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Yeah, I agree. I visited UNC and really liked it. I haven't visited OSU yet, so maybe that will clarify things.

Figured I'd throw in my own situation and see what people think. I'm in American and want to do behavior, public opinion, voting, etc. I'm trying to decide between UNC and OSU (UIUC is also in the mix but behind the others). It seems to me to be pretty much a toss-up between the two. Thoughts?

Same for me. It was expected and good to know officially.

MIT said they would notify the rest of their applicants about a decision today (by email if I remember correctly), but I haven't heard anything yet. Has anyone gotten an email?

Also rejected at Minnesota. Lame. I really expected to get in there. Oh well, probably would not have gone anyway so not a huge loss. I guess the cycle is over for me unless I get extremely late acceptances from UCLA and Columbia. It's on to the visitation/decision stage. I'm overall very pleased with how this process turned out and wish everyone still waiting lots of luck!

Haha, I made that same mistake as well in a couple emails before I realized. I'm sure she deals with a lot though.

Congrats! That will definitely be a difficult decision. In my opinion it would all come down to funding. Yale would be hard to turn down if you got funding but the debt might not be worth it otherwise (especially with offers from 2 great programs).

I got an email with funding details an hour or so ago. 5 full years plus health insurance. Not a bad package.

Another UMN acceptance is up on the results page. It mentions something about the applyyourself application. Anyone claiming it?

To those still waiting on UCLA, I emailed Joseph Brown asking about my status and got this response: The admission process is ongoing but will let you know within the next few weeks. That's not really what I expected (I kind of just wanted to confirm my rejection). I guess it means a "few more weeks" of uncertainty.

You're right, OSU hasn't given me that info. But I did talk to the DGS and she said funding was pretty much assured; they just have to wait for results of the fellowship competition to come in before committing. As for UCSD, just the way they've handled it is a bit disconcerting. They seem to be pushing us to come visit without giving any details, which worries me. I don't want to commit time and energy to a cross-country trip if funding might not be guaranteed or their offer isn't reasonable. I know it's not completely rational because they'll pay for my stay, but I'd rather not waste my time (and possibly make other more useful visits) if I know I won't be attending.

Has anyone gotten more information on funding yet? I know the email from Dr. Broz said it would be on or before March 1, but I was hoping it would come before this weekend. They're not making my decision as to whether or not to come to Open House any easier.

I'm assuming because I got nothing. Since they overnight the letters, I think everyone who will be admitted has been.

A few Columbia decisions have recently been posted on the results page. What should we make of them? Is anyone claiming one?

I would tend to agree with Cicero, however, I just checked my status and it says "incomplete" and "at department." It doesn't make sense that it would be incomplete because I clearly sent in everything before the deadline. And if they hadn't received something, I would hope the department would let me know about that. Other than that, I would just say it took a long time for them to update it since it's not a priority. I think I may email them too and find out what's up.