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I think it was for a different department, Comm Sc is not Comm arts, it's confusing how they separate the department

My UWisc-Madison (Comm Arts PhD) app status just changed to "Your application has been received and will be reviewed by your program. Please refer to this page for updates."

I think you missed the point of my argument, it was optimistic. I am confident that whatever occurs will happen because that is what is supposed to happen. The schools I chose were chosen because they are good fits, and I believe my SOP reflects that. I have zero qualms about the quality of work I submitted to be reviewed. I have other obligations to consider besides just grad school, no matter how much I may want it. My life isn't over by any stretch of the imaginiation, just the opposite, the choices I am given here will shape the decisions I need to make. I am attempting to say not to get down from rejections, but consider the alternatives that shape the decisions you have to make, whether they be to reapply in a future season, or attempt something else.

I'm gonna be honest with you, I'm 28, this is the only chance I have of getting into a grad school before I have to be realistic and start working. I know I put a strong application together, and now, it will be what it will be, not gonna be negative or pessimistic, the best opportunity will present itself in time, stay positiv

I don't know, but I told my professor and he was really suprised, I guess they called him, and he was pretty sure that I was going to get in, who knows though, sometimes funding just doesn't work out like you had planned and need to accept less than originally the department had hoped for. Such is the current case with Cornell, who 3 years ago could accept 14, and now can barely afford 3

And a rejection email from Michigan follows the personal rejection... 2 down, 2 to go

Rejected by Cornell today, at least my professor told me face to face (I am undergrad), the better news is that I made top 15 here, despite not having funding for the student to stay on who completes undergrad here. Overall, I was reaffirmed that my application was strong, and that I should be expecting positive feedback from the other schools to which I have applied

Cornell will likely be next week (I am undergrad in the program) and they had a meeting yesterday I believe. I am new to site, but have been browsing on and off. I applied to UPenn, Cornell, Michigan, and Wisconsin, so good luck to all.