quincepessa Posted February 18, 2014 Posted February 18, 2014 Anyone else waiting to hear from the Wilson School? Can we all survive until March 15thish without ulcers?
Upstater Posted February 18, 2014 Posted February 18, 2014 I got an email today asking me for some additional information for my application. Not sure if its a good or bad sign. I am hoping its a good sign. Upstater 1
Gov2School Posted February 19, 2014 Posted February 19, 2014 Also waiting. No communication, but WWS Admissions has been helpful to me throughout this process. I changed jobs after applying and they allowed me to submit an update resume (HKS did not). They also were helpful in submitting my mid-year grades. Fingers crossed for everyone! Based on past year threads, it seems like acceptances go out early in the week, and rejections a few days after, so the whole week of March 10 is going to be stressful!
Gov2School Posted February 28, 2014 Posted February 28, 2014 Only one more week to go before we're in decision week! I hope everyone is hanging in there. From the results search page, it seems like the acceptances go out a little earlier than the rejections. Keeping my fingers crossed, I think I'm a competitive applicant (major weakness being not a lot of quant classes in undergrad & GRE quant scores slightly below average; major advantages being strong work history, good reccs, and I think my policy memo and SOP were well done), but with Princeton you just never really know. Good luck to everyone. quincepessa 1
quincepessa Posted February 28, 2014 Author Posted February 28, 2014 Good luck to all! @GovtoSchool - are you saying acceptances would likely land March 10-12ish?
Gov2School Posted February 28, 2014 Posted February 28, 2014 WWS says on their website that decisions will be sent by March 15. But looking at The Grad Cafe's Results Search page for WWS, where you can see results from the past few years with people's stats (tab in the top bar, next to chat), it looks like the last few years people got their results earlier in the week, especially if they were accepted, instead of getting them on Friday. So I think it's reasonable to think it could be anytime the week of the 10th, but if the trends from the last few years hold up, it will be before the 15th. I could be wrong, but that's what the data suggests.
pavlik Posted March 5, 2014 Posted March 5, 2014 No communication at all so far. I have no idea what my chances are--this was my first application I sent in, and parts of my statement and memo were a bit rushed as I wrote most of them the week of Thanksgiving. Best of luck to everyone!
Gov2School Posted March 10, 2014 Posted March 10, 2014 *sigh* One day down, four to go. I know realistically we probably won't hear until Wednesday at the earliest (last year they heard on Friday morning), and that even more realistically, I won't be accepted (really really strong, relevant public service work record, strong GPA from high ranked school, but only a 153 on my Q GRE), but I can't help being nervous until we know for sure. spat 1
uncgrad2009 Posted March 12, 2014 Posted March 12, 2014 @gov2school, I can only feel your pain! I also think that I am not likely to be accepted even though it is my number one choice! I also have very strong work experience, good GRE scores, and a good GPA but I don't know if they're going to be good enough. I wish I had been able to get higher grades in undergrad but faced a lot of personal challenges along the way that hindered me from doing as well as I could. I will be crossing fingers for us both!
Gov2School Posted March 12, 2014 Posted March 12, 2014 Thanks for the emotional support. It's definitely a crapshoot for everybody, one of my co-workers (who went to HKS) said that no one he knew got accepted his year. We'll just have to wait and see. Maybe tomorrow!
uncgrad2009 Posted March 12, 2014 Posted March 12, 2014 Thanks for the emotional support. It's definitely a crapshoot for everybody, one of my co-workers (who went to HKS) said that no one he knew got accepted his year. We'll just have to wait and see. Maybe tomorrow! Well, all you can do is try. I was lucky to have access to a WWS alum who provided me with some wonderful insights into the program and the application process. When I visited in the fall, I made sure to mention him when I visited with them. Apparently connections there matter somewhat. We're all on tenterhooks and I hope they tell us by the end of this week!
Gov2School Posted March 12, 2014 Posted March 12, 2014 Yeah, I worked with many WWS grads and I got to visit and have some meetings while I was there, all of which were very useful to me, and maybe will help a bit. What field are you interested in? I'm applying for Field IV, but I've heard that it's very competitive as International Relations has become more popular overall with MPAs/MPPs.
uncgrad2009 Posted March 12, 2014 Posted March 12, 2014 Got ya! That's great! When did you visit per chance? I visited on Columbus Day (I remember it being a beautiful day). I applied for Domestic Policy (I cannot for the life of me remember which field number it is!) as I was told to apply for the field that you have the most experience in. All of my work experience is in domestic policy so we'll see what happens! Domestic policy is definitely my cup of tea but I am keeping an open mind to international policy options as well. Definitely hoping for the best for everyone!
kingofthehill110 Posted March 12, 2014 Posted March 12, 2014 So not today on WWS? Two more days left, they might have been telling the truth about the 15th.
quincepessa Posted March 12, 2014 Author Posted March 12, 2014 My money is on Friday. Which likely ups the chances of it being tomorrow .
Gov2School Posted March 12, 2014 Posted March 12, 2014 Yeah, I'm also thinking Friday is the day. I was hoping by now we'd have heard from both Princeton and HKS, but I guess they're both taking their time.
linkth Posted March 12, 2014 Posted March 12, 2014 I believe they didn't update the final date from last year (I think they sent decisions on Friday 15th). So, they are probably sending decisions this friday (March 14th)
uncgrad2009 Posted March 13, 2014 Posted March 13, 2014 May tomorrow be the day! Cheers and positive vibes to you all! Sending positive vibes/karma everyone's way!
debbiem123 Posted March 13, 2014 Posted March 13, 2014 I emailed them yesterday to ask about their seemingly outdated web-posted dates, they pointed me to this blog post: http://wws.princeton.edu/admissions/wws-blog/item/wws-graduate-admissions-timeline-2013-2014, which says that they'll release decisions tomorrow (the 14th).
quincepessa Posted March 13, 2014 Author Posted March 13, 2014 I worked up a lil ditty for us: ONE DAY MORE! Another day to know our Dest-in-y. This never ending road to penury, These schools who seem to know my scores, will surely open up their doors. One Day More! Thank you, thank you. Please tip your servers...
uncgrad2009 Posted March 13, 2014 Posted March 13, 2014 I worked up a lil ditty for us: ONE DAY MORE! Another day to know our Dest-in-y. This never ending road to penury, These schools who seem to know my scores, will surely open up their doors. One Day More! Thank you, thank you. Please tip your servers... This is great!
Jufarius87 Posted March 14, 2014 Posted March 14, 2014 WWS is generally viewed as more difficult to get an admit from than HKS, is that a fair generality? I have little hope now that HKS dinged me ... Though perhaps the saving grace is that WWS also seems more quant heavy, and I have more mathematics than at least 90% of applicants
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