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Thanks songofgallifrey. I'm planning to mentioned a theme that came up in a recent interview that I thought was important and a recent reminder of why I'm interested in my research topic. I have other background experiences that tie into this person's story but my personal background highlights somewhat different parts of this story. The interview also reflects some of the difficulties navigating the systems put in place to help people in these circumstances, which is what I want to highlight with using the interview. I.e. this reminded me of why this issues is so important and then give a short paragraph about one of the issues this person faced navigating the system and then go into my current research (which addresses issues related to this person's story).

Hey Everyone, I had a question about the personal statement. I recently conducted an interview for one of my courses and wanted to include some details from this interview but wasn't sure if this is appropriate. I would get the respondent's permission to include this information before submitting the personal statement I wasn't sure if this would be seen as misusing that person's story.

I know this is a bit off topic, but this seems like the most popular thread on here.Does anyone have any opinions about the University of Connecticut? It's a lower ranked program but it seemed to have attracted a lot of younger faculty who are getting published in a fair amount of top journals in recent years. I'm currently waitlisted but trying to get a better sense of the program in case I do get taken off the waitlist. Any thoughts or opinions about the program would be greatly appreciated.

I would not be surprised if this was true. I found the below link when I first started to apply to programs. According to the document, the rate of completion within 10 years for UCLA is 56%. I don't know how accurate this number is, but it seems that the other information on the document is pretty accurate. With that being said, I still decided to apply to UCLA and would probably still attend if given the opportunity. I don't know how much weight you can put on this, but every encounter I have had with Wendy Fujinami has been really positive. I'd definitely be a little bit worried about the culture at UCLA, but I'd also not rush to any decisions. It seems that your a good fit for both programs, so perhaps the safest option is UC Irvine. But, I wonder what is driving the low completion rate at UCLA, if true, and how your fit with the program might influence your experience with the program. http://tinyurl.com/pu2feyv

I just tried to call UCLA and no one answered. I also just sent Wendy Fujinami an email and let you know if I hear back from her.

Has anyone who hasn't heard anything back from UCLA reached out to the department yet If not, I was planning on reaching out to Wendy Fujinami tomorrow.

I sent Lynne Casper (USC) an email on Friday but haven't heard anything back. I emailed Lynne a question about admission 3-4 months ago and she took about 7-10 days to get back to me. If I hear anything back from her I'll make sure to post an update on here.

Sorry to hear about the rejection. I'm already thinking about how I can strengthen my applications for next year. Can I ask, who did you reach out to at CUNY? I haven't heard anything back from them and am curious on when I can expect to hear back from them.

Does anyone know if it is appropriate to contact a school if you were rejected and ask for feedback on what you can do to make your application stronger for next year?

Does anyone want to claim USC and/or provide more information on what anyone else who applied should expect?

I still haven't heard anything back yet either. I am thinking about contacting them if I don't hear anything by the end of this week. When did you complete your application? I submitted mine on 11/16.

Does anybody know what is going on with UC Irvine? I saw they sent out some acceptance last week but was unsure if they are done sending them out. In past years they sent all the acceptances out in one wave but it also looked like a lot more acceptance were posted.

I still haven't heard anything back from UCLA either, no email and no admission decision on the website. It looks like there were a lot more rejection posts on the admission results page last year, so perhaps they will be sending more out in the next day or two? Not sure. Has anyone else who applied to UCLA not gotten an acceptance or rejection notice?

Thank... it didn't sound like they had sent them all out but I was just getting a little nervous.