Applesandbananas

Yes, I received an email yesterday with an official offer and details on funding. The standard package is $25,000 for five years on top of tuition, etc. I’m also nominated for a school wide funding package, so that could be the reason why I’ve received funding information.

Do we think that all MIT acceptances went out today?

I've also received emails mostly from professors not in my SOP at other schools, so maybe this is normal? Or once again, I was just terrible and picking POI in my SOP.

I'm in the same boat. I'm living in SEA, but I've decided that it's not worth it to take the trip to visit schools since it's a 24+ hour journey. My plan is to set up calls with professors and grad students at my top choices, and I'm hoping that I can make a decision based off of that.

Yeah, I received emails from two professors not mentioned in my SOP and emails from one professor mentioned in my SOP. Makes me think I did a bad job selecting professors for my SOP...haha

For anyone on the edge of their seats over this, I got an email today and the link was updated with a rejection from UCLA. At least now I know.

I have acceptances at Duke, UCSD, OSU and two other schools. I'd just enjoy some clarity to this fairly opaque decision notification process.

Yikes, I just checked my app status and received this message: To date, no decision has been made on your application. Please note that most decisions on graduate admissions for fall term are made in the months of March and April and therefore you should not anticipate a decision much before that time period. I'm hoping they at least viewed my application?

Yes not a troll. The email was very personalized and informed me that I’d hear more officially soon. It could very well be that the chair reached out to me before other acceptances were sent, although I don’t have any solid insight into that. I did have another professor from UT email me today asking if I had any questions etc.

I received an email about 5 hours ago from the graduate program assistant. I’d also had POIs reach out prior to the email. Although, I have no insight into where they are in sending out acceptances.

The email came in about 3 hours ago.

Thanks. The Austin email was personalized from the chair of the comparative politics field, so there's a good chance that acceptances are still coming out.

Claiming admits to UT Austin, UW Seattle, and UCSD. Presumed rejection from NYU.

Thanks. Congrats to everyone accepted! Good luck to everyone else

I got an email saying I’m waitlisted at Princeton, and they usually make acceptances off the waitlist close to April 15.