sociologyinthepast Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Just sent email to UMass re:sociology and Afro American studies. I'll let y'all know what I hear back. Good luck to us all! Good on ya for taking initiative! UMass is the only school I haven't heard from that will make me seriously reconsider my current frontrunner, so I'm a little itchy to know. I'm not optimistic since a bunch of acceptances seem to have gone out and I've heard nothing, but it doesn't hurt to check. (Report it with any findings! ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tahoma Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 All right, Yale. You can either accept me, and make this an extremely difficult decision, or you can reject me and make this an exceedingly easy decision. Either way, time to let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sociologyinthepast Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 All right, Yale. You can either accept me, and make this an extremely difficult decision, or you can reject me and make this an exceedingly easy decision. Either way, time to let me know. I KNOW RIGHT? Cmonnnnnnnnn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth.Vegan Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 I WAS ACCEPTED INTO UCSD!!!!! sirio and Purplepolarbear 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LugubriousJones Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 I WAS ACCEPTED INTO UCSD!!!!! nice. UCs are coming through for you. Darth.Vegan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVF Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 (edited) I WAS ACCEPTED INTO UCSD!!!!! Congrats! Edited February 26, 2013 by AVF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heathenist Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 I WAS ACCEPTED INTO UCSD!!!!! Wow, what an awesome day for you, congrats! Darth.Vegan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohgoodness Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 I WAS ACCEPTED INTO UCSD!!!!! Congrats! On a completely unrelated topic, and I am sorry for linking this to your acceptances but c'est la vie, UCSD faculty page sure cements the idea that going to a top 10 school with the proper network and "backbone reputation" is important for one's future chances. Feels like I could write the paper "Narrow searchlight - application processes at graduate and doctoral level in the 21st century" and only focus on perfect market and imperfect information-rationals. Mills would have a field day.. and no - I ain't bitter. I'm sweet and tender. sociologo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RabbitFood Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 During my visit to ND last week one of the prospective students told me she called USC earlier in the week and asked when notifications would be going out. They told her they were finalizing their decisions and would be letting everybody know sometime in the next couple of weeks. So we should be hopefully hearing from them soonish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVF Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Just sent email to UMass re:sociology and Afro American studies. I'll let y'all know what I hear back. Good luck to us all! "No, the admits have not all been done, Many departments are just starting making decisions. It is your responsibility to continue to check your status on line with the ID # and pin that was sent to you via email Your status will stay as applied until the department makes a decision. Once a formal decision has been made you will receive an email stating “ please check your status a decision has been made”. The decision will show on your status check page. You will also get a formal letter either way , if you have been accepted or denied." sociologyinthepast 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohgoodness Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 (edited) RE Yale: my "application status" on the online system has changed dates for the third time... Has anyone else heard anything? Edited February 26, 2013 by ohgoodness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sociologyinthepast Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 "No, the admits have not all been done, Many departments are just starting making decisions. It is your responsibility to continue to check your status on line with the ID # and pin that was sent to you via email Your status will stay as applied until the department makes a decision. Once a formal decision has been made you will receive an email stating “ please check your status a decision has been made”. The decision will show on your status check page. You will also get a formal letter either way , if you have been accepted or denied." Yeesh. Talk about a blow-off. Sounds like that was from an overworked graduate school staff member - not a department person. "Many departments are just starting making decisions." Well, we know soc is ... RE Yale: my "application status" on the online system has changed dates for the third time... Has anyone else heard anything? No! Not a peep. That's odd, though, I haven't actually been paying attention to the application status date - just the status itself! I'm hoping a decision comes along this week. We're a good week or so past the notification dates for previous years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galactic1088 Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 I WAS ACCEPTED INTO UCSD!!!!! Nice job. Do you know if there is a visit day event? If so, could you let me know what weekend it is on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tahoma Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 RE Yale: my "application status" on the online system has changed dates for the third time... Has anyone else heard anything? Huh, that's strange. It's always said "submitted on 12/13/2012" and "completed on 12/17/2012" for me. No change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amlobo Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Nice job. Do you know if there is a visit day event? If so, could you let me know what weekend it is on? The "visit day" is Thursday, March 7th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amlobo Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 I've started emailing some schools... rejection from Harvard Sociology/Social Policy and rejection from Hopkins. Hopkins said they sent out their 6 acceptances last week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertiek Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 I've started emailing some schools... rejection from Harvard Sociology/Social Policy and rejection from Hopkins. Hopkins said they sent out their 6 acceptances last week. Sad about Hopkins! Strange we didn't see a single accepted post on the results page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amlobo Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Sad about Hopkins! Strange we didn't see a single accepted post on the results page. With only 6, I guess the likelihood of any of them being gradcafe peeps decreases. Still a bit strange! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sociologyinthepast Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 (edited) Just popped an e-mail off to the UMass soc department inquiring whether all admissions decisions have been sent out. No idea how regularly that e-mail is monitored or whether they have anything to do with the admissions committee, but it can't hurt, right? I'll drop in if I hear anything. Edited February 26, 2013 by Farragoshy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willows Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 I called Michigan State if anyone else is still waiting on them. They said they're in the "second stage" where two faculty members must agree to mentor each of the potential acceptances before them. No word on when acceptances/rejections will go out, but it sounds like relatively soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akcrabtr Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 New NYU acceptance appears to be out. Congratulations! Was the email from department or POI? Just trying to get an idea what stage they are at... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frasier Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Who claims the other NYU acceptance? Any details? Have they finished now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus O'Reily Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Just popped an e-mail off to the UMass soc department inquiring whether all admissions decisions have been sent out. No idea how regularly that e-mail is monitored or whether they have anything to do with the admissions committee, but it can't hurt, right? I'll drop in if I hear anything. I got waitlisted by UMass with a notification by email on Saturday. Their email did mention that they were only able to accept 6.5% (rather than 15%) of their usual ~15%. While this means pretty much nothing without applicant figures, they cite "funding restrictions" as the reason they were not able to make offers to more applicants. I'm actually from the area originally, and thought I was a lock for UMass. Not a huge deal as I got into my first choice, just surprising. Plus they took forever. Anyway, Farragoshy (or anyone else who got accepted to Brandeis), I did my undergrad there, I'm still in contact with my favorite professor there, and would be more than willing to answer any questions about the school/area if I can. Feel free to PM me; I love it there, but wanted a change for my grad. sociologyinthepast 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oilandvinegar Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Anyone reached out to UPenn and know whether they're done with admissions offers? I mean, it's not like I'm trolling for rejections but let's get this show on the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sociologyinthepast Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 I got waitlisted by UMass with a notification by email on Saturday. Their email did mention that they were only able to accept 6.5% (rather than 15%) of their usual ~15%. While this means pretty much nothing without applicant figures, they cite "funding restrictions" as the reason they were not able to make offers to more applicants. I'm actually from the area originally, and thought I was a lock for UMass. Not a huge deal as I got into my first choice, just surprising. Plus they took forever. Anyway, Farragoshy (or anyone else who got accepted to Brandeis), I did my undergrad there, I'm still in contact with my favorite professor there, and would be more than willing to answer any questions about the school/area if I can. Feel free to PM me; I love it there, but wanted a change for my grad. Oof! So, if I pretend that UMass has regular cohorts between 8-12, which seems reasonable, then this year they're looking at something like 3-5, and we've seen 3 acceptances posted on this site already. So ... totally likely that what they've sent is all they're going to send. Oh well! I'm also already into my first choice, but UMass was one of the ones that would make me think a bit. Thanks for the update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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