Ignore waitlist. I saw some Political Science activity a few weeks ago. I emailed Holly (political science coordinator) on Monday enquiring about decision notification date and she informed me Political Science will hear back by Friday 9th. I also sent a generic email to GSAS admissions office and they informed me 'they could not give an exact date'. From this, it seems best to contact a specific person within the department for information. This probably applies to all departments. I hope this helps someone. Good luck everyone!

TTPB: did they notify any one of you guys about who your advisor will be? And asides from communication from the DGS, did any faculty reach out?

All's well, I'm going to Columbia.

I sent an email asking about the status of my application. 15r, 0p :(

It shows "Denied" on the portal- no email yet, but feels a bit funny there's not been communication from the program?

I would say that you should hear back between now and June. German universities are not known for being particularly fast in their decision-making process and it also comes down to how competitive you are as a candidate. More competitive candidates seem to get their admits sooner and the middling candidates a bit later. But, chin up, because Mannheim is solidly good school it competes for PhD students that also apply to places like Oxford, Cambridge, LSE, the Ivies, etc. and it just doesn't have the name recognition. Also, compared to other European schools (like Gothenburg, Leiden, Aarhus, etc.) they pay their PhD candidates surprisingly little (only €1,250 per month I think). So, it's possible if not probable that if you don't hear back soon you may still get in because Mannheim just doesn't have the same name recognition/resources to always attract the wunderkinder.

Received formal letter of offer couple days afterwards

Russell Group Economics undergrad top 5% of course.

[NOT WL] Has anyone else heard back besides the one that submitted their results? I'm a bit confused because I've received neither an offer nor a rejection. Does anyone know if there's a waitlist?

Canadian w/ a Canadian honours BA. Notified via email to check portal

Econ undergrad from a top Asian university with low scores on Econ core, but overall score is ok. Have some experience in course-related research and also work hard on my research proposal. Also applied for the same course of Oxbridge, got rejected by Cam on 02/22 and accepted by Ox on 03/31. Best luck to all!

**Did not receive an email*** Has anyone been notified for the Political Science PhD program?

Offered $14,000 assistantship and full tuition remission

This took?? Ridiculously forever to hear back from??? At least I can say my application season is OFFICALLY over. 1a/5r

(NOT WL) TTPB: On the student room thread some reported that the upload button in the online application has disappeared, indicating that we will get answers soon.