[Fall 2011]

Glad if I could help! And since you're into psycholinguistics, I don't really think you should be worried that your sample deals with an issue in psychology.

EDIT: OMG, I just checked my mail - I'm shortlisted at Michigan!! I'm sooo happy!

But I'm also sad 'cause I probably won't be able to visit due to financial issues - the plane ticket would be more than $1k. It's night here, so I'll have to discuss things with my parents tomorrow evening (yeah, I have lectures on Saturday )...

EDIT #2: Oh, the mail says the department will pay up to $500 for airfare, so money stops being a problem. But what about the fact I don't have a US visa? I don't think I can get it in three weeks...

Congrats! UMich Visit would be awesome! As a Chinese student who went to the campus visit last year at UMich, I strongly recommend you going there. I also encountered the same visa problem, however with some helpful suggestions from my seniors and from BBS, I managed to get one. The tip is that you need to make an appointment fist, whether the interview date is after the date of the campus visit. Then, you just write a letter explaining the urgent situation and fax it together with your passport and visa appointment info to the US consulate of Shanghai/Beijing/Guangzhou (depending where you live). You can find more info. about it via the following link:

Beijing Embassy

Shanghai

Note: From this link, it seems that they change the way of sending the application method. Now, you need to send your stuff via email, which is much more convinient!

Last thing, good luck and have fun!

PS the type of visa you need to apply is B1/B2