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The maintenance message came up around 9pm the night before sometime from 2011 to 2013, and I think one time the day before at 9:30am, so, I'd assume if there's no message up by tomorrow night it'll be next week. I also have a hard time believing they'd stray from Tues/Fri though I'm unsure as to why they've kept it to those two days.

At least for the past six-seven years there's always been the maintenance message beforehand.

I'm still assuming that if there's no maintenance message by tomorrow at 9pm, it's not gonna be Tuesday - though this may just be a method for me to feel some control over the arbitrary release date, lol #relatablethoright?

Ya, I feel like releasing it early last year has sharply increased the anticipation for this year #ugh #increasedexpectationsincreaseddisappointment

If the maintenance message isn't up by 9pm today, I'm assuming it's next week or the week after. Ugh. Hope everyone is taking care of themselves!

Ok, so it's looking like it's not going to be tomorrow given that a maintenance message has preceded literally every announcement in the past few years, unless I'm mistaken. Now time to see if we can put it out of our minds?

So if the maintenance message doesn't come up by around 9PM EST tonight, we're assuming it's Friday?

Hi all, does anyone know if any HMs have been bumped up to fellows/when that may occur? I don't have high hopes for that but wanted to ask before I start planning on whether to apply again this year, starting up the writing process again, etc.

E/VG VG/E E/E HM as an Undergrad Disappointed but it's okay. Would be curious on anyone's thoughts on whether to apply again as a first year grad or as a second year grad (and how people navigated that decision this year). Congrats to those who got it!

This is awful, and hopefully it shows all the scientists in the ivory tower that research and science are unfortunately political, whether they want it to be or not. Further reading: https://conditionallyaccepted.com/2017/03/01/science-march/

One more month!

Just wanted to update and say that I was accepted over another applicant who had already worked with my POI and had significantly more experience than me (they published with my POI, were close with her, etc.) So it is definitely possible if you interview well and are confident.

Hi! Could anyone who got into UCLA please message me their POI? Or if in general if they know if the school is done extending offers? Just b/c I'm holding multiple offers atm and am trying to determine a timeline for how long I should expect to have to hold on to them.

What exactly are prestige and rankings determined by? I feel like a lot of people just take rankings at face value without questioning who determines them (i.e., which people have enough power to determine rankings, that the field of psychology is still dominated by white men who are biased when selecting which grants get funded, etc.) Because I'm considering a super less well-known school over a top 5 program - it looks like I'd be able to publish about the same amount, the faculty at this less well-known school are super respected in their field, etc. And this lesser known school is extremely competent in terms of diversity and social justice compared to all the other programs I applied to, including this top 5 one. Though, as OP touches on, people have told me that going to this top 5 program would help me get a job after graduation - but at this point I'm not sure it's the type of job I would even want (though this program was great when I interviewed, just not as good a fit for me I think). I'd be curious to hear what other people think, because after going on some interviews I feel like basing your decision on fit is the way to go.

How is everyone holding up with the wait?