Kate

That's what I was hoping to hear! Hopefully that's true in my case. Thanks for the info!

I was just told that I would get 50% funding, but I'm unsure what exactly this means. Does this generally mean 50% tuition remission and no stipend, or tuition remission with some kind of 50% of a stipend? I know that it probably differs from case to case, but while I wait to hear back from my program, can anyone tell me what it generally means?

I totally agree. The actual process of making my online flashcards and spending so much time just looking at the words/definitions as I made the program is probably what helped me the most. However, I still hope someone finds my flashcards useful! (They allow you to make up your own sentences and mnemonics!)

Huge congratulations, alfie! That's awesome :-) Will you go there or Cornell? I didn't get in, but I'm happy with my UMCP acceptance so far! Did anyone find out any details about Berkeley, as to how many applied and how many got in? Just curious....

I created some online vocabulary flashcards to study for the GRE Verbal section and they really helped me a lot (my verbal score went up 200 points to the 99% percentile). Since it took me so much time to make them, I figured I would make them "public" and I thought you all might find them useful. http://www.thekatesp....com/dictionary There are two versions of the flashcards: public and personal. Anyone is allowed to use the public version, and the flashcards will test you on some of the most common vocabulary words found on the GRE Verbal test. In the (free!) personal version, you have the ability to create and save your own mnemonics, example sentences, connotations and synonym/antonym lists. All the features are listed on the features page and you can create your (free!) account on the registration page. There are almost 600 words in the database, which I got from the two books I bought for my test prep. I want to add more words and add more features, but it would be great to get feedback from users first. I'm just doing this in my spare time (which I now have, now that my grad applications are submitted!) and this is just a beta version, but I'll try to do what I can as far as "user support," etc. Hopefully some of you might find it useful!

I'm most likely going to UMCP, for Theatre & Performance Studies!

I'm nervous about Berkeley too--I also haven't heard anything. Let me know if you hear anything from them!

Update: I just got a call from the University of Maryland's Theatre Dept saying that they've recommended me to the Graduate School for admission. Hooray!

I applied to UC Berkeley, UCLA, NYU, Brown, University of Maryland, UC Davis and Northwestern for Performance studies, and then UC Riverside for Critical Dance Studies, Duke for Cultural Anthropology and George Mason for Cultural Studies. I've only heard from Northwestern--a rejection that was expected since there isn't a faculty member there who fits my interests. Have you heard anything? Where did you apply? (There doesn't seem to be much choice!)

I am! I'm applying to Performance Studies and Cultural Studies PhD programs with a focus on dance studies.