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Anyone have any advice on this: Last week I was admitted with full funding to one of my top choices (in the top 3 I would say), and whereas professors from every other school have reached out via email offering to talk on the phone/skype, I haven't heard a thing from any professor at this particular school. I feel like these conversations have made a real difference for me so far in trying to come to a decision. I'm tempted to contact my POI and ask if he has any time to talk, but I don't want to be pushy. I should also note that because of work, I likely can't attend this school's visiting day/weekend. Any thoughts on what to do here? I'm afraid my neuroticism has taken over my ability to use common sense.

Is there a consensus on what's going on with Harvard? I know there were some POI emails and someone posted in this thread that an official email went out...has that been confirmed? Harvard is the last school I'm waiting on so just curious if anyone has any information on whether they are for sure done sending out admits...

Has anyone received a Princeton rejection or waitlist email yet? It looks like last year they came immediately after the acceptance emails...

given that it's almost 3:30 EST, anyone still think Princeton will send out decisions today?

(This is a long post. For the main question, scroll to the bottom) I'll be applying next cycle and am confused about how languages are evaluated for admissions. As of right now, I have reading ability in two European languages and three South Asian languages. However, I only have college coursework in 2 (both SA languages) of these 5. For the others, it's a mixed bag: One is a language I took 4 years of in high school and used in jobs throughout college. For the other two, I have been self-studying over the past 18 months with the help of some language instructors from my undergrad. Getting more to the point, it's been suggested to me by a mentor of mine that for my particular research interests it will be essential to learn one Middle Eastern language before entering a PhD program. To learn it, I have three options: 1) Self study with a tutor and focus solely on reading proficiency (cheapest) 2) Take classes (5 days/week) at a top 30 university that will allow me to complete a year of elementary level by application time and a year of intermediate/advanced level by the time I enter a PhD program. (most expensive) 3) Take classes at a local nonprofit language institute (affordable) or possibly a community college (If it matters, both the university and language institute use the same texts) Main Question Will admissions committees look down on self-studying or taking classes at a language institute/cc? I'm pretty good at learning languages, and some of the ones I know already are supposed to make it easier to learn this new one. I guess I'm just worried that since I don't have much coursework behind certain languages that my language abilities as a whole will be discounted. I want to do whatever is best for admissions, even if there's only a slight edge to be had. Anyway, I'd greatly appreciate any advice. Thanks.