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Thank you! That's what I think is going to help me as well - I haven't narrowed my interests enough and have been tentative about committing to a specific area. I'm interested in education, but I know that I need more than just inequality/stratification and education. I do tend to take awhile to make big decisions, so I know that I'll benefit from stepping away for a bit over the summer while it all percolates.

For those who have gone through this process for a second (or third) time - were any of you accepted to programs that may have rejected you the previous cycle? I applied to a couple of local programs this cycle as a "soft" attempt, knowing that I had no intention of moving my family this year and that I still needed to work out some of my interests. I'm completing a MA and trying to divide time between school, a research project, full-time job, and family left little time to focus on a wide range of applications. FWIW - my undergrad grades are terrible (and very outdated), 4.0 Masters GPA, 162V/157Q/4.5AW (and I'm willing to retake since I didn't study for that attempt). If any of you are willing to share what you think made the difference between your first cycle and second/third, I would be grateful. Thank you!

I'm still holding out hope! I just called the office at UMD and was informed that not all acceptances have been released yet. She expected that the rest of the acceptances should go out in the next week and that rejections would go out around the same time. Still vague, but I guess it isn't over until it is over?

Delurking here - I only recently discovered this site and it has been helpful to see notifications rolling in. Has anyone received a rejection from Maryland or Cornell? I saw some acceptances posted on the results page awhile ago but haven't seen any rejections. The grad coordinators were appropriately vague when I called last week. Thanks!