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@phdthoughts Health/Interp/Org/media/ or pr Comm at Purdue?

@phdthoughts oh man, what comms program were you looking into?

@pinoysoc Purdue I know has a Health Comms and a Interpersonal Comms PhD program

@ms123456 @ShewantsthePhD YES now I exclusively say: wherever I can get into with funding.

@swazibound and @twin35 yeah, so they had over three hundred applicants this year and they admitted a high number last year, but yeah, the cap usually per phd program for comm sciences specifically is 4 as I understood it. There are four divisions in Comm Arts.

@phdthoughts Here's one that was posted today Purdue University Communication, PhD (F18) Accepted via E-mail on 23 Jan 2018 A 23 Jan 2018

@twin35 Welcome! I was told that about 60 people made the first cut at UW - Madison, and some were invited for interviews, and from that cut they are selecting around 4 to the MA program and 12 for the PhD program (for all of Comm Arts). Hope that helps

@Dan_Xu Still waiting, I have an informal interview at Northwestern tomorrow with my POI. Hopefully it goes well; I'm optimistic. I am waiting for a TA decision from Milwaukee, and still debating if I should apply to the Fellowship programs, since their deadline for submissions outside of department is in a week... but I really want to get an assistantship.... so we will see. Waiting on IRB decision and DePauw Conference decision. @Alina_D Hello! I've only had one interview like this, and they were not for graduate school. But I'd say if you know who is on the panel, look at what research their doing, and come up with a set of questions you want to ask them, like about the department, student life, assistantships/fellowships, other funding, student outcomes, etc.

HAAAAAAA SAME University Of Minnesota - Twin Cities (UMN) Physics, PhD (F18) Rejected via Website on 22 Jan 2018 ♦ A 23 Jan 2018 No email, checked website like others. Applied to CME. 2.5 years research and REU, no publications. Disappointed, but I couldn't be a Vikings fan anyway.

Leaving to go to an interview at another school, definitely a confidence booster

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Good luck @mintless !! At least it's just one.

@GreenEyedTrombonist Right? Too long.

@GreenEyedTrombonist That sounds awesome! See, that definitely fits NCA's theme.

@Dan_Xu @GreenEyedTrombonist I know right? I was thinking about submitting, but my research doesn't really fit with the theme this year since its about sexual education competency in early adulthood (not play-esque lol). But I was talking with my sponsor about it so who knows? The deadline is in March so there's still time.

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CSCA President just emailed; my project got accepted to the undergraduate research conference in April! YAY!! I only wish it wasn't so close, since then I'd be able to travel.

Yeah @mintless I don't think they've sent out any invitations to the top 60 or so yet for interviews so there's still time. Past years that was done in the first week of February.

Just got an acceptance to Milwaukee! I'm so excited! No word on funding but OMG.

@GreenEyedTrombonist Thanks four spots total for the Masters/PhD for all of Communication Arts, and about twelve for the PhD. Which is insane. But whoever gets MX is really lucky, he was so nice, and gave me a renewed sense of confidence.

Just had my Madison interview, and he my POI said they've already made their first cuts. Unfortunately I didn't make it unless something changes. But he was super helpful and said to keep going on this path, which was really thoughtful. He said there were only four spots avail. and a really competitive pool.

I LOVED THIS.

@whitmanifesto Will do!

@whitmanifesto JR is my POI yes. I totally understand that feeling though; the thought of inconveniencing people fills me with dread. However the worst that could happen is they don't answer or they are too busy. All in all it helps relieve the stress and helplessness caused by the unrelenting radio silence from programs.

There is still time! It's normal to feel depressed about it, but just know that you've accomplished so much already just going through this process.