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I received my acceptance letter on Jan. 16th after the priority deadline which I was very surprised about. I submitted everything by November 20th, with an official notification from the University the 27th. Anyone else planning on going to Preview weekend in March? I already RSVP'ed.

I attended the Diversity Recruitment weekend at Harvard last year. I think it was a good way to get a feel for the school, program, and administration. They provided some very helpful and informative sessions on financial aid and writing your SOP. But I'm not sure "how" much it helps to get into the program you desire. You do get to meet the program director, so that gives you an opportunity to network. Also- I applied to 15 schools (which was crazy and I don't advice lol) Half are focused around Student Affairs and the other half are more policy, research oriented Higher Ed Master's programs. Best of luck everyone!! Please let me know if anyone's heard from UMichigan or Harvard GSE. They are definitely part of my top 5 picks.

How about Stanford's app? I found it even more annoying than Michigan's. As if signing in wasn't hard enough, having to click through each page to move through the application was painful. It was soooo slow, most the time I thought I was going to be timed out because it took so long to load. Plus the"character count" was excruciatingly painful. I hate their app. I also applied to University of Vermont and I found that the webpage had some bugs. I wasn't allowed to upload anything. When I called the Admissions office they told me I had to contact the site administrators and gave me the run around. Instead I opted for mailing the supporting materials because it was too much of a hassle dealing with them.