Should I be concerned

[mahimahi]

Should I be concerned that I haven't received any interviews or emails from my schools? I've noticed that most of the acceptance and interviews are not from sociology, philosophy, or ethnic studies departments though which is kind of a relief. 

 

Should I be emailing the departments? or I don't know my stomach is in a knot because I can't figure out whats going on. I know Berkley Ethnic Studies shouldn't hear about until Feb but should I have heard anything beforehand?

 

Where can I find a list of schools that interview? 

 

Thanks

[BeatrizBear]

When were your applications due? If they were due this month then it's way too early. I think the acceptances we've seen so far are from people who turned in their applications early December.

[mahimahi]

Most of my applications were in December and only a few were early Jan. A few were even early December

[Page228]

I can't comment on the other two, but philosophy does not tend to interview and almost no one has heard back on their applications yet. (Results search for "philosophy" yields very little recent activity.)

[braindump]

It's much too early to give up! We've barely halfway through January, there's still several months of decision time to go 

I applied to very different programs than you, but I applied to a lot (16, most of which were due early/mid Dec, and maybe half/less than half of which hold interviews). I have only heard from 2 so far, and many of the programs that show a lot of results by this time last year have shown nothing so far. So don't worry yet! I think it's just a late year for a lot of schools.

I also wouldn't pay attention to a school sending out results for a program other than the one to which you applied, as the department looking at your application is really the only one that matters.

If you want to know which schools interview I recommend calling or emailing the departments of all the schools you applied to. I did this and even got a good list of dates I can expect an interview to take place, which helps for planning ahead. 

i.e., don't be concerned! Just try to distract yourself while you wait rather than worrying about something that's no longer in your control. Good luck! 

[mahimahi]

Thank you~~

[HistoryMystery]

Some majors don't get interviews as said above and even if you applied in December programs are painfully slow and probably won't get back till ~ Feb 14th. You can always check the results and see when the schools you applied to started making contact with applicants in the past.

[ToomuchLes]

For History majors : 

[uselesstheory]

For sociology applicants: 

[metallocene2015]

Should I be concerned that I haven't received any interviews or emails from my schools? I've noticed that most of the acceptance and interviews are not from sociology, philosophy, or ethnic studies departments though which is kind of a relief. 

 

Should I be emailing the departments? or I don't know my stomach is in a knot because I can't figure out whats going on. I know Berkley Ethnic Studies shouldn't hear about until Feb but should I have heard anything beforehand?

 

Where can I find a list of schools that interview? 

 

Thanks

I would say to wait until the end of February to freak out. Some schools I am applying to are even saying to wait until March or early April..

[FoggyAnhinga]

I'd say it's still a little too early to be concerned at this point. Be prepared for February however. It's also nice to stay positive and prepare for interviews for the time being, because you'll never know when you will get an interview offer! It could be tomorrow or sometime this week or next week. Getting an unexpected interview offer can be exciting but sometimes worrisome because you might have spent all this time worrying about no news when you could have prepared for prospective interviews (it's definitely possible if the professor or the department gives a short notice).