chillinlikeavillain Posted February 13, 2009 Posted February 13, 2009 Hi everyone, What are everyone's thoughts on Northwestern's sociology department?
ewurgler Posted February 13, 2009 Posted February 13, 2009 I applied---really excellent sociology of culture and qualitative methods. Seems rather nontraditional. Plus, one of my LOR writers whom I love was just courted and hired by northwestern sociology, so they know what's up.
sparkle456 Posted February 13, 2009 Posted February 13, 2009 I think NW looks AWESOME. Are they doing any kind of meet-and-greet? If so, you should go and figure it out for yourself! I don't mean that in a harsh way, it just seems that would be the best way. Congrats!
chillinlikeavillain Posted February 13, 2009 Author Posted February 13, 2009 I think their visiting day is at the beginning of April...so I will definitely go and check it out! I am just so curious to find out what people think!
neutiquamerro Posted February 13, 2009 Posted February 13, 2009 Decisions are on the application website. It looks like they went up at midnight. I'm in, and absolutely shocked that I am. After I submitted the application, I noticed a couple of obvious, dumb typos in my statement of purpose. I'm so lucky that they looked past them and saw the bigger picture of me!
Aeternalis Posted February 13, 2009 Posted February 13, 2009 There is no "View Decision" link on my application status page that I can see. Where do you check your status from?
neutiquamerro Posted February 13, 2009 Posted February 13, 2009 It's at the very bottom. It says "Decision Status: Available beginning 2/13/2009" with a link below it. Maybe they're releasing decisions in waves?
Aeternalis Posted February 13, 2009 Posted February 13, 2009 Maybe they're releasing decisions in waves? Or more likely rejections (sigh). Still, unless I get something official there's still a chance no matter how teensy weensy. Congrats on your acceptance though!
hoobers Posted February 13, 2009 Posted February 13, 2009 Ha, looks like they have posted some accepts and some rejects. But I also don't have a decision link yet. I wonder if that means we're waitlisted?
Aeternalis Posted February 13, 2009 Posted February 13, 2009 That would certainly make me feel better than an outright rejection for sure! Hopefully we'll find out by the day's end, though I am uncertain as to whether they would communicate wait-list status via the website.
ewurgler Posted February 13, 2009 Posted February 13, 2009 Ugh--no decision for me either! Looking at last year's results, it look as if they just don't inform you if you are waitlisted. LAME!!!
slothy Posted February 13, 2009 Posted February 13, 2009 *sigh* another one of my top choices gives me the silent treatment. Could I really be waitlisted at Stanford, Chicago, Harvard (even though I thought my interview went well) *and* Northwestern? I thought waitlists tended to be pretty small. I guess I'm cautiously optimistic; I think I was the last on this board to hear from Berkeley, but nonetheless it's really frustrating.... I guess I should be thankful that I haven't been handed any rejection letters yet, but at this point I'd really just like some certainty.
hardboiledegg Posted February 13, 2009 Posted February 13, 2009 slothy - i've heard nothing but silence from princeton, stanford, and chicago. I'm assuming I got rejected at this point. If you look at the results page, they do a wave of rejections in March. I'll probably be in that batch. Unless I hear something today or monday, these schools sound like dead ends.
ewurgler Posted February 13, 2009 Posted February 13, 2009 Silence from Chicago and northwestern for me. Ugh. It's really annoying. I just want to know so I can book my flights to ones I know I'm in at and know it won't conflict!
ewurgler Posted February 13, 2009 Posted February 13, 2009 Sorry, but there are a bunch of Northwestern (Chicago) results. Am I retarded and sociology is on their chicago campus or something?
Aeternalis Posted February 13, 2009 Posted February 13, 2009 slothy and ewurgler, you both are still fortunate and blessed enough to have already been selected by top-notch programs. Poor ol' me hasn't heard from a single school so far, and at this point I'm not really holding out for an acceptance from Northwestern, a waitlist "maybe". Sorry, but there are a bunch of Northwestern (Chicago) results. Am I retarded and sociology is on their chicago campus or something? I think the person who posted the result just selected the wrong campus from the drop down list.
widefellow Posted February 14, 2009 Posted February 14, 2009 No decision link on my page yet... Is it good news or bad? A couple of weeks ago they asked my recommenders to resend their letters online because I submitted paper versions with my other materials. is it a good sign? I am getting really sensitive.
hoobers Posted February 16, 2009 Posted February 16, 2009 Have any of you without a decision link heard any news from NW?
ewurgler Posted February 17, 2009 Posted February 17, 2009 So, us with no word: do we think waitlist, second round of rejects or last minute acceptances? Or, did the grad coordinator get tired on friday, went home early, today was a holiday, and we will all get our notifications tomorrow?
Aeternalis Posted February 17, 2009 Posted February 17, 2009 It's probably either the waitlist or a delayed rejection. I highly doubt that Northwestern does acceptances by rounds. (Ican't help the pessimism, I am feeling really bitter at the moment)
widefellow Posted February 17, 2009 Posted February 17, 2009 So, us with no word: do we think waitlist, second round of rejects or last minute acceptances? Or, did the grad coordinator get tired on friday, went home early, today was a holiday, and we will all get our notifications tomorrow? According to the results, most of those rejected are internationals, so I would say no word for internationals might be good news, but for americans, it could be any situation. I am just giving myself a little bit hope.
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