socscholar Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 I just got an email from Pamela Stokes! 4 years of full funding!! So happy!
ThisSlumgullionIsSoVapid Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 Okay, i just called the UNC Graduate office and was told that the admissions committee is still reviewing files and decisions won't be out for another month. ??? What is that supposed to mean when people are obviously getting acceptances right now. It seems like from past results, all the acceptances went out late January/first week of February. Sorry for the negativity. I am just getting really frustrated and annoyed. I didn't give my name when I called because I don't want my name associated with annoying neurotic phone calls but I feel like this process is unneecssarily stressful. Why can't all applicants just be notified at the same time? I have no idea how I am going to make it to next week without going certifiable. I've heard from some people that what they'll do is go through the few hundred applications and every so often they set aside 1-3 that are "for sure admits". I'm sure those people that are the definite's they are just contacting now. It doesn't mean though that there might be a pile that they're going to look at to pick more people out of. It could also be that some people applied way before the deadline and just got their applications reviewed first. The one thing my mentor told me is that graduate admissions are very mercurial. It's hard to compare or even guess what any department wants in any specific year and/or how they go about their routine.
hobokennojokin Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 Love that all these threads are picking up momentum as we all drive ever closer to either insanity, vindication, or utter despair. Everybody drink the punch!
Darth.Vegan Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 I can feel the anxiety in these posts. I don't know if I should feel lucky or not that I am applying next cycle. That said, the acceptance anxiety is building rapidly for the internships I applied for.
undmich Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 I just got an email from Pamela Stokes! 4 years of full funding!! So happy! congrats!!!did u apply super early?
Supernovasky Posted January 27, 2012 Posted January 27, 2012 Anxiety is at an all time high for me. I'm facing possibly not geting accepted to ANY
sociology27 Posted January 27, 2012 Author Posted January 27, 2012 Out of curiosity, is anyone getting hits on their academia.edu page? I usually get emails when someone is checking out my account. I kind of expected to have a bunch of hits during this time (assuming the committees are searching me on google). But I haven't received any. I'm wondering if anybody else is?
ThisSlumgullionIsSoVapid Posted January 27, 2012 Posted January 27, 2012 I just woke up from a nap where I got a PSU acceptance and was at visitation weekend. Cruel cruel dream
panasic Posted January 27, 2012 Posted January 27, 2012 Out of curiosity, is anyone getting hits on their academia.edu page? I usually get emails when someone is checking out my account. I kind of expected to have a bunch of hits during this time (assuming the committees are searching me on google). But I haven't received any. I'm wondering if anybody else is? i haven't received many either. but honestly, many of these professors are using academia.edu also, right? so they know we would get notified... if i knew that people on facebook could see i visited their page, i wouldn't visit it... especially if i already had their CV anyway and would probably not get any additional information from the profile. i wouldn't worry about it too much.
socscholar Posted January 27, 2012 Posted January 27, 2012 congrats!!!did u apply super early? No, I actually submitted right at the deadline. I have no idea why UNC is sending out acceptances bit by bit. For anyone who has felt anxious because of it, I'm sorry, and I can totally relate!
socihealth Posted January 27, 2012 Posted January 27, 2012 I don't use academia.edu but I tend to agree that if they already have your CV and other app documents they probably don't feel the need to do additional searching. Let me know if you find and other info on this.
sciencegirl Posted January 27, 2012 Posted January 27, 2012 It also seems that from past years, there seems to be a set of students that are "on hold" for a few weeks for whatever reason... they also seem to not get as great of funding as the "4-5 year" packages we are hearing about right now.. its sort of like an unofficial wait list that isn't announced. After reading all of last year's forum, it seemed that no one really got off of official wait lists to get in, but there were students who for some reason heard of admits later than everyone else. Its almost as if the "wait list" is a gentle rejection, where the true wait list is during the month of Feb-March, where people don't hear back immediately and their application is "on hold".. any thoughts? Maybe I'm reading last year's forum posts wrong.. but I was surprised that almost no one got off a "wait list" and that people heard back from schools surprisingly at very different intervals.
sociology27 Posted January 27, 2012 Author Posted January 27, 2012 Anybody want to claim the interview requests from Indiana? Maybe share their profiles?
hobokennojokin Posted January 27, 2012 Posted January 27, 2012 One of them was me. 89% V, 84% Q, 5.5 Verbal, 3.3 GPA at Undergrad Institution (small liberal arts college), currently working a post-bac research internship at a R1 University. Rejected across the board last year so I'm hoping Indiana pulls through!
elw4y8 Posted January 27, 2012 Posted January 27, 2012 I was the first one. 3.1 undergrad GPA at a large State school, 4.0 MGPA at another large state school (in final semester), 660V, 770Q, 4.5W. Never done one of these before. I'm interested to see how it goes.
giacomo Posted January 27, 2012 Posted January 27, 2012 @skyehigh and elw4y8: can you guys provide your insights in my "Indiana phone interview" thread? Thanks, gia
socihealth Posted January 27, 2012 Posted January 27, 2012 in terms of an "unofficial wait list" i have heard this may exist. a read a post from someone in another thread who said that at their university, the dept sometimes needs more time to look at certain applications and that is why some individuals hear back about acceptances much later. although i don't know anything about the chafes of getting in off the wait list.
ThisSlumgullionIsSoVapid Posted January 27, 2012 Posted January 27, 2012 Someone shared a few days ago that they heard the department is phasing out religion students. Religion was one of my main focuses, along with social movements and theory, so I kind of saw this one coming. Still a bummer nonetheless! Just preparing me for a ton of more denials that I know are surely to follow.
sociology27 Posted January 27, 2012 Author Posted January 27, 2012 I've brought this topic up before, but since we have more people reading/participating, I'd like to ask again: Does coming from a non-sociology background with no MA significantly decrease your chances of admissions? I'm coming from Poli Sci and Econ. I've learned a difficult language and definitely have the "stats" for a great program. I also believe I picked really good fits. My LORs are probably so-so, and none of the profs are sociology. So I guess I'm just concerned my lack of sociology background is gonna really hurt me--in both the top top ranked programs, and those in the 30s-50s. Thoughts???? Don't be gentle, I need brutal truth right now.
socihealth Posted January 27, 2012 Posted January 27, 2012 I am curious too. I have a psych background and no MA.
panasic Posted January 27, 2012 Posted January 27, 2012 I've brought this topic up before, but since we have more people reading/participating, I'd like to ask again: Does coming from a non-sociology background with no MA significantly decrease your chances of admissions? I'm coming from Poli Sci and Econ. I've learned a difficult language and definitely have the "stats" for a great program. I also believe I picked really good fits. My LORs are probably so-so, and none of the profs are sociology. So I guess I'm just concerned my lack of sociology background is gonna really hurt me--in both the top top ranked programs, and those in the 30s-50s. Thoughts???? Don't be gentle, I need brutal truth right now. I am coming from a non-sociology background (but I did major in a social science). From what I've heard from grad students in sociology and from department web pages, they are pretty open to students from other disciplines, especially other social sciences. You should make it clear, though, why you're making the change. Some even recommended playing up my background and saying how it will contribute to my study of sociology: are there particular methods or insights from your current discipline that could be refreshing or useful to sociology? Just my $0.02.
SocHope Posted January 27, 2012 Posted January 27, 2012 In my experience, all departments want to be able to claim interdisciplinary approaches as a key "innovative" thing they do, so I don't think coming from a non-soc background is an automatic black mark. But I do think your SoP should show why/how you plan to approach soc using what you've learned from other fields. The quant skill set is great, but I don't think it's enough if you don't have a clear sociological research goal.
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