buckinghamubadger Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 8 minutes ago, toad1 said: Just wondering, did you have POI that you contacted and opened a dialogue with prior to the submission of applications? Or is it someone you simply named in your application and are hearing from first time? I only ask because it was my experience that most universities did not encourage reaching out to faculty prior to getting admitted to the programs. Just wondering what other people's approach with this was. So UCI was something of a unique situation for me since my MA program has a close relationship with them (EG they hire their PhDs and more than a few past MAs have gotten their PhD from there). So I had participated in two conferences put on by the department, where I got to know a couple of profs and grad students. I emailed a couple of people who had been discussants on my papers to give them a heads up that I was applying, one was a POI that I named in my SOP. This was not the POI who contacted me though. At no other program did I email POIs, though I did contact the DGS in a couple of programs that sent me recruitment emails (Missouri and Brandeis) and I had a conversation with the grad advisor (an administrator not a prof) at Washington when I was in Seattle for a conference this past spring. So this was the only program where I had direct contacted a POI directly, but they knew me before hand. Sorry for the long answer toad1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamb Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Small request, but I think something we should be aware of for the coming weeks is be more clear about "Washington", as I've seen people (including myself) using it to describe both University of Washington and Washington University in St. Louis. Congrats to everyone with an official admit at this point! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic_ice Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 My guess, we'll hear from the U o Washington (Seattle) after February 10th, at best. However, hopefully, I'm wrong, and we'll get some news from them earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CandyCanes Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Does anyone know whether it's more likely for Northwestern to release decisions at the beginning of the week or at the end of the week (assuming they release decisions at all this week)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobBobBob Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 22 minutes ago, CandyCanes said: Does anyone know whether it's more likely for Northwestern to release decisions at the beginning of the week or at the end of the week (assuming they release decisions at all this week)? Not sure if this helps at all but I heard Northwestern has already come up with their final short list of candidates (not sure when). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CandyCanes Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 5 minutes ago, BobBobBob said: Not sure if this helps at all but I heard Northwestern has already come up with their final short list of candidates (not sure when). Who did you hear that from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deutsch1997bw Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 33 minutes ago, BobBobBob said: Not sure if this helps at all but I heard Northwestern has already come up with their final short list of candidates (not sure when). Have they been notified? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomah Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 4 hours ago, buckinghamubadger said: Okay so next week here is what to expect: in the likely for SOME decisions to come come next week column I have: Texas Northwestern Colorado Washington Arizona State UCI UCSD Pitt The Bulk of Stony Brook And possibly more from Rice, Ohio State and Penn State, Arizona In the wouldn't be surprising, but not exceedingly likely column: WashU Princeton Michigan Harvard UChicago Notre Dame Again, this could be a HUGE week I'd say that Chicago is exceedingly likely, given past years' results... and Harvard is quite unlikely. They tend to release toward the end of February. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiesbaden Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Hello guys. Here they come. But they, I am sure, will join us in saying, as we bid farewell to the dust of these applications, that wheresoever throughout the academic world the accounts of our admission are read, and down to the latest period of recorded time, in the glorious annals of our common country. megabee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skhann Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Has the FSU sent rejections yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izmir Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 So it begins huh? ? keceli 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deutsch1997bw Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 14 minutes ago, izmir said: So it begins huh? ? It's interesting how getting rejected from two places makes one much less eager to check his email constantly! DKG18, SerenityNow! and Albert01 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert01 Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Anyone heard anything from anywhere yet? not@prof_yet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcm1 Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 17 minutes ago, Albert01 said: Anyone heard anything from anywhere yet? Negative, nothing whatsoever as far as I can tell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
not@prof_yet Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Still haven't heard anything from anyone yet (0a/0w/0r/7p). To people that have received results: did you hear them via email or did you ever find out by checking an application submission page? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guest56436 Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Mondays were often quiet last cycle. Probably because final committee meetings don't take place over the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcm1 Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 24 minutes ago, not@prof_yet said: Still haven't heard anything from anyone yet (0a/0w/0r/7p). To people that have received results: did you hear them via email or did you ever find out by checking an application submission page? Email alerts seem to take a bit longer to come out than website results, often delayed by a couple hours. All four results I've gotten so far have been emailed eventually though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamb Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 (edited) 29 minutes ago, not@prof_yet said: Still haven't heard anything from anyone yet (0a/0w/0r/7p). To people that have received results: did you hear them via email or did you ever find out by checking an application submission page? I've only received interview requests so far, no official acceptance or rejections, and they notified me through email. Both of them came last Monday afternoon. Edited January 29, 2018 by Hamb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hs2011 Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 33 minutes ago, not@prof_yet said: Still haven't heard anything from anyone yet (0a/0w/0r/7p). To people that have received results: did you hear them via email or did you ever find out by checking an application submission page? I found out my email - my 2 acceptances still haven't been updated on the websites yet. My 1 rejection was at about the same time as the email. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpmethods Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 I just received an email from Duke saying that they are at the stage of making decisions so they wanted me to quickly reply and send one my transcripts also in original language (i am international student), should I interpret this as a good sign? And for Duke applicants, I think we will start hearing something soon then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skhann Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 What's the ratio of interview requests translating into actual admissions? I initially thought it was almost a surefire indicator of getting admitted. Now some people have been interviewed and rejected on this forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deutsch1997bw Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 4 minutes ago, skhann said: What's the ratio of interview requests translating into actual admissions? I initially thought it was almost a surefire indicator of getting admitted. Now some people have been interviewed and rejected on this forum. I'd strongly advise against thinking that an interview means you've been accepted. I thought that that because the admissions committee at Wisconsin interviewed me, I was surely going to get in. I did not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert01 Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 17 minutes ago, cpmethods said: I just received an email from Duke saying that they are at the stage of making decisions so they wanted me to quickly reply and send one my transcripts also in original language (i am international student), should I interpret this as a good sign? And for Duke applicants, I think we will start hearing something soon then! By far, I, also an international do not get any email from duke, which makes me nervous... PoliSci45889 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skhann Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 @deutsch1997bw Yes I scanned through the earlier pages and you mentioned that in your posts. Sorry for the hassle you went through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CandyCanes Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 19 minutes ago, cpmethods said: I just received an email from Duke saying that they are at the stage of making decisions so they wanted me to quickly reply and send one my transcripts also in original language (i am international student), should I interpret this as a good sign? And for Duke applicants, I think we will start hearing something soon then! Your transcript wasn't attached to your application? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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