oakeshott Posted February 28, 2017 Posted February 28, 2017 Just now, HermioneWannabe said: Gah - still nothing for me. Did you get a form letter or a personalized one from a faculty member? It looks like a form letter. Came from the dept head.
guest56436 Posted February 28, 2017 Posted February 28, 2017 Weird a waitlist comes before an acceptance.
dih2 Posted February 28, 2017 Posted February 28, 2017 Claiming an acceptance! krapp, The0ry and international_IR 3
nate3869 Posted February 28, 2017 Posted February 28, 2017 4 minutes ago, Comparativist said: Weird a waitlist comes before an acceptance. Unless they already sent all the acceptances.
guest56436 Posted February 28, 2017 Posted February 28, 2017 Come to think of it, a waitlist at Harvard has got to be super depressing. So close snd unlikely many people are going to reject.
nate3869 Posted February 28, 2017 Posted February 28, 2017 1 minute ago, nate3869 said: Unless they already sent all the acceptances. 2 minutes ago, dih2 said: Claiming an acceptance! I guess not...lol. Congrats!
guest56436 Posted February 28, 2017 Posted February 28, 2017 1 minute ago, nate3869 said: Unless they already sent all the acceptances. True. Could be possible.
oakeshott Posted February 28, 2017 Posted February 28, 2017 1 minute ago, Comparativist said: Come to think of it, a waitlist at Harvard has got to be super depressing. So close snd unlikely many people are going to reject. Thanks! cydxb, nate3869 and StrengthandHonor 3
StrengthandHonor Posted February 28, 2017 Posted February 28, 2017 1 minute ago, oakeshott said: Thanks! Your response killed me. I'll be chuckling about that one for a while. nate3869 and oakeshott 2
guest56436 Posted February 28, 2017 Posted February 28, 2017 1 minute ago, oakeshott said: Thanks! The good news is you have some great options. Who knows maybe you'll get off of it.
VMcJ Posted February 28, 2017 Posted February 28, 2017 (edited) Congratulations to those accepted or waitlisted! And I hope my last 4 rejections come soon. I'd love to get closure. Edited February 28, 2017 by VMcJ Damn autocorrect RevTheory1126 and oakeshott 2
oakeshott Posted February 28, 2017 Posted February 28, 2017 To my wait list comrades: my sources () assure me that, tyrannical yield rate notwithstanding, Harvard has accepted several people off the waitlist in recent years. So all hope is not lost, I suppose.
nate3869 Posted February 28, 2017 Posted February 28, 2017 So I would assume everyone who doesn't hear today is as good as rejected?
guest56436 Posted February 28, 2017 Posted February 28, 2017 (edited) I know that this year's cohort is smaller, but I find it hard to believe only one person on here has gotten accepted. Others might not have claimed it yet though... Edited February 28, 2017 by Comparativist
Bibica Posted February 28, 2017 Posted February 28, 2017 2 minutes ago, Comparativist said: I know that this year's cohort is smaller, but I find it hard to believe only one person on here has gotten accepted. Others might not have claimed it yet though... SO got in, Americanist
dih2 Posted February 28, 2017 Posted February 28, 2017 Cohort is 24 people. Is that smaller than normal?
AsymptoticallyUnbiased Posted February 28, 2017 Posted February 28, 2017 10 minutes ago, Bibica said: SO got in, Americanist Oakeshott reported getting a form letter for his waitlist. Did your SO get one as well or a personal POI email? Wondering whether I should give up hope if I haven't heard anything.
AsymptoticallyUnbiased Posted February 28, 2017 Posted February 28, 2017 1 minute ago, dih2 said: Cohort is 24 people. Is that smaller than normal? Last year's was 26. That pretty much exactly the matches the 4.4% drop in slots based on the GSAS funding decrease.
VMcJ Posted February 28, 2017 Posted February 28, 2017 2 minutes ago, dih2 said: Cohort is 24 people. Is that smaller than normal? I'd say yes, for the size of their program. If you think a third might not accept their offer and go elsewhere due to fit or whatever...
Bibica Posted February 28, 2017 Posted February 28, 2017 Just now, AsymptoticallyUnbiased said: Oakeshott reported getting a form letter for his waitlist. Did your SO get one as well or a personal POI email? Wondering whether I should give up hope if I haven't heard anything. It seems like a form letter? He's in class, I'll have to ask later. I'm personally giving up hope. Did anyone claim an acceptance in comparative? I was at a Dr.'s appt and missed out on all the hullabaloo.
guest56436 Posted February 28, 2017 Posted February 28, 2017 (edited) Yeah, it's probably over. Welp, that pretty much concludes the cycle for most. Edited February 28, 2017 by Comparativist
oakeshott Posted February 28, 2017 Posted February 28, 2017 (edited) 11 minutes ago, AsymptoticallyUnbiased said: Oakeshott reported getting a form letter for his waitlist. Did your SO get one as well or a personal POI email? Wondering whether I should give up hope if I haven't heard anything. My POI at Harvard asked me to let them know when I heard back from the committee, so I think all the e-mails are coming from the dept chair. Edited February 28, 2017 by oakeshott
VMcJ Posted February 28, 2017 Posted February 28, 2017 This from the results page made me laugh, I love spirituous comments: "Very curious how long this "very short" wait list is. If you've been accepted, don't go. Harvard's going downhill." oakeshott 1
oakeshott Posted February 28, 2017 Posted February 28, 2017 9 minutes ago, AsymptoticallyUnbiased said: Last year's was 26. That pretty much exactly the matches the 4.4% drop in slots based on the GSAS funding decrease. I thought last year was 29? Or maybe that was just allotted slots.
resDQ Posted February 28, 2017 Posted February 28, 2017 17 minutes ago, Comparativist said: Yeah, it's probably over. Welp, that pretty much concludes the cycle for most. I'm going to count Harvard as a rejection. That concludes my cycle. An acceptance to any program means you've had a good cycle. Worst case scenario would have been straight rejections and that did not happen to me. Very thankful. VMcJ and guest56436 2
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