HighlyCaffeinated

Yes, it was very early! I was shocked.

Yes, I was accepted Jan 12 and went to their visit day last week.

Best of luck

Good luck! I understand the email checking aspect.... I've found myself glued to my email for the last month!

I have heard from many professors that it's harder to be accepted into your alma matter. I even heard one professor describe it as nepotism.

Holding out hope that Yale has a waitlist Not sure why I've had my heart so set on Yale, but nonetheless I do.

I'm assuming so- their visitation day is on Friday.

Is anyone else going to USC's visitation day on Friday? They tend to have cohorts of around 4 people, so I'm guessing it will be a small group.

A surprising amount of schools don't have the day off. There will likely be less news, but still a substantive amount. Has anyone noticed days of the week in which news is more likely?

I'm assuming you're applying for sociology! Here's the link: http://www.thegradcafe.com/survey/index.php?q=sociology Best of luck

How common is news on weekends? I had always assumed I wouldn't hear anything on weekends, but the last two weekends seem to have been full of news for others.

Good luck to you! I would've been surprised too. I guess you just never know!

Also to those discussing the UCLA visitation email... It might help you clear up the situation by figuring this out. Whoever received it: perhaps check if all of the emails listed were all other accepted students? For some of my graduate admissions notifications, many people were CC'd that are in the department.

The UCLA decision portal is here: https://appstatus.grad.ucla.edu/Account/AppStatus.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2faccount%2flogin.aspx Enter your email address and it should give you an open to retrieve password. They give you a randomly generated password, not one you've used before.

Haha! I'm out of upvotes but that is true! This week I switched to tea instead of coffee for that very reason.