testingtesting Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 (edited) Perhaps the only thing in life you can control is yourself. Choose to be happy or choose to feel shame (if the two are in tension), it is your decision. It Is accurate to say that the "blame" resides with us (although the decision is in others' hands, we know the rules of the game) but shame is one type of denial. http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/spinoza/#VirHap Rely on inputs rather than outputs, while constraining your allocation of resources in response to the distribution of outputs. In other words, ensure you have taken whatever actions are in your control to max(success) and that is all you really can do. Of course, perhaps you did not do that. If so, you cannot change your past behavior but you can change your future behavior - it's a sunk cost, move on. Even when playing your cards correctly in poker, you will sometimes lose - but sometime you will win. This advice is as true in poker as it is in PhD applications as it is in most other life aspirations. They say having a short memory makes a good poker player - an idiom meaning to forget losses so long as you maximize P(win) - and this is also true here. If you do not qualify, end of story. If you might qualify, discuss it with the program over the phone. Edited January 31, 2015 by testingtesting deltaqsquared 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubandis Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 An email just came in (yes, it appears that we are not even safe on weekends!)from Arizona telling me that I have been admitted SwitchInTime, letsgo2015, delete-it and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMLogan Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 An email just came in (yes, it appears that we are not even safe on weekends!)from Arizona telling me that I have been admitted *tapes phone to hand*. Congratulations, that's awesome!! Bubandis and svan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuldReekie Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 (edited) Congratulations and commiserations as required to everyone. Hopefully more congratulations.. Feeling a bit low about the whole process, but received a nice email from an acquaintance and former DGS (who looked over my SOP) offering to put in a good word for me with his colleagues. So this certainly cheered me up a wee bit even if I'm sitting here with no offers... Edited January 31, 2015 by AuldReekie Bubandis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ani11 Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 An email just came in (yes, it appears that we are not even safe on weekends!)from Arizona telling me that I have been admitted well done mate! Bubandis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iul Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Hi! Has anyone heard back from Humphrey at Minnesota? Seems they have started releasing their decisions... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubandis Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 *tapes phone to hand*. Congratulations, that's awesome!! well done mate! Thank you!!! To be completely honest, two acceptances is so much more than I had anticipated, I'm just tickled. And, there are still plenty more to go. It's going to be tough to make a decision on which school to go to when it is all said and done, but I am really grateful to be in the position to be making such a decision. Best of luck to everyone, especially those still waiting for an acceptance Robes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omerow Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 An email just came in (yes, it appears that we are not even safe on weekends!)from Arizona telling me that I have been admitted Congrats. I got accecpted from Arizona, as well. Got an e-mail from DGS this morning. I was wondering, am I supposed to e-mail back and say thank you or something? Or do I not respond at all until I make my final decision about whether to accept the offer or not? Bubandis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedoctorphd Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Hi! Has anyone heard back from Humphrey at Minnesota? Seems they have started releasing their decisions... Hi! I heard from them about 10 days ago via phone. Not sure if they have released all of their decisions or not. Maybe you should email them to see? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mb712 Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Congrats. I got accecpted from Arizona, as well. Got an e-mail from DGS this morning. I was wondering, am I supposed to e-mail back and say thank you or something? Or do I not respond at all until I make my final decision about whether to accept the offer or not? I sent an email to another school thanking them for the notification and that I look forward to the visitation weekend type thing they mentioned along with my acceptance. (My current research advisor thought it was in good form to at least say something.) Bubandis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iul Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Hi! I heard from them about 10 days ago via phone. Not sure if they have released all of their decisions or not. Maybe you should email them to seeCon Congrats! Has the status of your application changed to Admitted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lapavitsovaroufakis Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Hey all, long-time lurker here. Saw 4-5 UChicago postings in the results page. Is it safe to assume that the rest of us were rejected? Based on the results of previous years, I understand that they send all acceptances/waitlists together in a batch. Tenkyu! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuldReekie Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Well done to the Arizona admits... looks like they're on the up in IR. I met Thies at a conference and he's nice and very approachable.. and somehow manages to publish a ludicrous amount. Will Moore on the way there too which from my perspective makes it look like a great place . Trying to remember why I didn't apply.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdoseven Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Hey all, long-time lurker here. Saw 4-5 UChicago postings in the results page. Is it safe to assume that the rest of us were rejected? Based on the results of previous years, I understand that they send all acceptances/waitlists together in a batch. Tenkyu! That is unfortunately the conclusion I have come to as well. Perhaps there will be a few more released on Monday, but I'd suspect not. And if past years are any judge, they take their time with sending out rejections, which is pretty maddening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duvergerian Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 (edited) I've got as many as five schools sending out results this week. I'm not terribly worried, as I've already gotten in to some pretty great programs, but it's still nerve-wracking. Best of luck to everyone. Edited January 31, 2015 by Duvergerian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltaqsquared Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Well done to the Arizona admits... looks like they're on the up in IR. I met Thies at a conference and he's nice and very approachable.. and somehow manages to publish a ludicrous amount. Will Moore on the way there too which from my perspective makes it look like a great place . Trying to remember why I didn't apply.. Thies is at Arizona now? When did he move from UCLA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuldReekie Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Thies is at Arizona now? When did he move from UCLA? I'm talking about Cameron Thies and not UCLA's Michael Thies deltaqsquared 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedoctorphd Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Congrats! Has the status of your application changed to Admitted? Thanks! And no, it has not changed on the website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltaqsquared Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 I'm talking about Cameron Thies and not UCLA's Michael Thies Ah. Oh okay. Gotcha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Beijing Kid Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Ah. Oh okay. Gotcha. Just wondering, did you apply to study Political Science with a focus on Japan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltaqsquared Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Just wondering, did you apply to study Political Science with a focus on Japan? Yes and No. My primary interests are civil society organizations (environmental movements), and specifically am looking at the Japanese anti-nuclear movement. So for my PoliSci PhD application, I applied to do research on environmental politics, as there were several profs at UW that do similar things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuldReekie Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 sociologygrad, deltaqsquared, throwaway123456789 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonluo Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 It's like the silence before another storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
letsgo2015 Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 It's like the silence before another storm. Lol. Next week is the week I think deltaqsquared 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
letsgo2015 Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 delete-it and NYCBluenose 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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