bare_foot

eh all kinda overwhelming, don't know quite what it was i don't think i'm that typical of the programme, but for what it's worth: international student, undergrad+masters not actually in communications (and outside the US system). i've worked for 4 years, most recently in a university research job. my GRE scores were ok, bit lower than the average for the programme but not bad. i felt my writing sample (research paper that, after a whole year of painstaking revising, is finally about to be published!) was pretty good. my personal statement wasn't good at all, but it was... sincere, I guess? i waited a couple of years to start a PhD and I think I'm much clearer now about my reasons for wanting to. crazy excited. good luck with the rest of yours!

accepted via email last night too. good luck to everyone! my head is spinning

also not. perhaps overreacting, but I'm really starting to question what the rest of the PhD experience will be like if this is how the admissions process feels. ugh.