cellec Posted January 20, 2017 Posted January 20, 2017 Per an email from Vanderbilt's DGS, they had 170 applicants and will only be taking 10. Applicants will be notified of their status no later than March 3rd. resDQ 1
RevTheory1126 Posted January 20, 2017 Posted January 20, 2017 7 minutes ago, cellec said: Per an email from Vanderbilt's DGS, they had 170 applicants and will only be taking 10. Applicants will be notified of their status no later than March 3rd. Received that email, too. They said they are hoping to have applicants notified by the week of February 20... One less program to feel mysterious about...
cellec Posted January 20, 2017 Posted January 20, 2017 5 minutes ago, RevTheory1126 said: Received that email, too. They said they are hoping to have applicants notified by the week of February 20... One less program to feel mysterious about... Seemed like a pretty standard email but I'd figure I'd share whatever news I came across
RevTheory1126 Posted January 20, 2017 Posted January 20, 2017 Agreed. Good to have reliable information out there, combating troll-ism resDQ 1
polisci13542 Posted January 20, 2017 Posted January 20, 2017 Did anybody else get an email from Stony Brook for an interview? Pretty dumbfounded because I sent in my application 5 days ago
GradNYC Posted January 21, 2017 Posted January 21, 2017 8 hours ago, CarefreeWritingsontheWall said: Can confirm they had their first two days of meetings last week to draw up a shortlist. Wow! thanks for the info!Â
RevTheory1126 Posted January 21, 2017 Posted January 21, 2017 5 hours ago, polisci13542 said: Did anybody else get an email from Stony Brook for an interview? Pretty dumbfounded because I sent in my application 5 days ago Did you see a result or some kind of other info that would make you think interviews were already being sent out? Because I don't see anything in the results page, and I don't recall anyone mentioning this...
polisci13542 Posted January 21, 2017 Posted January 21, 2017 59 minutes ago, RevTheory1126 said: Did you see a result or some kind of other info that would make you think interviews were already being sent out? Because I don't see anything in the results page, and I don't recall anyone mentioning this... Â Yeah I was just wondering because I got one. And it was weird because I only applied a couple of days earlier.
Historiaeros Posted January 21, 2017 Posted January 21, 2017 Did anyone hear from Baylor? I just got an email from DGS for campus invitation. My Friday night is pumped!
polyscinoob Posted January 21, 2017 Posted January 21, 2017 Interview for UCSB, I imagine acceptances will be going out the week after next.
Monody Posted January 21, 2017 Posted January 21, 2017 Is it normal that manuscripts stay in the "Awaiting final decision" limbo for two weeks? It has been out for review the two months before New Years Eve and I am wondering whether they are working on the backlog or whether it may be something else.
polscimajor Posted January 21, 2017 Posted January 21, 2017 How do schools choose their shortlist? By shortlist do you typically mean the list chosen with GRE GPA or the list that has actually considered your SOPs and LORs?
Monody Posted January 21, 2017 Posted January 21, 2017 1 hour ago, polscimajor said: How do schools choose their shortlist? By shortlist do you typically mean the list chosen with GRE GPA or the list that has actually considered your SOPs and LORs? I suppose they analyze your Gradcafe posts and take the inverse of your carefully evaluated desperation level. :/ jazzmintea, Historiaeros, tkid86 and 3 others 6
guest56436 Posted January 21, 2017 Posted January 21, 2017 1 hour ago, polscimajor said: How do schools choose their shortlist? By shortlist do you typically mean the list chosen with GRE GPA or the list that has actually considered your SOPs and LORs? I'm sure every school (and even every adcom) does things a little differently.
RevTheory1126 Posted January 21, 2017 Posted January 21, 2017 3 hours ago, polscimajor said: How do schools choose their shortlist? By shortlist do you typically mean the list chosen with GRE GPA or the list that has actually considered your SOPs and LORs? Yeah, from what little I understand, it basically boils down to the idiosyncrasies of individual departments... things like, how many can they take in a given subfield, how many did they take last year, what profs are available, what faculty in other subfields think about your application (and how much sway that carries with others on the adcomm), how much your POIs are willing to advocate for you...  basically lots of negotiating and compromise, in addition to your application's ability to covey academic quality and "your stats." Kinda random, yes, but also a really tough task, so I get it.
RevTheory1126 Posted January 21, 2017 Posted January 21, 2017 5 hours ago, Monody said: Is it normal that manuscripts stay in the "Awaiting final decision" limbo for two weeks? It has been out for review the two months before New Years Eve and I am wondering whether they are working on the backlog or whether it may be something else. That seems odd, might be worth following up with editor, if for nothing else than a timeline for when they plan to get a decision to you...?
guest56436 Posted January 21, 2017 Posted January 21, 2017 Anyone starting to get pretty anxious? I was really good through the holidays and most of January [honestly didn't spent much time thinking about the applications at all]Â but now it feels like it's starting to get close to crunch time here and I'm pretty nervous about it. Mike_Novick and philpot 2
tkid86 Posted January 21, 2017 Posted January 21, 2017 21 minutes ago, Comparativist said: Anyone starting to get pretty anxious? I was really good through the holidays and most of January [honestly didn't spent much time thinking about the applications at all] but now it feels like it's starting to get close to crunch time here and I'm pretty nervous about it. Not anxious necessarily... I've had my applications in since October (had to — was out of the country with limited internet access) and have been more or less fine since then. But now I am ready to know the outcome of all that hard work and move forward to figure out what next (and start planning; I'm a planner).Â
Monody Posted January 21, 2017 Posted January 21, 2017 1 hour ago, tkid86 said: Not anxious necessarily... I've had my applications in since October (had to — was out of the country with limited internet access) and have been more or less fine since then. But now I am ready to know the outcome of all that hard work and move forward to figure out what next (and start planning; I'm a planner). Same here practically. Given I changed some things here and there but Ive mostly been fine even though I checked my inbox quite frequently after those fake princeton acceptances came up.
RevTheory1126 Posted January 21, 2017 Posted January 21, 2017 2 hours ago, Comparativist said: Anyone starting to get pretty anxious? I was really good through the holidays and most of January [honestly didn't spent much time thinking about the applications at all]Â but now it feels like it's starting to get close to crunch time here and I'm pretty nervous about it. This was the first week I have been really on edge. Any new email makes my heart jump, especially if it has anything to do with a grad program ( eg advertisements, etc.). I imagine once I get my first notification, it will break some of the tension...
GradNYC Posted January 21, 2017 Posted January 21, 2017 9 minutes ago, RevTheory1126 said: This was the first week I have been really on edge. Any new email makes my heart jump, especially if it has anything to do with a grad program ( eg advertisements, etc.). I imagine once I get my first notification, it will break some of the tension... Yes, very anxious.Â
krapp Posted January 21, 2017 Posted January 21, 2017 Anyone claiming the Michigan State one on the boards? Looks like they have a history of spreading their decisions out between mid-January to mid-February, so it may be real or may just another annoying troll.
jej3 Posted January 21, 2017 Posted January 21, 2017 Can confirm Rice University is out, I go there and my senior thesis advisor says that they've completed ranking their applicants, which means that decisions should be mostly out.Â
changeisgood Posted January 22, 2017 Posted January 22, 2017 6 hours ago, Comparativist said: Anyone starting to get pretty anxious? I was really good through the holidays and most of January [honestly didn't spent much time thinking about the applications at all]Â but now it feels like it's starting to get close to crunch time here and I'm pretty nervous about it. Well, I got one of the early admits, so the tension has been largely released in the house. Â Mrs. changeisgood particularly, I think it was tougher on her than me. Â That being said, someone else mentioned being a planner, and that's me too. Â Now, I want the *rest* of the notifications to come in so I can make a final decision and go forward. Â Not being able to plan ahead bugs me intensely. Â Having to get a Masters Thesis written during all of this and prep for a conference (never mind my courses and TA stuff) is around to keep my mind busy, fortunately. BigTenPoliSci and Bibica 1 1
dagnabbit Posted January 22, 2017 Posted January 22, 2017 Can we all make a pact to post our profiles/results in the wrap-up thread when we've heard back from all of our programs? I know that past wrap-up threads have been an invaluable resource for me throughout this process, and I feel like the only way to give back is to give future applicants more data to analyze. jazzmintea, curvilineardisparity, philpot and 1 other 4
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