Rejected Offers Information for Waitlisters

[yinche]

Declined Maryland, Illinois, Indiana (funded IR); also Iowa and FSU (unfunded IR)

[Ironheel!!]

Just accepted my fully funded offer to Georgetown for theory! The package is 11000 per semester for 5 years in addition to tuition and health insurance! Moving back to DC in the fall.

Great, but the topic is rejected offers for waitlisters...where are you turning down to go to G-town?

[shavasana]

Turned down an offer from Yale in IR.

(Accepted an offer from Stanford.)

[Carousel]

Turning down offers from Yale, Vanderbilt, and Duke.

(Also accepting Stanford's offer).

[TicToc.]

This is turning into a to hell with Yale thread.

Approved.

[Soshiant]

Great, but the topic is rejected offers for waitlisters...where are you turning down to go to G-town?

Sorry I thought I was on the 2011-2012 topic!

[orst11]

Turned down: FSU, Kentucky (funded) and Iowa (unfunded)

[CabbageSoup]

Just declined two funded offers (Comparative) at George Washington University and University of Maryland - College Park.

[yearofo]

Any Georgetown rejections?

[danmark]

Any Georgetown rejections?

Hi what's your subfield? are you wait for funding?

[yearofo]

Hi what's your subfield? are you wait for funding?

Comparative, waitlist for admission. You?

[danmark]

Comparative, waitlist for admission. You?

IR, also wait for admission. no news until now. hope miracle happens.

[yearofo]

IR, also wait for admission. no news until now. hope miracle happens.

Staying positive here. Good luck!

[danmark]

Staying positive here. Good luck!

have u got any information from the admission committee yet? April 15 is approaching.

[halfshine]

Turned down offers from Princeton, Michigan, MIT, Stanford, Columbia, Madison, UCLA and UT Austin. Comparative, all funded offers, decided to attend Berkeley

[Doorkeeper]

Turned down offers from Princeton, Michigan, MIT, Stanford, Columbia, Madison, UCLA and UT Austin. Comparative, all funded offers, decided to attend Berkeley

That is a ridiculous list of schools there. Congratulations on such a successful cycle.

[saltlakecity2012]

turned down UCSD, UCLA, NYU, SIPA, and U Chicago MAPSS. will turn down one more today. comparative/pol econ.

[wuerzburg]

Turned down offers from Princeton, Michigan, MIT, Stanford, Columbia, Madison, UCLA and UT Austin. Comparative, all funded offers, decided to attend Berkeley

Well done on making your decision. I think its brave as I dont know anybody who would turn down both Princeton and Stanford for anywhere other than Harvard. I think it shows you thought long and hard about it, which is to be admired.

[halfshine]

Well done on making your decision. I think its brave as I dont know anybody who would turn down both Princeton and Stanford for anywhere other than Harvard. I think it shows you thought long and hard about it, which is to be admired.

Thanks, you're very preceptive, it was an extremely difficult decision, and the finalists were indeed Princeton, Stanford and Berkeley. I don't even know if I made the right choice, but I will try to make it the right choice.

[Max Power]

On 4/13/2012 at 6:06 PM, halfshine said:

Thanks, you're very preceptive, it was an extremely difficult decision, and the finalists were indeed Princeton, Stanford and Berkeley. I don't even know if I made the right choice, but I will try to make it the right choice.

I was feeling similarly about my decision. I just accepted Harvard today, declining Columbia and MIT (all American).

Based on my thinking about my decision, I can say: you made the right choice. At that point, it was just degrees of how right it was, but they are all fantastic programs that can give you everything you need to succeed and beyond that its what you do with it.

[shavasana]

Just wanted to give some info on Stanford for those waiting (sorry to be the bearer of bad news!).

It looks like Stanford is going to have a big class this year, so if there is a waitlist (I don't know if they even had one this year) they likely won't take anyone from it.

Sorry to be such a downer! Just wanted to pass along some info.

[Apill]

I turned down Northwestern (funded), and GW (unfunded). I've decided to go to Georgetown (Security Studies MA) and apply again for a PhD after I finish that.

[PDCU]

Just wanted to give some info on Stanford for those waiting (sorry to be the bearer of bad news!).

It looks like Stanford is going to have a big class this year, so if there is a waitlist (I don't know if they even had one this year) they likely won't take anyone from it.

Sorry to be such a downer! Just wanted to pass along some info.

Does this mean they'll accept less next cycle?

[shavasana]

Does this mean they'll accept less next cycle?

No idea. I think by my (very imperfect) count there are 19 in the cohort. I'm hoping they'll tell us in the next couple of days exactly WHO it is, but I do know that they admitted more than usual this year.

So there is definitely a possibility that they will admit less next year, but that's absolutely not a guarantee. Only next year's adcom will know.

[adenlee]

Declined an offer from Louisiana State University (PhD) and Ohio University (MA).