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Those are some awesome options! Santa Barbara is gorgeous but pricey, and -- well, honestly, I'm biased because I fell in love with Santa Cruz quite a few years back. The forests are delightful and the campus is too. (But again, I went to school in the redwoods of Northern California, so that's kind of my thing. You tend to fall in love with the trees though...I don't know a single person who hasn't.)

I'm still beyond excited for you You're going to do friggin awesome no matter where you end up!

Congrats!! You're going to have a seriously difficult decision to make, that's for sure!

Hey! I didn't do a campus visit this time around, but I wouldn't expect them to hold it against you at all for not doing one. I visited like 4 years ago while looking at Master's programs (didn't end up applying there), but wouldn't expect them to remember me at all. I did exchange e-mails with my POI earlier in the year and he seemed really interested in working with me, but let me know that their department doesn't have guaranteed funding but that TAships are available if they offer you one. I am waiting to hear back from them and Emory before making my final decision on UCLA though -- I'm wishing you luck! Even if I do get offered a spot, I'll likely be turning it down, so hopefully that will up the chances for everyone else

I'm from California originally, but my Master's work in Maine (which was funded, so I actually had time to get my thesis and whatnot done) definitely gave me a boost for the PhD applications -- not to mention, I had the support of some really wonderful scholars there. So I wouldn't say UC schools are super hard to get into, you just have to have the perfect fit for research interests! I got lucky and my POI had gone to undergrad with my advisor, so he knew that our research interests aligned pretty closely and encouraged me to apply to UCLA. I really wanted to apply to UCSC because I fell in love with it quite a few years back, but the fit just wasn't there so I didn't waste my application money. I can't wait to hear about the rest of the results for you (especially UCSC, because I'll totally be jealous if you get to be a banana slug)! And same goes for UCSB Gorgeous campus. Just a random thought -- did you look into UCSD? I know they do a ton of chicana studies work in their Ethnic Studies dept -- one of my undergrad professors did her PhD work there on latinx prison lit, which I thought was pretty awesome.

Anyone have experience with the drive from the Valley to campus? I'm considering various places to live and really want to find a place with a yard for my hands-on-project-loving significant other. I'm assuming that requirement will get me farther away, but any chance at finding something in the SF Valley for $1200-ish?

I know other people have been accepted, so I can't believe no one has responded to this yet! I'm still waiting on responses from 4/5 places, but to get the ball rolling.... Acceptance: UCLA Gender Studies Specialization(s): Queer Indigenous Studies, Critical Theory

I know that Emory's interviews take place this weekend, so just a few more days and anything after that is fair game to worry about! I'm taking mine as an implied rejection at this point though, since I think I had only ever seen one person wait listed without an interview on here haha.

I applied to Buffalo for American Studies and Colorado (Boulder) for Ethnic Studies, in addition to Emory English, UNC Greensboro English, and UCLA Gender Studies. I've only officially heard back from one (my UCLA acceptance), but since Emory is an implied rejection at this point, my heart is pretty set on UCLA since I never thought in a million years that I'd be accepted there anyways ? Congrats on the MSU acceptance by the way!! Where else are you waiting to hear back from? Edit: To put my extremely varied application choices into context, I should probably mention that my focus is on queer indigenous studies ?

I used to be on here as beet-nik (about three years ago, when I was applying for my MA)....but I forgot my password. So I just thought I'd chime in with a new username since I got into UCLA's Gender Studies program! Also applied to Emory and UNCG English in addition to some American Studies and Ethnic Studies programs.

I'm loving how excited everyone is in this thread! I'm the one who posted the UCLA admit (sorry for being quiet! I've just been lurking for a few months). If anyone has any questions about the UCLA process, I'd be more than happy to answer to the extent of my limited knowledge. Hopefully I'll know more after the campus visit in March.

So....who got the interview? And do you know if they've sent out all notifications yet?