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I *still* have not received a formal rejection. What bothers me is that I never applied for any Master's program. I applied specifically to this PhD. UChicago should have a box on their application form stating: "If you are not admitted to this program, would you like to be considered for a Master's degree in ______"? I bet the vast majority of students would check no. Honestly, transferring PhD applicants over to MA programs just seems like a blatant ploy for tuition dollars, even with the scholarships they give out. It's kind of gross to keep students waiting this long for formal notification of rejection. The least they could do is have the PhD programs send out rejection letters that say, "Sorry you weren't admitted to our PhD program, but we have forwarded your application to the MA". I'm getting off my soapbox now. I'll be fine, I was admitted into a PhD program I will happily attend. But in general I think programs and universities should endeavor to treat their applicants with respect for the amount of energy, time, and money that goes into these applications. I do hope this thread is useful for future applicants.

Welp, heard back and I was "not admitted and should be receiving official notification shortly". I wonder why they would stagger rejections like this. I have a feeling that a second round of rejections may have been shunted off to MAPH or MAPSS programs. But who knows. Not the best way to conduct admissions, in my opinion. Best of luck to the rest of you still waiting to hear back.

I went ahead and emailed them. Will hopefully know something by tomorrow morning!

I just noticed that some rejections have been posted today. Has anyone else not heard anything at all?

Wow, what fascinating and in some cases, disturbing, statistics. In particular, the gender gap as well as the real lack of diversity among domestic students. I'm having trouble understanding how that gender ratio (basically consistently 1/3 female, 2/3 male) is in any way justifiable. Also, the mean time to completion!

Emailed the department and the reply was, "Decision letters will be going out at the end of this month." It seems like in years past acceptances were notified a couple weeks before rejections?