<p>seems like most of the listings on the overall admissions post are for science. thought i'd start one up just for poli sci (i think there are a lot of us on this board) and other social science phd applicants. if this seems unecessary, i'll delete the diary. anywho...so i'll start off. applied to 8 PhD programs in political science (IR-focus): columbia, princeton, chicago, mit, georgetown, gwu, american sis, and umd. so far, only one result, a rejection from chicago. others?</p>
<p>Good idea. Applied to programs in Political Science/Government:</p>
<p>U. Virginia - Admitted Ph.D., no word on funding
Boston College - Rejected Ph.D., Admitted for M.A.
Duke - Admitted Ph.D., w/fellowships
UCLA - Admitted Ph.D., w/fellowships
Yale - ?
U. Chicago - ? (not for Political Science, but Committee on Social Thought)
Harvard - ?
Notre Dame - ?
UT Austin - ?
Georgetown - ?
Johns Hopkins - ?
Brown - ?
Claremont - ?</p>
<p>you got into duke, uva, and ucla but rejected from bc???? man, polisci phd admissions definitely ARE unpredictable! congrats on your acceptances so far, you'll be going somewhere great next fall.</p>
<p>ucla - accepted w/ fellowship
uva - accepted, no word on funding (i should call them...)
iowa - accepted, no word on funding
stanford (history)- waitlisted
berkeley (history)- waitlisted
uc irvine - accepted w/ ta-ship
wisconsin - rejected
texas - waiting
northwestern - waiting
yale - waiting
minnesota - waiting</p>
<p>minnesota-accepted with fellowships
duke-accepted with fellowships
chicago-accepted with fellowships
michigan-accepted with fellowships
yale-accepted, no word yet on funding
northwestern-accepted with fellowships</p>
<p>all are for political theory</p>
<p>rejected from american SIS today...man, this is not looking good.</p>
<p>FP06 -- I have a feeling you'll be just fine. For my part, I was worried that I might not be accepted into ANY Ph.D. programs, because of certain less than stellar parts of my record, and because I was applying right from the B.A. On the other hand, I had a publication and a few conferences to show for myself. Initially I was going to apply to 20 programs but cut it down to 13 (my professors still thought that was ridiculous). It seems to me that if you applied to 8, you should expect at least 1-2 good offers to come your way. I'll definitely post what I hear from Georgetown, etc. Good luck.</p>
<p>U. Virginia - Admitted Ph.D., no word on funding
Boston College - Rejected Ph.D., Admitted for M.A.
Duke - Admitted Ph.D., w/fellowships
UCLA - Admitted Ph.D., w/fellowships
Yale - ?
U. Chicago - ? (not for Political Science, but Committee on Social Thought)
Harvard - ?
Notre Dame - Rejected for Ph.D.
UT Austin - ?
Georgetown - ?
Johns Hopkins - ?
Brown - ?
Claremont - ?</p>
<p>U. Virginia - Admitted Ph.D., no word on funding
Boston College - Rejected Ph.D., Admitted for M.A.
Duke - Admitted Ph.D., w/fellowships
UCLA - Admitted Ph.D., w/fellowships
Yale - ?
U. Chicago - ? (not for Political Science, but Committee on Social Thought)
Harvard - ?
Notre Dame - Rejected Ph.D.
UT Austin - ?
Georgetown - ?
Johns Hopkins - ?
Brown - ?
Claremont - Admitted Ph.D., no word on funding</p>
<p>UCLA - political science - accepted, full funding
UCSD - political science - accepted, funding info on 3/1
Ohio State - political science - accepted, full funding
Michigan - political science - ?
Yale - political science - accepted, full funding
Stanford - political science - accepted, full funding
Rochester - political science - accepted, full funding
UCSB - political science - accepted, no funding info
Rice - political science - ?</p>
<p>Hey Paraguay, apparently SAIS letters went out yesterday (see the Political Science/Government thread at who<em>got</em>in) Best of luck!</p>
<p>(Now if only gtown would get the ssp notifications out...)</p>
<p>Woooah false alarm. That's was PLSC PhD notifications (sorry to give you a heart attack!)</p>
<p>columbia - probably rejected (i think all admits have been emailed)
princeton - probably rejected (again, i think admits have been emailed)
chicago - rejected
mit - probably rejected (i think all admits were mailed letters last week)
g-town - ?
gwu - accepted, no word about funding.
umd - ?</p>
<p>just got the rejection email from princeton.</p>
<p>I got rejected from Columbia's Ph.D. today. But, I'd already gotten into my first choice, the London School of Economics, so it is a minor blow to my ego at best.</p>
<p>Pheonix,</p>
<p>Are you getting any type of Financial Aid at the LSE?</p>
<p>I didn't get a graduate merit, but I still have to submit the scholarship form. Its not due in until the end of April, so I have some time. I'm doubtful on the monetary front, though.</p>
<p>Pheonix,</p>
<p>Not to rain on your parade, since LSE is a fantastic school, but how do you plan on paying for doctoral studies if you don't get funding? Honest question.</p>
<p>Because of my current circumstances (husband is stationed at Ft. Hood), I only applied to those two programs. I was wondering if anyone has heard from either one yet?</p>
<p>Wealthy parents? I'm only doing a year there for an MA for now. I'm still not sure where I'll do my doctoral work yet, but money isn't a terrible issue, fortunately.</p>