I also was rejected from Berkeley's Management & Planning today, so you are not alone in that. I hope you find the silver lining in all of this, and have good options elsewhere (ideally with funding! ) Good luck!
I know! I'm in the same boat. I applied by the Jan 8th deadline though, not Dec 11th, so I wasn't expecting to see a result until the folks from the first deadline start hearing results. Good luck!
Thanks for starting this thread! I appreciate the information, and also the fact that someone else is asking these same questions. I've started wondering why I was so optimistic about finances when I started this process. I'd be really glad to hear from other people who found alternative funding sources.