JMCrawfordNJ Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 1 hour ago, deutsch1997bw said: It looks like they stagger rejections, so I'm expecting one in the next couple of weeks. They even staggering rejections now. The nerve of these people. Gik, izmir, devpolicy and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spcgsw96 Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 Claiming a Vandy interview but by a grad student (which I prefer tbqh) but not sure if that’s a bad sign? ilyosha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guest56436 Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 (edited) 4 hours ago, buckinghamubadger said: I'm surprised Brandeis doesn't get more love and have no idea why it is ranked in the 80s in the US News rankings. They have nine TT placements over the past five years, which is remarkable considering that the program currently has only ten doctoral students. Well, I haven't even heard of half of these universities (there's a couple of good placements, though). They have 15 faculty members. It's a tiny program. They don't have a methods sequence from the looks of their course catalog. Not that surprising really? Eva Bellin's work is pretty cool though... Edited February 11, 2018 by Comparativist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spcgsw96 Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 59 minutes ago, ilyosha said: Kind of a silly question but...did they cold call you? Earlier today I got out of a movie with my SO only to see that I had missed repeated calls from a Tennessee area code, which seemed weird without any additional email, text, voicemail, etc. I got a really friendly email from a Vanderbilt grad student asking if we could set up a time to talk over skype or facetime! It may be because I’m an international student though so it would be necessary to negotiate the time difference ilyosha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spcgsw96 Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 (edited) This sounds like a dumb question but I just got a really lovely email from an assisstant professor at one of my top choices. He signed off with his first name but it would be best to address him in my reply as “Professor X”, right? I usually wouldn’t ask but all three of my LOR profs have told me to address them by their first names when I stayed in touch with them post graduation and I’d noted that one of my TAs when I was an undergrad addressed the prof by his first name. I’m guessing I begin w “Professor X” though and maybe later would move on to first names if prompted. Ugh, I’m culturally conditoned to feel extremely uncomfortable addressing professors by their first name lol but wasn’t sure if this was expected of grad students. Edited February 11, 2018 by cedfik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilyosha Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 12 minutes ago, cedfik said: This sounds like a dumb question but I just got a really lovely email from an assisstant professor at one of my top choices. He signed off with his first name but it would be best to address him in my reply as “Professor X”, right? I usually wouldn’t ask but all three of my LOR profs have told me to address them by their first names when I stayed in touch with them post graduation and I’d noted that one of my TAs when I was an undergrad addressed the prof by his first name. I’m guessing I begin w “Professor X” though and maybe later would move on to first names if prompted. Ugh, I’m culturally conditoned to feel extremely uncomfortable addressing professors by their first name lol but wasn’t sure if this was expected of grad students. My feeling is that it's always best to continue with "Professor X" until someone explicitly tells you to address them by their first name. Although I am far more conservative on this than everyone I know, I think it simply never hurts to stay on "Professor" until told otherwise. sbs2018, Gik and spcgsw96 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gik Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 11 minutes ago, cedfik said: This sounds like a dumb question but I just got a really lovely email from an assisstant professor at one of my top choices. He signed off with his first name but it would be best to address him in my reply as “Professor X”, right? I usually wouldn’t ask but all three of my LOR profs have told me to address them by their first names when I stayed in touch with them post graduation and I’d noted that one of my TAs when I was an undergrad addressed the prof by his first name. I’m guessing I begin w “Professor X” though and maybe later would move on to first names if prompted. Ugh, I’m culturally conditoned to feel extremely uncomfortable addressing professors by their first name lol but wasn’t sure if this was expected of grad students. I second @ilyosha on this, though I've been culturally conditioned here in my country to call everyone by their first name haha spcgsw96 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spcgsw96 Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 8 minutes ago, ilyosha said: My feeling is that it's always best to continue with "Professor X" until someone explicitly tells you to address them by their first name. Although I am far more conservative on this than everyone I know, I think it simply never hurts to stay on "Professor" until told otherwise. 4 minutes ago, Gik said: I second @ilyosha on this, though I've been culturally conditioned here in my country to call everyone by their first name haha Thank you both! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poliscibi Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 Anyone going to GWU? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skhann Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 Probably the slowest Sunday on this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sartori Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 (edited) 38 minutes ago, skhann said: Probably the slowest Sunday on this thread. I guess it's time for the Sunday lookahead. Any thoughts about who we can expect to hear from this week? (Bonus question: how do you model the distribution of admissions decisions for a given department? (Don't answer that.)) Very limited results skimming suggests that last year, Stanford, MIT, Yale and Columbia all released results on the Friday of the third week. I.e. this Friday. Edited February 11, 2018 by Sartori Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skhann Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 5 minutes ago, Sartori said: I guess it's time for the Sunday lookahead. Any thoughts about who we can expect to hear from this week? (Bonus question: how do you model the distribution of admissions decisions for a given department? (Don't answer that.)) Anyway, I can only talk about my applications. Vanderbilt appears to have interviewed those it wanted to admit with chances of an invite getting slimmer. Minnesota is likely to announce by the end of this week or early next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeberianStew Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 Hi everyone! Long time lurker here--better late than never?? Thank you to everyone for keeping me (somewhat) sane during this application process filled with staggered acceptances, wait-lists, and rejections. @poliscibi I will be at GWU tomorrow, shoot me a PM if you want to discuss! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deutsch1997bw Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 9 minutes ago, skhann said: Minnesota is likely to announce by the end of this week or early next week. Per Jessie Eastman, the graduate secretary at Minnesota, admissions decisions will be released the week of 2/19. I feel like there's a decent chance that we will hear form Indiana this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobBobBob Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 Yale this week maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckinghamubadger Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 46 minutes ago, Sartori said: I guess it's time for the Sunday lookahead. Any thoughts about who we can expect to hear from this week? (Bonus question: how do you model the distribution of admissions decisions for a given department? (Don't answer that.)) Very limited results skimming suggests that last year, Stanford, MIT, Yale and Columbia all released results on the Friday of the third week. I.e. this Friday. USC is very likely this week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckinghamubadger Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 It seems to me that the Following NRC S-Rank top 40 programs have yet to announce anything: Stanford Harvard Columbia Yale MIT Pitt Rochester Cornell Minnesota USC UC Riverside UChicago Vaderbuilt Brown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izmir Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 2 hours ago, poliscibi said: Anyone going to GWU? I am not going. Why do they have to do it on a Monday smh? WeberianStew 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlesevanshughes Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 2 hours ago, poliscibi said: Anyone going to GWU? I was planning on going, but it would’ve been for purely selfish reason to get a free trip to visit friends since I wasn’t planning on attending if offered. I called them last week to offer my spot to someone else. I hope someone is excited to go in my stead! Gik, devpolicy and WeberianStew 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckinghamubadger Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 Likely next week: Stanford Columbia MIT Pitt Rochester Minnesota USC Chicago Vanderbilt Brown Possible but not exceedingly likely: Yale Cornell UC Riverside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeberianStew Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 36 minutes ago, izmir said: I am not going. Why do they have to do it on a Monday smh? I was thinking the same thing... really difficult Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deutsch1997bw Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 We might hear from the University of Iowa, as well. buckinghamubadger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csantamir Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 Has everyone accepted or waitlisted been contacted by Notre Dame? I haven’t so presume I’m out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiesbaden Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 I got the rejection letter from AU. Sigh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spcgsw96 Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 LSE acceptance! Gik, ArcierePrudente and izmir 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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