that they expect to be done with the entire notification process by the end of February. So this gels with I believe our 2 claimed acceptances so far this cycle - I suppose they could be done already, but I have no idea. CooCooCachoo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuerzburg Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 I would hardly call that confident. But no, I don't know anyone there. I just think that in the past, they've gone with a really automated system, which would imply that it can be sent at any hour. Fair enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whirlibird Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Gee willikers, you leave this place for like five seconds and things go crazy! TROLLS?! Run, Bilbo, run! Claiming a Stanford rejection. Yeehaw! My decision becomes more certain as the days tick by! Soon I'll get my precious t-shirt... CafeAuLait12, Ironheel!! and iwouldpreferanonymity 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kolja00 Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Just called. Janet Newhall was unavailable, so I spoke to the graduate student advisor (Bette Evans). She doesn't have anything to do with the admissions process, but she said she overheard that decisions are going out, and that they expect to be done with the entire notification process by the end of February. So this gels with I believe our 2 claimed acceptances so far this cycle - I suppose they could be done already, but I have no idea. Awesome! I hope it comes tonight so I have an excuse not to work on my thesis But next week seems most likely based off of what she said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwouldpreferanonymity Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Claiming a Stanford rejection. Yeehaw! My decision becomes more certain as the days tick by! Soon I'll get my precious t-shirt... It is funny that you bring this up. Although it might be quite silly, I am so looking forward to confirming my decision by buying a school shirt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catinthehat Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 (edited) Those are the exact three I am waiting for as well. I was expecting to hear from Berkeley given that SD and UCLA were 2-3 weeks ago. Blah. and this Yale thing is weird. People have claimed interviews on the results page but not here. I'm more suspicious than ever re. the Yale interviews. Here's why: 1) We just saw today that trolls monitor what we write about and post results accordingly. There's talk about Yale interviews, boom they show up. 2) This troll was obviously a bad one, i.e. more sympathetic, by posting everything at once. A hard-core troll would subtly post messages without giving us any clue they were fake to get a real laugh out of it. 3) Too few people have received interviews for that to be representative of Yale's acceptance pool. 4) People who should be very strong candidates for Yale have not received interviews, e.g. RWBG (GRE) or adblanche (got into Stanford). That doesn't make sense. Edited February 17, 2012 by catinthehat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kolja00 Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Gee willikers, you leave this place for like five seconds and things go crazy! TROLLS?! Run, Bilbo, run! Claiming a Stanford rejection. Yeehaw! My decision becomes more certain as the days tick by! Soon I'll get my precious t-shirt... That is why I want this process to be over soon. I want to get a hoodie and shirt to wear haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balderdash Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 RWBG (GRE) Love that that's what you singled out about RWBG to make a "strong candidate." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deleteduser0333 Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 (edited) My Fall 2012 cycle is 95% over right now, sigh. I don't think I will be standing any chances at Berkeley or Maryland.. Edited February 17, 2012 by dec4rhapsody Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catinthehat Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Love that that's what you singled out about RWBG to make a "strong candidate." Well, you would think that 800 quant would at least warrant an interview...no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jwnich1 Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 There was concern about Rochester as well, but I will lay that to rest and claim one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balderdash Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 Well, you would think that 800 quant would at least warrant an interview...no? No. (And I don't think there's anyone on the board with as much respect for RWBG as me, having gone through the process with him twice now.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saltlakecity2012 Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Well, you would think that 800 quant would at least warrant an interview...no? There are plenty of people with scores like that in the applicant pools, and not all of them get into the final round. As has been stated before on another thread, GRE scores will get you through the first round of cuts but are unlikely to do anything after that, and schools go through multiple refining rounds. You might not hear about it, but there are more than a few people on this forum with scores between 1550-1600. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whirlibird Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 It is funny that you bring this up. Although it might be quite silly, I am so looking forward to confirming my decision by buying a school shirt. Totally not silly at all! It's so true! I'm pumped. Finalization...then we can take care of all the important stuff (clothing ourselves). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catinthehat Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 No. (And I don't think there's anyone on the board with as much respect for RWBG as me, having gone through the process with him twice now.) Okay. From what I've heard, a perfect quant score gets faculty's attention. It doesn't mean that you get in, but if an interview means you're in the running, I would expect a person with a perfect score to get one. Now maybe an interview means the opposite, i.e. they can't decide b/c you're on the bubble. I'm just saying that we are not seeing the kind of large-scale interviews that you would expect if they were a filtering tool. Something doesn't make sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saltlakecity2012 Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Okay. From what I've heard, a perfect quant score gets faculty's attention. It doesn't mean that you get in, but if an interview means you're in the running, I would expect a person with a perfect score to get one. Now maybe an interview means the opposite, i.e. they can't decide b/c you're on the bubble. I'm just saying that we are not seeing the kind of large-scale interviews that you would expect if they were a filtering tool. Something doesn't make sense. I would guess, given the humanities/social sciences faculty response to the mandated interviews that they will most likely be used to confirm already decided upon acceptances, or to differentiate between similarly qualified candidates in the later rounds of the process. That's what I would do, at least, if I were required to interview applicants and didn't want to... I'd go about my decision-making process and then tack interviews on as needed towards the end of the thing. Obviously I am not a Yale political science ad com member, though, so my thinking may be pretty useless. Any other thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wmplax Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Okay. From what I've heard, a perfect quant score gets faculty's attention. It doesn't mean that you get in, but if an interview means you're in the running, I would expect a person with a perfect score to get one. Now maybe an interview means the opposite, i.e. they can't decide b/c you're on the bubble. I'm just saying that we are not seeing the kind of large-scale interviews that you would expect if they were a filtering tool. Something doesn't make sense. No. (And I don't think there's anyone on the board with as much respect for RWBG as me, having gone through the process with him twice now.) This is simply getting idiotic. Neither of you know how much GRE's weigh in--it's contingent not only on the department, but on those selected for that year's committee. I've heard that some people couldn't care less about GRE's while you'll occasionally get a nut who thinks its an accurate tool of prediction and should be counted. The fact is: we do not know, so please stop pretending to possess some radiant knowledge about the reception of GRE scores when, even in a rather comprehensive survey of the results, there seems to be little rhyme or reason. Your desire for generality is insane, and would severely disappoint Wittgenstein. If you did have the correct knowledge, then I imagine you would get in wherever you decidedly chose--of course, this is far from reality, and you are left, like us all, to merely speculate. iwouldpreferanonymity, Bookbag, CooCooCachoo and 5 others 3 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kem140 Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Does anyone know what the deal is with Northwestern? There seem to be quite a few acceptances, but has anyone claimed these? Given the number of applicants that they get, you'd think there would be more than the few that have trickled in. Also, FYI, I spoke to Sharon at Indiana and she said all decisions would be out early next week by email. There were a few acceptances that trickled in from IU today, any news on the wait list? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grantman Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Well I am calling this cycle for myself. Based on precedent no school is going to admit me which now means I must begin the great job. I want to thank all of you for making me feel welcome and for the works of encouragement over the past few weeks. I honestly and sincerely wish the best for all of you as you jouney on to the next phase of your lifes and wish you godspeed in all of your future endavors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balderdash Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 Does anyone know what the deal is with Northwestern? There seem to be quite a few acceptances, but has anyone claimed these? Given the number of applicants that they get, you'd think there would be more than the few that have trickled in. I think at least one was claimed... but I haven't heard anything either. This is simply getting idiotic. Neither of you know how much GRE's weigh in--it's contingent not only on the department, but on those selected for that year's committee. I've heard that some people couldn't care less about GRE's while you'll occasionally get a nut who thinks its an accurate tool of prediction and should be counted. The fact is: we do not know, so please stop pretending to possess some radiant knowledge about the reception of GRE scores when, even in a rather comprehensive survey of the results, there seems to be little rhyme or reason. Your desire for generality is insane, and would severely disappoint Wittgenstein. If you did have the correct knowledge, then I imagine you would get in wherever you decidedly chose--of course, this is far from reality, and you are left, like us all, to merely speculate. Relax. We're all stressed, but there's no need to attack. shavasana and Bookbag 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balderdash Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 Also, Stanford rejection just came in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironheel!! Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Well I am calling this cycle for myself. Based on precedent no school is going to admit me which now means I must begin the great job. I want to thank all of you for making me feel welcome and for the works of encouragement over the past few weeks. I honestly and sincerely wish the best for all of you as you jouney on to the next phase of your lifes and wish you godspeed in all of your future endavors. Don't lose faith just yet. You seem to have outstanding applications still. You never know... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wmplax Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 I think at least one was claimed... but I haven't heard anything either. Relax. We're all stressed, but there's no need to attack. Listen, mate, he asks you a question and your response is a strikingly unqualified "No." I see this as unreasonable given the overwhelming contingency of the process and the obviously narrow scope of your own--like anyone else's--range of accurate knowledge. What I'm saying: this does not help, do not do it. Not so much an attack as a sanction. RWBG, wuerzburg, WorldMan and 2 others 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deleteduser0333 Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 (edited) My emotions right now summed up in one pic. (Does it show up?) Edited February 17, 2012 by dec4rhapsody Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaetzli Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 My emotions right now summed up in one pic. (Does it show up?) I feel exactly the same! If I could, I would give you a hug! wuerzburg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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