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@DannieGirl Hi there! Congrats on your admission! It seems our applications overlap a lot! I too got interviews from Penn State and UNC, both via skype in mid-January because I live abroad, but I didn't know their onsite interviews were arranged so late. And I also applied to UPenn though I don't have very high expectation. My research interest lies in science and environment communication and climate-change related issues. Let's just wait it out:)

Just to share some knowledge at this stressful moment: I also applied UW Madison, I had a phone talk with my POI BEFORE submitting my application when I sent a self-intro email. I was quite surprised. But I haven't heard from them since then. I asked a friend who is doing his PhD there, and he told me there are indeed some students coming in without funding but once they find jobs on campus, a tuition remission will apply. Apparently there are different tracks of admission (at least three): Communication Arts, Journalism/Mass Comm and Life Science Comm and the latter two are in one joint PhD program but the admission decisions are made independently. And that's why there are so much confusing different information about interviews and dates of notices. I am not 100% percent sure about my friend's words but thought worth mentioning to clarify the myth of UW Madison admission a bit. Btw, am I the only one applying the Life Science Comm track at UW Madison here? Looking forward to meeting some peers!

@coffeeaddict2230 Thank you! I've applied to several public university and OSU has the highest requirement for TOFEL speaking. I believe you'll pass their tests for sure if you eventually decided to go to OSU. Congrats again! Hope more offers are on the way.

@coffeeaddict2230 Congratulation！First offer report here this year! Looking forward to seeing more from others... and myself of course! Just curious, I seriously considered OSU but didn't apply eventually because their language requirements for international students are very high, (28 in TOEFL Speaking). I assume from your location that you may also need a TOEFL score to get in? Is it true that you need such a high score to get in? - Ignore me if it is not relevant.

Hey, please can you show me where the post is? I haven't seen any at least in this forum. I have also applied to Wisconsin-Madison and several other schools, and UWM is really one of my dream schools. Wish us all good luck!!! So far I've got an online interview scheduled with UNC-Chapel Hill soon, and they actually mentioned in admission instructions that there would be on-site interviews for US applicants and online ones for international applicants (my category). I think I will have my finger crossed and keep stress eating through January. Anyone joining the team? :P