Straightoutta Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 Just now, shane94 said: On SISS? Yes! Got the email to check and it had a view decision option!
s1994 Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 1 minute ago, Straightoutta said: Yes! Got the email to check and it had a view decision option! Congrats! I didn't get anything tho ;(
yasir8959 Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 7 minutes ago, Straightoutta said: Yes! Got the email to check and it had a view decision option! What was you GRE score? ezra123 1
ultraultra Posted February 3, 2016 Author Posted February 3, 2016 12 minutes ago, Straightoutta said: DUKKKKKKKKKKEEEEEEEE!!!!!! I'M IN! GRE AIN'T EVERYTHING FOLKS!!!!! Congrats!!!
s1994 Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 Duke acceptances were all sent out at once in the past few years, right?
privatehayek Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 (edited) Congrats to the Duke admit! What part of your application would you was the strongest? Edited February 3, 2016 by privatehayek Bad phrasing on my part needavacation, bhudson, ultraultra and 2 others 5
needavacation Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 4 minutes ago, privatehayek said: Duke admit: was your quant score really 150? I don't want to take you in bad faith, or sound harsh, but that's a ridiculously low score. Sure, GRE is only one part of your application, but that would be pretty exceptional to get accepted with that number! Let's just be happy for the admit. There's no point to this comment. Bubandis and ultraultra 2
Bubandis Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 (edited) So, I didn't get accepted at Duke. In fact, I didn't apply to places in the top 15 because, having read all of the exaggerations on this board regarding the GRE, I didn't think that I'd have any shot whatsoever. But, I did get into a top 20 (UT-Austin) and one the best programs in my subfield, Stony Brook, (both of which I applied to simply as "reach" programs--again, based on the misinformation spread on this site) which is known to be quite quantitative, with a Q score of ~150, so I'm really not that surprised that such a score could get an otherwise stellar candidate accepted at Duke. Congratulations, @Straightoutta, very happy for you! Edited February 3, 2016 by Bubandis yasir8959, Straightoutta, needavacation and 5 others 8
Bubandis Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 @ezra123, no word yet (re: UVA waitlist), but will PM you if I do. Based on what I have heard from other regarding previous years though, it is likely that they will move on the waitlist at some point (just depends on how soon those admitted who they are matriculating elsewhere inform our admissions people of that). If you've any questions in the interim, feel free to direct message me. ezra123 1
Syas Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 It seems that there are no other Duke admits so far.
VMcJ Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 Congratulations to those accepted by Duke and UNC! It is always nice to see someone happy, and that is because we all know how hard it is to wait for the answers. Taking the previous years into consideration, I should be hearing only from NYU this week, one of my strongest fits. Crossing fingers.
s1994 Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 27 minutes ago, Syas said: It seems that there are no other Duke admits so far. There is another one. I think Duke has already sent out all the offers and it's only a matter of time for people to either 1) check the emails, or 2) post the result on the survey page. There might be a short list of people who might get notified of acceptance if someone rejects the offer right away -- but the chance is low. Does this observation/hypothesis sound right?
terefere Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 I got in as well Happy day that started dull! ultraultra 1
gradphil Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 No status update on the self-service portal and no email from Duke. So goes at the UVA. Not sure what and when they are going to notify. That's the most stressful part of application cycle. Fingers crossed.
gradphil Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 6 minutes ago, terefere said: I got in as well Happy day that started dull! Congratulations for the big news! Did you receive email or randomly logged in to view the decision?
terefere Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 (edited) 7 minutes ago, gradphil said: Congratulations for the big news! Did you receive email or randomly logged in to view the decision? I randomly logged in, although an e-mail followed shortly thereafter. And thanks!!! Edited February 3, 2016 by terefere
gradphil Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 Thank you and all the very best with rest of your applications (if any) and have a great year ahead. Perhaps the (expected) late response from Duke has to do with my late application completion. My last LOR was submitted on 21st Jan although the application and other supporting materials were submitted before Jan 12th deadline. Hoping to hear from both of them this week.
mmwithgradschool Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 I haven't received anything from Duke:(
midweststudent Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 Duke has seemed to send out acceptances within a span of a few days, so fingers crossed for all who applied and haven't yet heard back!
fishing4funds Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 1 hour ago, Bubandis said: So, I didn't get accepted at Duke. In fact, I didn't apply to places in the top 15 because, having read all of the exaggerations on this board regarding the GRE, I didn't think that I'd have any shot whatsoever. But, I did get into a top 20 (UT-Austin) and one the best programs in my subfield, Stony Brook, (both of which I applied to simply as "reach" programs--again, based on the misinformation spread on this site) which is known to be quite quantitative, with a Q score of ~150, so I'm really not that surprised that such a score could get an otherwise stellar candidate accepted at Duke. Just to speak to this point, I would agree that there is an overemphasis on GRE scores on this forum. Of course, they matter to an extent, but they are far from the end-all-be-all. My Q GRE score was 155, and I've been admitted into 3 programs, including Duke, so far. To be fair, my writing sample was an economics research paper that I figured would more than make up for my lukewarm GRE score. Bubandis 1
Syas Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 1 hour ago, shane94 said: There is another one. I think Duke has already sent out all the offers and it's only a matter of time for people to either 1) check the emails, or 2) post the result on the survey page. There might be a short list of people who might get notified of acceptance if someone rejects the offer right away -- but the chance is low. Does this observation/hypothesis sound right? Judging from the previous years, I think Duke sends all of its offers in a couple days. So I think there is still some chance for us. By the way, congratulations Duke admits!
s1994 Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 1 minute ago, Syas said: Judging from the previous years, I think Duke sends all of its offers in a couple days. So I think there is still some chance for us. By the way, congratulations Duke admits! Hopefully that's the case!
needavacation Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 Claiming the Berkeley admit ultraultra and elw 2
PizzaCat93 Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 I just saw a Chicago acceptance as well. Is it legit?
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