Stanford?

[ejuliast]

Wow - your interests are very much like mine! What schools are your top choices?

I'm really leaning toward Stanford right now for pretty much exactly the reasons you posted. But I am still anxiously awaiting Harvard's results...

[Applicant X]

Wow - your interests are very much like mine! What schools are your top choices?

I'm really leaning toward Stanford right now for pretty much exactly the reasons you posted. But I am still anxiously awaiting Harvard's results...

I applied only to 6 programs (and only 5 of them in the US), so the usual : Princeton, Harvard, Stanford, Columbia, UW-Mad and Oxford. But then, I am a lawyer so it was important to me that the programs had strong education/policy/ law schools. So lets see how it all shapes up.

Also, I am an international student (in some sense) so I only applied to schools that would help with global policy/academic career options.

Anyway - we should probably stop boring the general audience of this "Stanford?" chat and schedule to talk soon - would love to know the stuff you are doing, etc!

Good luck for all your other schools! (How did your FAS interview go?)

[waitinginohio]

Just got the rejection e-mail - almost 200 applicants for 7-8 spots. At least they aren't keeping us waiting...

[ewurgler]

oh NO!!! I'm so sorry!!!

WHere else have you applied?

[ewurgler]

Just kidding--didn't notice your signature.

[migrationdude]

Sorry to hear about that, waitinginohio. I'm sure some of your other schools will come through. But 7-8 spots? That's ridiculous. Weren't there 6 people posting on this forum?

[waitinginohio]

I think they meant for a cohort of 7-8, not that only 7-8 were accepted. They were just trying to make it sound nicer.

[slothy]

Well, they're certainly keeping me waiting... no word from either Berkeley or Stanford, despite having confirmation that they definitely recieved all my application materials... maybe I'm ending up on a waitlist?

[migrationdude]

It seems likely. At this point I would say no news is good news once more. They have sent out invitations to their open house, so I suppose they will decide on the waitlist candidates as they hear more from those accepted into the program.

[ewurgler]

Well, they're certainly keeping me waiting... no word from either Berkeley or Stanford, despite having confirmation that they definitely recieved all my application materials... maybe I'm ending up on a waitlist?

I cannot speak for stanford, but berkeley--there has only been one admit--contacted via personal email from a professor (not dgs).

They usually take around 35-40, so my guess is that they have only just begin notifying, and that one who has heard was contacted by a potential advisor.

Don't fret--I don't think berkeley even does a waitlist.

[migrationdude]

Oh yes, I definitely think Berkeley is only beginning to announce admits. They may take a while until they release the next batch of notifications though.

[ewurgler]

Oh yes, I definitely think Berkeley is only beginning to announce admits. They may take a while until they release the next batch of notifications though.

DAMN!!! I want to hear this week!

[mranxious]

I also haven't heard anything from Stanford...

Should I be hopeful or hopeless at this point?!!

[migrationdude]

I would say cautiously hopeful. You're most likely on a waitlist.

[mranxious]

do you know what that process entails?

[migrationdude]

Speaking of this year's applicant pool, here's a fun fact. In 2007 and 2008, only one thegradcafe user posted their acceptance on the website. This year it's been six users... I know someone has pointed out before that Stanford has probably accepted more than the 7-8 students they hope to enroll, BUT I wouldn't assume they are taking a lot of chances. I don't think a small grad school can use "yield" in the same way an undergrad institution does. It's one thing to be doling out thousands of acceptances, case in which you can be sure that some people will almost certainly say no, and a completely different situation when you only have a couple of spots you can afford paying for in the program. Something tells me that they were probably prudent and did not accept more than 9 or at most 10 students. So we're looking at anywhere from 60-75% of people accepted into Stanford using this website for this admissions cycle. Pretty neat. But what happened this year? (Or is it just chance?)

[Tritonetelephone]

In 2007 and 2008, only one thegradcafe user posted their acceptance on the website. This year it's been six users

This site's actually VERY young so of course it's growing steadily. I felt like the only sociology applicant on here last year, now look at us.

[migrationdude]

I definitely agree that the site is still young, but it does feel like it's reached a tipping point. It's also instructive to see the number of acceptances (and rejections) posted for Wisconsin and UCLA. I think I'm gonna cook up a survey to find out more

[hardboiledegg]

waitlisted. =/

This admission process has been so strange!

[ewurgler]

admissions for all schools seem to have been a bit wacky.

I just saw someone has an interview with indiana--after they already sent out a few acceptances. Very weird.

Maybe the funding issues have really put adcoms into a tailspin.

[hardboiledegg]

That's what my email from Stanford said. Crazy economic times.

I think the Bay area is out for me now. yikes!

[deckard]

Dear forum members,

I plan to apply to Stanford sociology later this year. For those who got in this year, do you mind revealing your GRE scores just so that I can get a rough idea of the mean? I know it's not the deciding factor, but it's good to have a target to try and hit when I take the GRE later.

Thanks!