polisciphd Posted January 30, 2009 Posted January 30, 2009 Are there professors at any of those schools whose interests match those that you identified? This plays a big role in the admissions process.
Luckige Posted January 30, 2009 Posted January 30, 2009 Apparently the chair of admissions from Duke posted this on job rumors, a week ago: Applications up dramatically, in quality and number. Though, of course, our existing set of grad students are all quite wonderful, mind you. Quite. Wonderful Don't send me emails, you Duke people. We love you. Biggest increase is in IR and Comparative. Very impressive. Quite a number of folks with law degrees, at really fine universities, are considering getting PhDs. We'll be sending out acceptances in about three weeks, maybe a little more. Mike Munger
flyingwalrus Posted January 30, 2009 Posted January 30, 2009 Apparently the chair of admissions from Duke posted this on job rumors, a week ago: Applications up dramatically, in quality and number. Though, of course, our existing set of grad students are all quite wonderful, mind you. Quite. Wonderful Don't send me emails, you Duke people. We love you. Biggest increase is in IR and Comparative. Very impressive. Quite a number of folks with law degrees, at really fine universities, are considering getting PhDs. We'll be sending out acceptances in about three weeks, maybe a little more. Mike Munger Munger is the department chair. Unlike most of the stuff on that board, you can probably trust that message.
catchermiscount Posted January 30, 2009 Posted January 30, 2009 Ohio State has changed the application status from "evaluation" to "academic review." Not sure what it means, but wheels are turning at least.
plisar Posted January 30, 2009 Posted January 30, 2009 Last year, UNC started sending acceptances out on February 1st, a Friday. I would not be surprised if e-mails were sent out today as well. Keep us posted if you hear anything!
adaptations Posted January 30, 2009 Posted January 30, 2009 coachrjc said: Ohio State has changed the application status from "evaluation" to "academic review." Not sure what it means, but wheels are turning at least. I have no idea what it means. Mine is still reporting "evaluation." Hopefully definitive results come out this afternoon or certainly next week. No matter what, I bet a number of schools (Ohio, WUSTL, Stanford, maybe even Duke) will start reporting first round results next week.
plisar Posted January 30, 2009 Posted January 30, 2009 adaptations said: I have no idea what it means. Mine is still reporting "evaluation." Hopefully definitive results come out this afternoon or certainly next week. No matter what, I bet a number of schools (Ohio, WUSTL, Stanford, maybe even Duke) will start reporting first round results next week. I would add Yale and Berkeley to that list as well.
flatcoat Posted January 30, 2009 Posted January 30, 2009 Hi Ivyreject, welcome! I applied to UF as well (for various reasons, it's actually my first-choice school). Like you, I'm returning after a 5 year hiatus in the real world, and I have an interdisciplinary and somewhat unusual background. Good luck with all your schools!
fenderpete Posted January 30, 2009 Posted January 30, 2009 What makes you guys think Stanford will get back to people next week? Last year they seemed to be mainly mid-Feb onwards. Not that I don't want to hear, I just don't want to work myself into a fever pitch of expectation too soon
adaptations Posted January 30, 2009 Posted January 30, 2009 Last year Stanford did a first set of rejections on the 6th and then had a smattering of acceptances from the 7th-9th (including acceptance phone calls on Saturdays). So, there is reason to believe they may send out their first wave next week, but obviously it could be later (I just can't resist the optimistic possibility that next week could be the week )
flyingwalrus Posted January 30, 2009 Posted January 30, 2009 adaptations said: I have no idea what it means. Mine is still reporting "evaluation." Hopefully definitive results come out this afternoon or certainly next week. No matter what, I bet a number of schools (Ohio, WUSTL, Stanford, maybe even Duke) will start reporting first round results next week. I received rejections from all four of those schools on the following dates last year: OSU - Feb 4th (online system) WUSTLÂ - Feb 19th (mail) Stanford - Feb 6th (e-mail) Duke - Feb 20th (e-mail)
rlayla Posted January 30, 2009 Posted January 30, 2009 Ohio State has changed the application status from "evaluation" to "academic review." Not sure what it means, but wheels are turning at least. I'm curious what this means too. Mine still says "evaluation" as well. What does it say below that?
catchermiscount Posted January 30, 2009 Posted January 30, 2009 I'm curious what this means too. Mine still says "evaluation" as well. What does it say below that? The explanation underneath is: "Your application has been sent to the graduate program for academic review." Is that the same as what it said before? I knew I should have been taking verbatim notes like a theorist!!!
rlayla Posted January 30, 2009 Posted January 30, 2009 Mine still says, under evaluation: "Your application is currently in the process of being evaluated and prepared for an academic decision." Ugh, I'm really looking forward to the weekend when I don't have to think about this shit.
PoliSci Guy Posted January 30, 2009 Posted January 30, 2009 I see that people are starting to get replies from Emory. While I hope that I'll hear from them today I wonder how long I should wait until it becomes clear that I was not accepted... Hmmmm....
plisar Posted January 30, 2009 Posted January 30, 2009 Mine still says, under evaluation: "Your application is currently in the process of being evaluated and prepared for an academic decision." Ugh, I'm really looking forward to the weekend when I don't have to think about this shit. Btw, great school selection for middle eastern!
convex Posted January 30, 2009 Posted January 30, 2009 Word is that Emory usually has a couple of waves of admits, so I'd say you can wait a long time before being discouraged. Looks like people were still getting into Emory in early March last year. Also, it seems like Emory is going to interview a bunch of people. I don't know why I even read poliscijobrumors, but someone on that site says "This is typical for Emory. They accept a few favorites and interview the rest on their short list." Normally, as the other people on the board have pointed out, you have to take anything on that board with a grain of thought, but this seems to match the results search records from last year. (Note also that I did not apply to Emory, so you know that I do not have a strong incentive for such rosy thinking. )
PoliSci Guy Posted January 30, 2009 Posted January 30, 2009 Cool, thanks Convex. I guess I'll just have to sit here and be tormented like everyone else!
PollyTheory Posted January 30, 2009 Posted January 30, 2009 So do we think this Northwestern acceptance is crap or what?
convex Posted January 30, 2009 Posted January 30, 2009 Well, given that they posted on January 8 that they were accepted on January 31 (which is tomorrow), I think it's quite possibly crap.
expatbayern Posted January 30, 2009 Posted January 30, 2009 At some point between 10am and 1pm Central, my status at OSU went from Evaluation to Academic Review. I'm crossing my fingers that this means the department has recommended me for an admit and it just has to go through the grad school, but who knows?
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