slothy Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 I'm the sociology field... didn't even realize developmental soc was a seperate program there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothy Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Slothy, do you have any idea how long Swedberg and Berezin will stay in Florence? It's nicer than Ithaca and they have a fabulous stipend (not sure if it will cover the cost of living in Firenze, though). I think EUI is usually a 1 year gig, maybe two at most. I dobut they'd be taking first year grad students with them though.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociologist Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Actually, Slothy, I don't expect them to take me... Considering that I'm highly unlikely to be accepted in Cornell, I was considering applying to the EUI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociologist Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Actually, Slothy, I don't expect them to take me... Considering that I'm highly unlikely to be accepted in Cornell, I was considering applying to the EUI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juturnas Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 I don't know for how long the professors are going to EUI but I know that the exchange students from EUI come to Cornell for one semester. That's what's written on the web page of EUI. But probably the profs would be staying longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothy Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 To take things completely off-topic... Considering that I'm highly unlikely to be accepted in Cornell, I was considering applying to the EUI. The EUI sounded like a great program until I read that you have to be bilingual and pay something like $20,000 a year in tuition... I really wish there were more places where middle class Americans could feasibly get a PhD in Europe without a mountain of debt. There's even some great internationalized programs in places like Leiden and Brussels. It's just the European tuition structure and the almost complete lack of tuition waivers/TA/RA work that make things difficult... but if we have to put up with foreign TA's I say so should Europeans... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociologist Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 I agree Slothy. That's why I didn't even bother to apply to Oxbridge (although you can be the lucky bastard who gets their scholarships. There are some good scholarships to Americans in Cambridge). But the EUI funds all European and Latin-American students (Students from LA are funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Spain). Unfortunately there is not funding to American students, I think, but what are you complaining about? You have been accepted to top programs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociologist Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Moving back to the main topic... Have anyone else heard from Cornell? What about this posted result stating that they have no funding at this time? Have everyone in the short list already received a message from Cornell? Should I imply that Cornell's admission season is over now? This is really the withering away of all hopes... I realized that there is a trend in the results page... all admitted students are notified by email, but all the rejected ones have to wait a mail to arrive in April with the bad news. I don't want to wait, so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owata Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Moving back to the main topic... Have anyone else heard from Cornell? What about this posted result stating that they have no funding at this time? Have everyone in the short list already received a message from Cornell? Should I imply that Cornell's admission season is over now? This is really the withering away of all hopes... I realized that there is a trend in the results page... all admitted students are notified by email, but all the rejected ones have to wait a mail to arrive in April with the bad news. I don't want to wait, so... I think I'm the one you're talking about, re: the funding result. I got an e-mail saying I'm on a "short list" of people who they want to admit but can't because of funding problems. When I followed up on this, I was told essentially that they don't make offers unless there's funding attached, and because of the current economic situation, there just isn't the money right now. However, they said that they were working on trying to put together some more funding, so I shouldn't give up hope. I'll update when/if I hear more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociologist Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Owata, thanks for the info. I just took the chance and wrote them asking about the current status of the application process. Let's see what they answer me (if they do it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociologist Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Hey, ladies and gentlemen, please help me here! Is it normal to a department just to ignore an applicant? I just don't understand... I wrote both to the field assistant and to the DGS asking if they could kindly inform the status of my application, considering that many fellow applicants have already received offers of admission. There have been four days now and they didn't bother to answer me until now... simply ignored :? I'm pretty sure their admissions process is over now and the fact that some students were put on a waiting list due to the lack of funding and were notified of this decision is a very compelling evidence to me. And yet, why not to inform an applicant that he has been rejected? Can this situation (silence) mean other than rejection? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frogskin Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Has anybody applied to Cornell Development Sociology and heard anything from them? I see there is one posted rejection on the results page but am not sure if it is valid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samoth Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Hey, ladies and gentlemen, please help me here! Is it normal to a department just to ignore an applicant? I just don't understand... I wrote both to the field assistant and to the DGS asking if they could kindly inform the status of my application, considering that many fellow applicants have already received offers of admission. There have been four days now and they didn't bother to answer me until now... simply ignored :? I'm pretty sure their admissions process is over now and the fact that some students were put on a waiting list due to the lack of funding and were notified of this decision is a very compelling evidence to me. And yet, why not to inform an applicant that he has been rejected? Can this situation (silence) mean other than rejection? Well... maybe the process hasn't ended yet (a "rolling" admission). Have you considered just calling the department? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociologist Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 Hi, again. Any news from Cornell? Any rejection so far or they will insist in sending postal notifications this year? Oh, they should save some money for scholarships. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociologist Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 I saw a rejection by e-mail in the results section. Could the poster share more info? Did you send them an e-mail asking or they are notifying all rejected applicants? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctoraldude Posted March 8, 2009 Author Share Posted March 8, 2009 withdrew my application about two weeks ago - had heard nothing till then btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociologist Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Thanks, Doctoraldude! Have you already decided where to go? I know you have pretty strong options... Well, I see there are two rejections posted here in GC. Do the posters care to share more info? So far, all I heard from Cornell was silence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociologist Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 To whom it might interest and concern: I've just got a rejection message. Very uninspired, by the way. That's the end of line. I'm definitely not going to the US this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctoraldude Posted March 12, 2009 Author Share Posted March 12, 2009 Sorry to hear that - what are you planning to specalize in ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociologist Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 Hey, Doctoraldude, thanks for your sympathy. My field is economic sociology (with special reference to labor, which I studied in my masters). And yours? If you prefere, send me a pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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