2017-2018 Application Cycle

[Ayerbender]

25 minutes ago, komina12345 said:

This is how med school and doctoral programs fuse together to become a post-grad Disney monopoly.

Need a few music and art majors for that

[luminalcoin8]

Just to clarify for anyone who's wondering: no credible harvard acceptances have been posted yet.

[guest56436]

1 hour ago, Wongs said:

has cornell offers  all been out？

Yes.

[izmir]

15 minutes ago, Comparativist said:

Yes.

All?

[RodneyTrotter]

I'm not sure if anyone else applied, but I received an acceptance from American (SPA) yesterday. NIce funding package plus summer funding and a conference travel grant. Email was  just to check the portal for a decision.

Also received my Austin rejection. frustrating because this was the one university where I actually knew my POI in person, but perhaps the rest of the department wasn't the best fit.

[Albert01]

3 hours ago, komina12345 said:

I can officially say I received a UT-Austin rejection. Strange seeing as my thesis was literally based around research done by my POI, but whatever.

Actually this happened to me with WashU. I mentioned that my interest in the topic is generated from the works of my POI there; and my writing sample and SOP were somewhat personalized tributes to his work. And they rejected me outrightly. Too strong alignment (if not obsession) with the POI may have hurt my application.

Edited February 16, 2018 by Albert01

[SDMSK]

1 hour ago, RodneyTrotter said:

I'm not sure if anyone else applied, but I received an acceptance from American (SPA) yesterday. NIce funding package plus summer funding and a conference travel grant. Email was  just to check the portal for a decision.

Also received my Austin rejection. frustrating because this was the one university where I actually knew my POI in person, but perhaps the rest of the department wasn't the best fit.

Congrats! I applied as well. Do you know if they have sent out all the decisions?

[katieb93]

Im starting to think I didnt put in enough effort to my research proposal for Pitt....

JUST TELL ME NO ALREADY GOD. ?

[guest56436]

8 hours ago, izmir said:

All?

Yeah, I think so.

[diter91]

Any domestic (Canadian) applicants received acceptance from Toronto?

[PoliSci-freak]

Any Comparativists admitted to Maryland?

[S-Kyo]

Congrats! those who accepted by his or her dream school. In such a case, do you reject other offers immediately?

Which schools' offer probably will you decline?

When is it appropriate to reject offer?

[Albert01]

Yale and Columbia may announce today? Or next week?

[Alex@Beijing]

2a, 6r, 0w, 3p now. Seems that it would be my final day for application. Just waiting for rejections from U Chicago, MIT and Cornell. UT-Austin, if the funding is okay, would be a great choice for me. If anyone is interested in China or Chinese politics, please feel free to contact me via PM here. Fingers crossed for myself and everyone still waiting. 

Edited February 16, 2018 by Alex@Beijing

[audre.bored]

Received funding info from UT this morning.

[possibleirphd]

Finally got a decision notice from Duke, rejected, but expected. Also never got an email from Vanderbilt to interview so adding that to my rejection pile even though I did not get an official notice.

2a/0w/5r/4p

[spcgsw96]

29 minutes ago, Albert01 said:

Yale and Columbia may announce today? Or next week?

Ugh please please please today for my sense of closure

[Alex@Beijing]

8 minutes ago, audre.bored said:

Received funding info from UT this morning.

Got it just now!

[polisciallday]

8 minutes ago, Alex@Beijing said:

Got it just now!

Same. If anyone has questions on cost of living in Austin, feel free to PM me. 

[ArcierePrudente]

11 hours ago, komina12345 said:

Next time, I'll send my chemistry midterm essay to them as a writing sample instead.

I just snorted. Audibly. At work. Everyone is looking at me. 

[scarseed]

Anyone heard from Hopkins? Looks like this Friday has been a common acceptance date in past years.

[Clytemnahstra]

11 hours ago, Comparativist said:

Yes.

How do you know that all acceptances have been sent out?

[spcgsw96]

I doubt that all the acceptances for Cornell have been sent out... there are only 3 acceptances listed on the survey and of course not everyone who gets in is on TGC or posts their results, but it seems unlikely that there would be only 3 responses if they had all been sent out. In any case, for my own sanity trying not to speculate on whether silence = rejection as I doubt we can fully know what goes on for every admissions committee every year. No wild hopes but trying to just operate under the idea that only a rejection letter really means a rejection

[guest56436]

21 minutes ago, Clytemnahstra said:

How do you know that all acceptances have been sent out?

 

14 minutes ago, cedfik said:

I doubt that all the acceptances for Cornell have been sent out... there are only 3 acceptances listed on the survey and of course not everyone who gets in is on TGC or posts their results, but it seems unlikely that there would be only 3 responses if they had all been sent out. In any case, for my own sanity trying not to speculate on whether silence = rejection as I doubt we can fully know what goes on for every admissions committee every year. No wild hopes but trying to just operate under the idea that only a rejection letter really means a rejection

The acceptance list is already finalized. They sent out acceptances to the people on the list yesterday. Ergo, I would suspect they have all been sent out.

[CambridgeHeismanLord]

I know this sounds a bit cliche, but do not give up until you've received a rejection. As I said before, I didn't get my acceptance until early-mid March, and this was far long after many other of my colleagues had gotten acceptances to other places.