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I don’t know about Duke, but the rumor among predocs is that Columbia would admit a very small class this year (

 

I’ve heard the opposite rumor - that the Columbia class might be pretty close to normal sized minus a few seats for people who deferred the job market. But that’s just hearsay, so you may have a better source.

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Sooo if all these schools are admitting pretty small cohorts this year does that mean we'll be rewarded for the awful admissions season in 6 years when we hit the job market with less competition/better prospects?

 

That’s the silver lining my letter writers have been reminding me of 😂

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I've heard Columbia is reducing their cohort a little bit, but they had many students who were admitted last year and deferred. Consequently, the admitted class will probably be quite small.

 

This is exactly what I heard and hence the rumor that the number of admitted students will be very small. I don’t know if any university other than Columbia has had en exceptional number of deferrals and have very few admits

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Sooo if all these schools are admitting pretty small cohorts this year does that mean we'll be rewarded for the awful admissions season in 6 years when we hit the job market with less competition/better prospects?

 

I had not thought about this yet... that is indeed quite the silver lining!!!

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I am having some major impostor syndrome feelings today. I got an offer from a top 10 (top 5-7?) department a couple of weeks ago and it was a dream come true. Their stronger fields happen to match the fields I’m interested in. However, because I have not heard back from other similarly ranked programs (today seems like IR from Princeton and Columbia), I feel like this was all a fluke. I’m feeling anxious that someone made a mistake and overestimated my profile and I’m not really fit for a top 10 school. Even though I most likely wouldn’t accept other offers over the one I already have, I still find myself craving some sort of validation. Sorry for the rant, just needed to vent a little 😣
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