Targy Posted January 15, 2014 Posted January 15, 2014 Hi Targy! Congratulations!!! I saw UNT isn't even finished receiving applications until today! Do you mind sharing when you had all of your information in? Just got my last rec letter in last Friday maybe. Had the rest of the app in obscenely early, like October I think.
mv0027 Posted January 15, 2014 Posted January 15, 2014 Just got my last rec letter in last Friday maybe. Had the rest of the app in obscenely early, like October I think. I did my undergrad at UNT. Denton is probably the coolest town in all of north texas (admittedly, not the coolest area). The school and city are on the up too. Congrats.
TakeMyCoffeeBlack Posted January 15, 2014 Posted January 15, 2014 all quiet on the admissions front... ajaxp91 1
IR IR IR PhD Posted January 15, 2014 Posted January 15, 2014 (edited) What is the craziest thing someone would do for a spot at their top choice? I'll answer my own question once I've given it a proper ponder. Edited January 15, 2014 by IR IR IR PhD
TakeMyCoffeeBlack Posted January 15, 2014 Posted January 15, 2014 Congrats to MSU admit! Anyone willing to claim it?
ajaxp91 Posted January 15, 2014 Posted January 15, 2014 all quiet on the admissions front... Congrats to MSU admit! Anyone willing to claim it? Well, that was a short lived silence! And yes, congratulations to the MSU admit.
TakeMyCoffeeBlack Posted January 15, 2014 Posted January 15, 2014 Well, that was a short lived silence! And yes, congratulations to the MSU admit. an hour and a half in admissions time is like a year. silver_lining and ajaxp91 2
timeless90 Posted January 16, 2014 Posted January 16, 2014 an hour and a half in admissions time is like a year. so true...
Nords Posted January 16, 2014 Posted January 16, 2014 an hour and a half in admissions time is like a year. Agreed. It's particularly depressing in light of most of the schools I applied to traditionally not saying anything 'till the end of February. How much longer do you have left in Germany?
TakeMyCoffeeBlack Posted January 16, 2014 Posted January 16, 2014 Agreed. It's particularly depressing in light of most of the schools I applied to traditionally not saying anything 'till the end of February. How much longer do you have left in Germany? I'm in the States for a couple weeks in March, but just under 6 months altogether to go.
gretagarbo Posted January 16, 2014 Posted January 16, 2014 you know the website "academia.edu" right? it sends you notifications when someone googles you and arrives at your academia.edu profile page. Well, I just received a notification saying I was just googled from a city in the US. I am an international student, so have no relations in the US, and considering that one of the programs I applied to is at the same city, I feel like it is highly likely that I was googled by someone who is reviewing my application right now! Is this a good sign or a bad sign? What do you think?
boazczoine Posted January 16, 2014 Posted January 16, 2014 you know the website "academia.edu" right? it sends you notifications when someone googles you and arrives at your academia.edu profile page. Well, I just received a notification saying I was just googled from a city in the US. I am an international student, so have no relations in the US, and considering that one of the programs I applied to is at the same city, I feel like it is highly likely that I was googled by someone who is reviewing my application right now! Is this a good sign or a bad sign? What do you think? The only thing you know for sure is that someone was interested enough in you to investigate further--can't be bad
veritaserum Posted January 16, 2014 Posted January 16, 2014 Hahaha, I agree. TV isn't quite doing it, so I'm trying out p90x. Now I hurt physically even more than checking gradcafe daily hurts my soul That's actually a fantastic idea. Definitely planning on working out lots over the next couple of months. Oh well, even if I get rejected across the board, at least I'll have the consolation of being in great shape! jeudepaume 1
veritaserum Posted January 16, 2014 Posted January 16, 2014 you know the website "academia.edu" right? it sends you notifications when someone googles you and arrives at your academia.edu profile page. Well, I just received a notification saying I was just googled from a city in the US. I am an international student, so have no relations in the US, and considering that one of the programs I applied to is at the same city, I feel like it is highly likely that I was googled by someone who is reviewing my application right now! Is this a good sign or a bad sign? What do you think? I've heard of the site, but am not super familiar with it. Is it basically just like LinkedIn specifically for academia? In any case, definitely sounds like a good sign if you're looking to find out more about you! Congrats also to the recent admits!!
jeudepaume Posted January 16, 2014 Posted January 16, 2014 I've heard of the site, but am not super familiar with it. Is it basically just like LinkedIn specifically for academia? In any case, definitely sounds like a good sign if you're looking to find out more about you! Congrats also to the recent admits!! A very useful resource in my experience. Many of the people I am highly interested in are there, + you can share your research there. So I mainly use it to download interesting papers and track the progress of certain scholars. As far as I know it is a Google project.
TakeMyCoffeeBlack Posted January 16, 2014 Posted January 16, 2014 (edited) My magic crystal ball thinks this forum is going to be insane come Monday next week. Edited January 16, 2014 by TakeMyCoffeeBlack
BFB Posted January 16, 2014 Posted January 16, 2014 (edited) Ohio State University (OSU) Political Science, PhD (F14) Interview via Phone on 13 Jan 2014 A 14 Jan 2014 report spam Phone interview with POI. I hope this leads to acceptance! I will be devastated otherwise. Well, crap. That wasn't my goal at all. Please don't be devastated, whoever you are, if this doesn't work out. If you got a call from us, it means you're a top recruit. If it doesn't lead to acceptance, it means the Graduate School doesn't give us enough slots. Seriously. Edited January 16, 2014 by BFB
TakeMyCoffeeBlack Posted January 16, 2014 Posted January 16, 2014 Well, crap. That wasn't my goal at all. Please don't be devastated, whoever you are, if this doesn't work out. If you got a call from us, it means you're a top recruit. If it doesn't lead to acceptance, it means the Graduate School doesn't give us enough slots. Seriously. I think your earlier post made this clear, but I can imagine the nerves it could fire up (I'm not personally an OSU applicant, nor have I had an interview anywhere (yet?)). It's great at least that you're here to clarify these types of things!
Fallenvirgo Posted January 16, 2014 Posted January 16, 2014 Hi all, Decided to say something rather than lurk away. My OSU application still says that decision is pending. That's not a good sign right? Considering the top applicants are getting interviews? I see the first rejection coming from OSU and I'm already sad.
jeudepaume Posted January 16, 2014 Posted January 16, 2014 My magic crystal ball thinks this forum is going to be insane come Monday next week. You mean January 19th? So soon? I thought it's not until at least 30th-31st.
HL Slam Posted January 16, 2014 Posted January 16, 2014 Hi all, Decided to say something rather than lurk away. My OSU application still says that decision is pending. That's not a good sign right? Considering the top applicants are getting interviews? I see the first rejection coming from OSU and I'm already sad. Where do you see "decision pending"? I logged in to the application screen and couldn't find it.
Fallenvirgo Posted January 16, 2014 Posted January 16, 2014 Where do you see "decision pending"? I logged in to the application screen and couldn't find it. I went to the http://www.appstatus.osu.edu, and went to Applicant Centre, saw 'Application Status' When I clicked on it, I saw 'pending' under Status.
chiz13 Posted January 16, 2014 Posted January 16, 2014 (edited) Hi all, Decided to say something rather than lurk away. My OSU application still says that decision is pending. That's not a good sign right? Considering the top applicants are getting interviews? I see the first rejection coming from OSU and I'm already sad. Fellow OSU applicant here. I'm starting to worry too. No phone call nor email yet. I was told to stay away from forums for the sake my sanity. But it's hard not to keep refreshing the page haha. Edited January 16, 2014 by chiz13
HL Slam Posted January 16, 2014 Posted January 16, 2014 Fellow OSU applicant here. I'm starting to worry too. No phone call nor email yet. I was told to stay away from forums for the sake my sanity. But it's hard not to keep refreshing the page haha. If I'm not mistaken, some POI's call applicants, others do not. It depends on personal preference (based on BFB's previous comments). Probably not totally out of the running yet.
HL Slam Posted January 16, 2014 Posted January 16, 2014 I'm also watching House of Cards in my free time to keep my mind off things. Season two coming right up!
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