serenade Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 (edited) 22 hours ago, jpb said: I'm happy to say that I received an invitation to Notre Dame's recruitment event in a couple of weeks; however, it seems a bit odd in that my invitation today indicated that they'd be doing interviews (along with other standard recruitment activities). I know that I haven't been accepted at this stage. I'm just wondering if anyone knows anything about Notre Dame's processes. That is to say, are their "recruitment/interview" days a mere formality, or will a significant portion of the invitees ultimately get denied admission? I'm sure that I'm overthinking everything, but it would be delightful to begin the cycle with a "yes" rather than a "no"! Congrats on the invitation! I'm a current student in the History Dept there. The interview visit is not a formality. They will likely only admit 40-50% of the candidates at the interview. I don't say this to scare you, but just to encourage you to bring your A game to the interview. If you have any more questions about the interview visit or ND in general, PM me or post on this board and I'd be happy to try to answer them. Those of us who are current grad students get assigned prospective students to take to coffee/lunch/dinner, so I hope to meet you if our paths cross while you're up here! Edited January 29, 2016 by serenade L13 and meo03 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serenade Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 On January 28, 2016 at 8:55 PM, IndianaJones said: Long time lurker here un-lurking myself to say, first of all, hello all and I wish the most successful application season for all of you! Additionally, since this is my first PhD application round I'd love some advice, especially regarding interviews. One of my favorites is Notre Dame, who seems to have released interview invites today. Any idea if that is a formal process of theirs? From their results history, it's hard to glean an exact pattern and I'm a nervous wreck! I've also seen NO change in status on my application pages - they still just say "submitted" - have they even been reviewed yet or am I expecting too much? Current ND History grad student here. Yes, you're correct - the department sent interview invitations out today. The bad news is if you didn't get one, that means you're not in the first round of their picks. The good news, however, is that your status page does not say "rejected." From what I remember last year, I saw ND History rejection statuses on the gradcafe results page around the same time I got my interview invitation. So it sounds like you haven't been rejected yet. Among those at the interview in a few weeks, probably 40-50% will get admission offers. However, not all of those who are given offers will choose ND. If those people turn down ND before April 15, ND will then get in touch with their second round of picks. There are people in my current cohort who were not invited to the interview week but were made offers later. So don't give up! L13 and meo03 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sts4656 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 (edited) 6 hours ago, Neist said: Same to both of you! Maybe we'll be the 3-4 people who get into Cornell STS. Thank you, I hope so but today started for me very negatively since I saw that somebody received an e-mail from MIT HASTS for interview on 26th January... :/ Edited January 29, 2016 by sts4656 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTE Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Ah the annual Berkeley massacre. insidethesun, Josh J., L13 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sts4656 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 12 hours ago, datini said: To mvlchicago: You've made an unfortunate generalization about history MA's: they are not necessarily people who needed to go to an MA program "to find out what they are doing." Someone on the results board said about their rejection from Berkeley: whatever, they're all communists there anyway. If this was a joke---and the tone was not joking but insolent---it is a stupid joke. If it is serious, Berkeley was smart to reject you. You've embarassed everyone else by such a vile, ignorant comment. About MIT HASTS: are there other applicants to HASTS who have been interviewed or contacted for interviews besides the person who posted above? @datin I applied to MIT HASTS, but haven't received any e-mail from them.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L13 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Berkeley is so ridiculous, SMH... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamyaS Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 13 hours ago, Neist said: Same to both of you! Maybe we'll be the 3-4 people who get into Cornell STS. Yes absolutely! Good luck! I'd like to hear from Yale and Columbia soon! I am expecting to get rejected, despite having one of my recommenders being from Yale. Quickly already! emiliajulia and Neist 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insidethesun Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 5 minutes ago, L13 said: Berkeley is so ridiculous, SMH... In what way? All of the rejections? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emiliajulia Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Proud co-victim of the Berkeley massacre, 2016. and--many congrats to the NYU admit!! I'm finishing my MA there at the moment, so get in touch if you have any questions about New York/the school! JTE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tipmar Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Congrats to the NYU admit! knowing decisions have been made will certainly distract me from my work this coming weekend.... What field are you, if you don't mind sharing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neist Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 8 hours ago, sts4656 said: Thank you, I hope so but today started for me very negatively since I saw that somebody received an e-mail from MIT HASTS for interview on 26th January... :/ I wouldn't worry too much yet. If the results of previous years are to be trusted, January 26th is very, very early for HASTS. Most results are in late February through March. Maybe they just needed to clarify something about that applicant? Or maybe it was an interview a POI did personally? Who knows. sts4656 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hbnj Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 My plan for the coming weeks: delete all of my passwords from my computer's memory that way I can't constantly check to see if decisions have come in! betwixt&between 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alain Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Congrats to the NYU admit! Now I'm stressed/scared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGrayson Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 9 minutes ago, hbnj said: My plan for the coming weeks: delete all of my passwords from my computer's memory that way I can't constantly check to see if decisions have come in! I have an Apple Watch so that the rejections can go right from the school to my wrist, reducing the time I would have spent not crying..... Neist, hbnj, betwixt&between and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTE Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Congrats to the NYU admit, big ups! Also, whoever commented on their Berkeley rejection "whatever that place is full of communists anyway," you made me chuckle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hbnj Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 @JTE - Fellow Emory applicant: was told by the department that they might be another 6 weeks in coming out with decisions. Also, congrats to the NYU admit (didn't see that earlier)!!!!!!!!!!! JTE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L13 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 (edited) 3 hours ago, insidethesun said: In what way? All of the rejections? Haha, yes, I don't understand why they consistently get the largest number of rejection notifications on GradCafe out of all history programs. If the ratio of reported results to applicants is roughly the same for most programs, they must get the most applicants out of any history program by far. Edited January 29, 2016 by L13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insidethesun Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 1 minute ago, L13 said: Haha, yes, I don't understand why they consistently have the largest number of rejection notifications on GradCafe out of all history programs. Do they get the most applicants? Do they make their grad students post scores of fake rejections to GC for some reason? I just don't get it. Ah, okay. Yes, I noticed that as well. It is my understanding they receive between 400-500 applications. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L13 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Just now, insidethesun said: Ah, okay. Yes, I noticed that as well. It is my understanding they receive between 400-500 applications. Ah, that makes sense. I edited my post to elaborate on that possibility a bit. insidethesun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh J. Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 42 minutes ago, L13 said: Haha, yes, I don't understand why they consistently get the largest number of rejection notifications on GradCafe out of all history programs. If the ratio of reported results to applicants is roughly the same for most programs, they must get the most applicants out of any history program by far. Yale supposedly got 10,000 applicants last year, according to their rejection letters... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGrayson Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 3 minutes ago, Josh J. said: Yale supposedly got 10,000 applicants last year, according to their rejection letters... That's probably the number that applied to all programs in the School of Arts and Sciences. That would be crazy for one department. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insidethesun Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 3 minutes ago, DGrayson said: That's probably the number that applied to all programs in the School of Arts and Sciences. That would be crazy for one department. That's probably the case. It is safe to assume that all of the top ranked programs receive around the same amount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenochtitlan Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 11 hours ago, sts4656 said: Thank you, I hope so but today started for me very negatively since I saw that somebody received an e-mail from MIT HASTS for interview on 26th January... :/ Same here, friend. Very sad to see someone was offered interview already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bettafish Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 The calm before the next storm of rejections Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenochtitlan Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Has anyone heard/applied to Penn's History and Sociology of Science programme? Previous years suggest the interview emails were sent a long time ago... :\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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