adaptations Posted January 24, 2009 Posted January 24, 2009 Sam123 - It doesn't look like Brown usually mails out notices until late Feb. to early March. Hopefully they will be a bit earlier this year, but I wouldn't count on it. More optimistically (at least for those who hate waiting - oh wait, that's all of us), I would place big money on the first notices being received next week. There are a number of schools who typically send first notices the last week of Jan/first days of February... We're almost there!
BigCheese Posted January 24, 2009 Posted January 24, 2009 oh god i can't wait... i know one of the schools i applied to started sending out acceptance and rejections during the first week of feb. All of the other schools were mid feb for acceptance and march for rejections!!!
fenderpete Posted January 24, 2009 Posted January 24, 2009 Sam123 - It doesn't look like Brown usually mails out notices until late Feb. to early March. Hopefully they will be a bit earlier this year, but I wouldn't count on it. More optimistically (at least for those who hate waiting - oh wait, that's all of us), I would place big money on the first notices being received next week. There are a number of schools who typically send first notices the last week of Jan/first days of February... We're almost there! I think that 'bricking it' pretty accurately sums up how I'm feeling about the next 3 weeks :S
fenderpete Posted January 25, 2009 Posted January 25, 2009 Out of interest, what do people think of UPenn, and what is their reputation like in the USA? Obviously they're an Ivy, but over here they're not as well ranked and I see they're ranked #28 which isn't great, but they have some great people in their department... What are your thoughts?
AllFiredUp Posted January 25, 2009 Posted January 25, 2009 Anyone apply to UVA? One would think decisions would begin to trickle out this week.
polphd Posted January 25, 2009 Posted January 25, 2009 Studying math on your own is certainly better than not studying it at all, but unless you take a class and get it on your transcript, you can do little more than mention your independent work in your personal statement. Those minimum courses I listed are on topics that are rather hard to pick up on your own unless you have a natural propensity for it. If you've had at least most of them, then trying to learn on your own might not be too painful. If you do decide to try learning math on your own, the key is to not gloss over ANYTHING. There is a real temptation to say "OK, I get this" and move on. That's when you miss seemingly innocuous details which turn out to be quite important. Choose a book that has answers in the back including proofs. Since proof reading and writing is the biggest skill involved in this course (beyond memorizing theorems), it does you no good if you can't check yourself. If you find a book that looks interesting, find it on Amazon marketplace and contact the seller to find out if it has proofs in the back. An alternative you might consider is investing some time in learning a programming language or stats package. While R is the up and coming hot package, Stata, GAUSS, EViews, or any number of others could help your profile. Thanks for the suggestion. I've taken all the minimum courses you've listed except Real Analysis, am thinking of picking up Rudin and picking up what I can--I have heard Rudin is painful though, so if I can find any easier less compact alternatives, will definitely supplement with those. I also know STATA, perhaps that should help? I might pick up on R if that is the newest thing. Thanks again, good luck in the coming months!
convex Posted January 26, 2009 Posted January 26, 2009 If you are thinking about picking up some real analysis on your own I would recommend looking here. http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm
CAPoliSciPhD Posted January 26, 2009 Author Posted January 26, 2009 So does anyone think that ANY poli sci programs will get back to people this week?
adaptations Posted January 26, 2009 Posted January 26, 2009 I think they will. I predict that one of the big ten schools will send some notices. There are a few other schools that are likely to start notifying - it's just a question of whether anyone on the forum applied to them.
plisar Posted January 26, 2009 Posted January 26, 2009 http://roberts.polisci.googlepages.com/ ... dvice2.doc This is interesting, and in some ways refutes some of the commonly held ideas of what faculty are looking for. This is from a professor at Northwestern.
DrRockso Posted January 27, 2009 Posted January 27, 2009 Anyone apply to UVA? One would think decisions would begin to trickle out this week. Yep, I applied there, and am also waiting, uh, "patiently" to hear back from them....I'm also hoping to hear back from TAMU and UNC, soon. Unless they're rejecting me, in which case, I can wait until I have an acceptance or two to hear the bad news.
flyingwalrus Posted January 27, 2009 Posted January 27, 2009 Yep, I applied there, and am also waiting, uh, "patiently" to hear back from them....I'm also hoping to hear back from TAMU and UNC, soon. Unless they're rejecting me, in which case, I can wait until I have an acceptance or two to hear the bad news. UNC was the first school I heard back from last year. I wanna say I got my acceptance in the first week of February. TAMU's came two or three weeks later.
rlayla Posted January 27, 2009 Posted January 27, 2009 So does anyone think that ANY poli sci programs will get back to people this week? I wouldn't rule it out. People heard back last year from OSU beginning Jan 28th I think. I applied there so I'm pretty nervous, and sick of waiting.
catchermiscount Posted January 27, 2009 Posted January 27, 2009 One school appears to have finished its first round as of this afternoon. Not sure when they'll act on it.
adaptations Posted January 27, 2009 Posted January 27, 2009 To the best of my knowledge, another school completed it's first set of decisions last week, but it has to go through the usual approvals before anything gets sent out.
rlayla Posted January 27, 2009 Posted January 27, 2009 To the best of my knowledge, another school completed it's first set of decisions last week, but it has to go through the usual approvals before anything gets sent out. Care to elaborate which schools these are? Does it rhyme with Shmarvard or Flale? Merkeley? Thlanford?
adaptations Posted January 27, 2009 Posted January 27, 2009 rlayla: I like the way you think. Sorry to say, I have to keep my lips tight about specifics. The good news is, schools are getting busy making decisions and the news will start pouring in soon enough!
catchermiscount Posted January 27, 2009 Posted January 27, 2009 rlayla: I like the way you think. Sorry to say, I have to keep my lips tight about specifics. The good news is, schools are getting busy making decisions and the news will start pouring in soon enough! Same here, before you get any ideas about getting info on Blochester or Glintzton or SloshU!
sam123 Posted January 27, 2009 Posted January 27, 2009 Same here, before you get any ideas about getting into Splochester or Blintzton or SloshU! ...may i ask why not?
CAPoliSciPhD Posted January 27, 2009 Author Posted January 27, 2009 C'mon. All it means is that they know about the department they are currently in...it can't mean that they know about OTHER schools.
catchermiscount Posted January 27, 2009 Posted January 27, 2009 C'mon. All it means is that they know about the department they are currently in...it can't mean that they know about OTHER schools. True story.
adaptations Posted January 27, 2009 Posted January 27, 2009 Actually Chicago takes longer. I wouldn't expect a decision from them for a while. Sorry, I mentioned anything. I'll just go back to crunching the numbers on admissions data or something equally exciting
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now