LeSighhhhh

@stedf Thanks for the info! Still no news here (and another school that says "in review" while someone else has posted their results on the forum). This wait (and the resultant stress) is probably going to knock years off my life. @I'mReallyScaredIWontGetIn I know your pain; that happened to me last year and it absolutely sucks. But remember that it's not the end of the world, nor is it an indictment about your work. My experience is that it's a crapshoot (at least, for composition), and that good work can be done during a gap year. (Not that it helps with the anxiety in the short term, though). [Edit: and I don't mean to count you out just yet either!]

Howdy all, I've been watching this for about a week but now have mustered the energy to create an account because I have a question based on recent developments: I see on the survey page for Music Composition that Duke and UCSD have sent out acceptances to (at least) one applicant. Upon seeing that, I checked my application status which still says "Under Review" for UCSD and a Duke grad-admissions representative said something similar (that they have "no decision information [to give] at this time"). Obviously, while it's just speculation, anyone have any ideas why that might be? My best hope is that it doesn't mean anything and I still have a shot at either of those respective institutions, but the cynical part of me suspects that this is either just an informal wait-list or the procedure for rejected applicants. Anyone have any other ideas I've overlooked, or any insight on why a school might do this? (And it should be noted that I had very little expectation on getting in to either school, but it'll still sting if/when the rejection comes).