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All right, all right, I finally got accepted today. I got an e-mail a little after 5 this evening saying that I have been recommended for admission to the Ed. D. Program, and another e-mail shortly after inviting me to the admitted student dinner. Poosher - I'm 100% sure that yours is on its way. The admitted student dinner is on 5/2, so I'm sure you'll hear before then. They certainly seem to be moving a little bit faster now. I'm not sure what the holdup was before.

Interesting. Sweeny - I'm glad to hear you spoke with someone. At least you got some type of assurance that your app was moving along. I received an email on Tuesday stating that my application "has been processed and will be sent for faculty review." From what it sounds like, that could take awhile. It sounds like the Asst. Director has probably been getting some heat from applicants about getting decisions made. I would assume that will speed up the process, but we'll see. Let's all keep each other posted on any progress. I makes me feel better when I know some movement is happening for somebody. Good luck!

You bring up another good point, Sweeny. On Rossier's website, they state that in 2012 (last year), 379 applications were received for the Ed.D. Program. Of these, 219 enrolled. That's an unbelieveable 58% yield. In other words, out of 379 applications, only 160 people either didn't get accepted or chose not to attend (went somewhere else, decided not to go to school, etc.). Without knowing exact statistics, I could find it reasonable that 66 people were admitted, yet chose not to attend. If that's true, then at least 3 out of every 4 applicants were granted admission last year. I work at a Cal State School, where we received over 40,000 applications this year. Our yield is much, much smaller, and we had the majority of decisions out within 2.5 months (I submitted my app almost 3.5 months ago). Granted, I'm sure we have a bigger staff. But seriously, 2+ months for <400 apps? C'mon. What's more, UCLA's deadline for a deposit is 4/20. If SC doesn't their act together, they're going to lose some good folks to that program before they even return a decision. Unless that's a strategy their using to manage their incoming class, I don't see why you would do such a thing. It's really just disappointing.

Sweeny - I thought the same thing and sent an e-mail on Friday inquiring about the status of my application. I received a reply stating that "my transcripts posted in admissions this week and my file would be sent for review early next week." I guess I'm not sure what that means, but I find it hard to believe that I submitted my application on 1/1/13 and it hasn't even been reviewed yet. To be fair, I had requested all of my supporting docs (transcripts, test scores, etc.) on 1/4 to be sent to USC and UCLA. I received an e-mail from USC on 2/20 stating that they had not received one of my transcripts (which is odd, as I requested one to be sent to UCLA at the same time and they didn't have any problem). I immediately requested another one to be sent and confirmed shortly thereafter that they had received it at USC. I have lived near USC for some time and I know their Post Office is not always perfectly reliable, but a lot of time has elapsed since then and I just keep finding it harder and harder to believe that they're efficiently processing the applications. As great a job as SC did with info sessions, etc. I think they have done an equally poor job with managing the application process.

Thank you! I'm not sure where I'm going yet. I would like to see about SC first, then make a decision. Those are the only two schools I applied to. We'll see. How about you? Did you apply anywhere else? Is waiting for USC driving you as crazy as it is me?

I haven't. I did get a phone call letting me know that I was accepted to UCLA, but nothing from USC.

Scholar - That's fantastic! Congratulations! I'm sure you're relieved. I haven't heard yet either, poosher, but here's to still maintaining hope!

Interesting. I've been trying to gauge when the decisions were sent out in past years, but there don't appear to be too many EdD Program applicants on this site, except for applicants to Harvard's program. But I hear you, I just hope we hear back soon!

Hello, Scholar29. I applied to the EdD program at USC on 1/1/13. I got an e-mail last week saying that I was missing a transcript and asking if I could re-send it. The e-mail went on to say that they were in the process of reviewing applications, but to date my status on the ApplyYourself website hasn't changed - it still just says "Submitted." Same for you?