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UIC (University of Illinois at Chicago) also recently announced they won't be accepting applications this year https://soc.uic.edu/2021-22-grad-applicants/

Hey @asamsoc I spoke with a student who completed Columbia's MA program a couple years ago who said that in their cohort, 10 people applied to PhD programs afterwards, and five people got in -- the ones that did, though, were accepted into top programs.

@sociopolitic thank you!!! That's really helpful to know - my statement was already reviewed/approved by my advisor so I was worried about cutting pertinent info. I appreciate your help!

Hey everyone, Could anyone familiar with UCLA's sociology department help me out with a quick question on the SOP word limit? The division-wide application portal says up to 500 words allowed, but since this is so much lower than the requirement for all other sociology departments I'm applying to it struck me as odd. I also happened to read someone's statement for UCLA that went significantly over that (1000+ words) from a few years ago who was accepted (I didn't get the statement directly from them so I feel weird to reach out and ask them myself about this). The sociology department website also doesn't specify one way or another, just defers to the "prompts on the application portal". I know people advise to stick to the word limit for these things, and that it doesn't look good to the admissions committee if you don't, but I was wondering if anyone specifically familiar with UCLA's sociology admissions might be able to advise on how they view this (I already tried to contact their office but it's closed until monday/past the deadline on sunday). Or anyone not at UCLA: if there's a word limit set division-wide, do admissions committee necessarily default to that? Or if this isn't addressed specifically on the department's website may they not abide by it too strictly? Reallyyy stressing out about this as deadline is Sunday so any advice would be helpful! ???Thank you!