silver_lining Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Breathe, brotha! (or sista?) I prefer "brosis" just to keep it gender neutral. I tried using the selfcontrol app for gradcafe, but I am still here via proxy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TakeMyCoffeeBlack Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 I prefer "brosis" just to keep it gender neutral. I tried using the selfcontrol app for gradcafe, but I am still here via proxy. Breathe, brosis! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzrap Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Breathe, brosis! So it looks like you are done with applications Congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TakeMyCoffeeBlack Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 So it looks like you are done with applications Congrats Ha, I'm not sure if it's a good or bad thing. I needed to get them off my hands or I'd keep fiddling. But now I'm powerless for the next two months or more. silver_lining 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeudepaume Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Yay, two months of obsessive everyday visits to the grad cafe! (I'm getting there too) TakeMyCoffeeBlack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGnome Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 Is anyone reading this forum a student / faculty / graduate of Vanderbilt? If so, care to tell us what the environment is like for grad students? I am also curious about the state of IR subfield there. It seems there are only two IR faculty, so I wonder if they are planning to hire anyone soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzrap Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 Is anyone reading this forum a student / faculty / graduate of Vanderbilt? If so, care to tell us what the environment is like for grad students? I am also curious about the state of IR subfield there. It seems there are only two IR faculty, so I wonder if they are planning to hire anyone soon. http://www.poliscirumors.com/wiki.php They have just made an offer, but it depends on if the guy/girl will accept it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TakeMyCoffeeBlack Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 Is anyone reading this forum a student / faculty / graduate of Vanderbilt? If so, care to tell us what the environment is like for grad students? I am also curious about the state of IR subfield there. It seems there are only two IR faculty, so I wonder if they are planning to hire anyone soon. Why do you say only two? The website has 5 listed specifically as IR, and another 2 (probably comp?) with IR specialties. http://www.vanderbilt.edu/political-science/people/?group=intlrel&who=faculty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Higgins Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 3 of those 5 are non-tenure track faculty who likely don't teach or work with grad students. And Chiozza is apparently leaving. I've heard VAndy is trying to hire; no sense of how that has proceeded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TakeMyCoffeeBlack Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 3 of those 5 are non-tenure track faculty who likely don't teach or work with grad students. And Chiozza is apparently leaving. I've heard VAndy is trying to hire; no sense of how that has proceeded. Thanks for the insight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGnome Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 3 of those 5 are non-tenure track faculty who likely don't teach or work with grad students. And Chiozza is apparently leaving. I've heard VAndy is trying to hire; no sense of how that has proceeded. Wow! Chiozza is leaving? Big loss, hard to replace. He was my POI too. I don't know what to do about this now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TakeMyCoffeeBlack Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 Wow! Chiozza is leaving? Big loss, hard to replace. He was my POI too. I don't know what to do about this now. Did you already apply? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGnome Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 No I haven't yet but the recs and scores are already in. So there is no additional cost of completing the application now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctoralgrad23 Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 Chiozza is leaving??? No way!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Higgins Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 I could be wrong about Chiozza; I've heard that rumor but it might not be true. In any case, there are at most 2 IR faculty at Vandy these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGnome Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 Thanks Penelope. In any case it seems unwise to rely on working with Chiozza there. I find it a bit odd that a school with such resources as Vandy pours so much on American and leaves the IR subfield unattended with or without Chiozza. Still, I guess it is possible that restructuring the IR subfield is the next big thing on their agenda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zahar Berkut Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Submitted my last application today. Very anticlimactic, but glad to be done with that step. Now the waiting begins... starting first week of February and stopping at the end of March. That's going to be quite a two-month period. TakeMyCoffeeBlack, TheGnome and jeudepaume 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TakeMyCoffeeBlack Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Submitted my last application today. Very anticlimactic, but glad to be done with that step. Now the waiting begins... starting first week of February and stopping at the end of March. That's going to be quite a two-month period. I'm thankful that I have 2 (maybe 3) conferences during those months. Our classes in Germany end in early February and don't start up again until April, so you can be sure I'll be staring at my e-mail non stop until (if) I get at least one funded offer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TakeMyCoffeeBlack Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Submitted my last application today. Very anticlimactic, but glad to be done with that step. Now the waiting begins... starting first week of February and stopping at the end of March. That's going to be quite a two-month period. Congrats, by the way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TakeMyCoffeeBlack Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 How's the progress coming, folks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGnome Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Slow. End of the semester workload is getting in the way of the apps. Things will be better after next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TakeMyCoffeeBlack Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Slow. End of the semester workload is getting in the way of the apps. Things will be better after next week. Sorry to hear that. I believe that's also slowed down some LOR progress for me and, I can only assume, others as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upam Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Sorry to hear that. I believe that's also slowed down some LOR progress for me and, I can only assume, others as well. If it makes you feel better, I'm pretty sure at least one letter for every application was at least a day late and it didn't impact my apps in any way that I know of. I think one letter was almost a week late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzrap Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Feel demoralized that numerous POIs of mine will not serve on admission committees. All on leave. My question is: should I still stress that I and this particular professor have similar research interests in my SOP or not? Of course, I will mention more than four names. However, do you think I should still list his/her name first? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TakeMyCoffeeBlack Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Feel demoralized that numerous POIs of mine will not serve on admission committees. All on leave. My question is: should I still stress that I and this particular professor have similar research interests in my SOP or not? Of course, I will mention more than four names. However, do you think I should still list his/her name first? Absolutely! You're NOT writing for the adcom, you're writing for the department as a whole! silver_lining, TheGnome and Zahar Berkut 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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