Sociology Graduate School Admission Results

Invited to Prospective Graduate Student Open House

Invited to open house

The first cut is the deepest...

Called Stanford to see if they had made all admissions notifications. Was told they have notified all people they have accepted. If you haven't heard by now, you were probably rejected as well. Sorry. :(

I e-mail the grad director and she sent the following: I am afraid that offers of acceptance have gone out. Official notification that you were not accepted will be coming soon. I hope that you have other offers, and wish you the best in the future.

Waitlisted after interview weekend. Loved the program, but I didn't make as strong an impression on faculty as I'd hoped. Fingers are still crossed, though.

Saturday night request for a phone interview Sunday morning. Ridiculous. Withdrew application.

Received message in the mail yesterday, but I was able to verify it online last week.

Received letter in the mail yesterday, but I was able to verify it online last week.

* Clarification. I meant to type PSU not UPenn. Sorry for the misunderstanding I may have caused. *They want to talk about the status of the application.

They want to talk about the status of the application.

Emailed to see when decisions would be sent out, emailed back within the hour. Received the exact same email as the poster below ("While your application was viewed favorably, this year's applicant pool was particularly competitive..."). If you emailed the coordinator and haven't heard back yet, it might actually be a good sign.

Asked to set up a date and time to discuss the status of my application. Could be an interview, but judging by last year's results, could be an admit?

Unofficial acceptance email. Visit day is Feb 17th. No word on funding yet.

emailed grad coordinator to see if dept. was on track with their projected schedule of acceptances out by the end of the month. received word back within an hour: "...While your application was viewed favorably, this year's applicant pool was particularly competitive. As a result, we are unable to offer admission to you and many other impressive applicants for 2011..." glad to get the first rejection out of the way! :)

With fellowship