goofylemon Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Ahhhh i need results from Princeton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pi515 Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Congratulations @Port Lake! And thank you for the info. When you say that some programs like Stanford advised against contacting individual professors, did you learn that through your informal contacts or were you able to find that information somewhere on their website or application materials? Congrats again! Another quick question: has anyone successfully gotten into a phd sociology program without having any LORs from sociology professors? (my recommenders were anthro and poli sci professors so I'm wondering if that has contributed to the deafening silence on the application front) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nowayjose Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 2 minutes ago, goofylemon said: Ahhhh i need results from Princeton. are you the one who was a 167/170 interview at yale? did you hear back? feel free to pm if so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
any5 Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 2 minutes ago, pi515 said: Congratulations @Port Lake! And thank you for the info. When you say that some programs like Stanford advised against contacting individual professors, did you learn that through your informal contacts or were you able to find that information somewhere on their website or application materials? Congrats again! Another quick question: has anyone successfully gotten into a phd sociology program without having any LORs from sociology professors? (my recommenders were anthro and poli sci professors so I'm wondering if that has contributed to the deafening silence on the application front) All my LORs were from economics dept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbmrbmrb Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 @pi515 I had one recommendation from a sociology professor, my other two were from spanish/latin american studies professors. I've gotten into two programs so far, have an interview at another, and am waitlisted for funding at another. Some schools simply haven't notified yet so unfortunately it's just a waiting game until March. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Lake Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 5 minutes ago, pi515 said: Congratulations @Port Lake! And thank you for the info. When you say that some programs like Stanford advised against contacting individual professors, did you learn that through your informal contacts or were you able to find that information somewhere on their website or application materials? Congrats again! Thank you! I found that info on their website, actually. My LOR writers also said that some universities strongly dislike it while others expect you to do it. So, it really depends (and the difficulty in finding out about which university falls into which camp just adds to the opaqueness of the whole process...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soc13 Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 6 minutes ago, pi515 said: Congratulations @Port Lake! And thank you for the info. When you say that some programs like Stanford advised against contacting individual professors, did you learn that through your informal contacts or were you able to find that information somewhere on their website or application materials? Congrats again! Another quick question: has anyone successfully gotten into a phd sociology program without having any LORs from sociology professors? (my recommenders were anthro and poli sci professors so I'm wondering if that has contributed to the deafening silence on the application front) None of my reccs were sociology professors. Two work at schools of public health; one is a trained social psychologist, the other has a ScD. This year, I also decided to use my boss, a VP at my research firm (I think her Ph.D. is in psych). I hesitated to use a non-academic, but I was advised to in my case by a few folks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ts1493 Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 9 minutes ago, pi515 said: Congratulations @Port Lake! And thank you for the info. When you say that some programs like Stanford advised against contacting individual professors, did you learn that through your informal contacts or were you able to find that information somewhere on their website or application materials? Congrats again! Another quick question: has anyone successfully gotten into a phd sociology program without having any LORs from sociology professors? (my recommenders were anthro and poli sci professors so I'm wondering if that has contributed to the deafening silence on the application front) Yes, definitely. I had a poli sci professor and two employers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heinztomatoketchup Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Also waiting on CUNY ): Applied to 7, 5 acceptances so far. Waiting on CUNY and NYU. Has anyone claimed any of CUNY's yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pi515 Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Thank you @any5 @mrbmrbmrb @mm3733 @ts1493 for your responses regarding the LORs -- that's very helpful to know. And thank you @Port Lake for the additional info. This is not an easy process to navigate, that's for sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nowayjose Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 21 minutes ago, michaelalexiss said: Also waiting on CUNY ): Applied to 7, 5 acceptances so far. Waiting on CUNY and NYU. Has anyone claimed any of CUNY's yet? one person here claimed cuny, i think there were 3 admits on the survey page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katastrophe Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 1 hour ago, michaelalexiss said: Also waiting on CUNY ): Applied to 7, 5 acceptances so far. Waiting on CUNY and NYU. Has anyone claimed any of CUNY's yet? Looks like we've got a couple schools (and an interest in crime soc) in common. Hopefully we hear from NYU soon, though I'm not optimistic it will be too soon. Best of luck to you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nowayjose Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 2 minutes ago, Katastrophe said: Looks like we've got a couple schools (and an interest in crime soc) in common. Hopefully we hear from NYU soon, though I'm not optimistic it will be too soon. Best of luck to you! why not optimistic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fall2016applicant Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 2 hours ago, nowayjose said: Am getting pretty desperate for just about any form of contact from the departments. This is such an odd and opaque process. Same. So far all I've gotten is a rejection from Wisconsin and an interview with the Northeastern criminology department. It sucks cause every school I've applied to except for one has started accepting people, and a few are on their second wave already. Would just like to get all the rejections over with, already convinced they're coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oedipus Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 5 minutes ago, fall2016applicant said: Same. So far all I've gotten is a rejection from Wisconsin and an interview with the Northeastern criminology department. It sucks cause every school I've applied to except for one has started accepting people, and a few are on their second wave already. Would just like to get all the rejections over with, already convinced they're coming. omg actual kill me please just let me into columbia or nyu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nowayjose Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 1 minute ago, oedipus said: omg actual kill me please just let me into columbia or nyu. have not heard back from a single school. will regret this when it happens, but at least a rejection would feel tangible and not like my apps only exist in theory and have been looked at by nobody. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heinztomatoketchup Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 2 hours ago, nowayjose said: one person here claimed cuny, i think there were 3 admits on the survey page Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heinztomatoketchup Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 54 minutes ago, Katastrophe said: Looks like we've got a couple schools (and an interest in crime soc) in common. Hopefully we hear from NYU soon, though I'm not optimistic it will be too soon. Best of luck to you! Awesome! Same to you! Maybe we'll cross paths at a recruitment visit. Yeah I'm not feeling too optimistic especially if a CUNY rejection comes in. Oh well! NYU seems to take their time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nowayjose Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 me at 9am: "here we go the big day" me at 4:30pm: "halp" Heinztomatoketchup and Shay825 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oedipus Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 2 minutes ago, nowayjose said: me at 9am: "here we go the big day" me at 4:30pm: "halp" word, can hardly focus at work. just checking my email over and over and over again. cloud9876 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nowayjose Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Just now, oedipus said: word, can hardly focus at work. just checking my email over and over and over again. same here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingin6789 Posted February 10, 2016 Author Share Posted February 10, 2016 6 minutes ago, nowayjose said: me at 9am: "here we go the big day" me at 4:30pm: "halp" lol it's too bad I can't give any more upvotes for the day! Love this. Shay825 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelris Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 People who have gotten into several schools, what do you think set your applications apart? So many people are lucky to get into just one school. Why do you think some applications are accepted to many programs? HopefulSocPhD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pingaling Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 29 minutes ago, kelris said: People who have gotten into several schools, what do you think set your applications apart? So many people are lucky to get into just one school. Why do you think some applications are accepted to many programs? I have a friend who applied to sociology phd programs a few years ago. She got in everywhere she applied (all Top 15 schools). She had a Fulbright research fellowship straight out of undergrad. Also--students who win the NSF GRFP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heinztomatoketchup Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Got an email from NYU!! the subject line : Attend an NYU Online Information Session - MS in Professional Writing That was a sick joke Sociological_Spud, AMRoss and duBoisLives 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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