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Boulder rejected me. Dream is dead

Yikes. Try to get a refund for the application fee if they're completely eliminating the track? 

Yikes. Try to get a refund for the application fee if they're completely eliminating the track? 

I applied to Oxford's MSc in Visual, Material and Museum Anthropology
I haven't heard anything (applied in January), and I'm going absolutely nuts. It's a small program and there's not a lot of (consistent) information about when notifications go out, so I've been checking my email every two minutes 

Yikes. Try to get a refund for the application fee if they're completely eliminating the track? 

I took a look at Boulder's academic schedule, and last week was grading week (today was the deadline to enter them) and their Spring Break is the 23rd-27th. So, this means that if we don't hear anything by the end of next week, it'll probably be at least the 30th before anything goes out. 

Technically, the graduate school has to make a final decision, but this is usually just formality, so it should mean you're in. 

I haven't heard anything recently at all. On Feb. 12th, I emailed the Grad Program Coordinator about when students would be notified, she said that the facily reviewers would be meeting the next week to discuss choices, and that "applications will be reviewed Jan. through Mar. and notification should take place by Mid-April"... so it could be a min till we hear back. She said that waitlists are also a possibility.
I'm constantly checking my portal and email just in case though

Has anyone else heard anything from Boulder? Portal updates, interview requests, anything? My partner and I need to start planning for a relocation but we can't really until I hear from them. I'm debating emailing the director but don't want to annoy him right before a decision or update goes out.  

It definitely wouldn't be for everyone, but since march starts next week I'm even more nervous. Oof.

Update: Talked to Janet. She said that visits and interviews are handled on an individual reviewer basis and are usually preceded by a Skype interview. 

Hey yeah that was me. I got an email a few hours ago saying to check the application portal, there was a new document uploaded that said I had been accepted and detailing the financial support they would be able to offer me. I applied Public/Admin track so that probably requires less decision than the more research based tracks that it seems like the rest of the people in this forum applied to. I'll be declining since I got into my top choice, but it was a nice acceptance letter. Lmk if you have any other questions.

It definitely wouldn't be for everyone, but since march starts next week I'm even more nervous. Oof.

Got an acceptance to Pratt yesterday! It's my #2, so I'm just waiting on Boulder (or if Oneonta gives me a scholarship package so good I can't turn it down) before making a decision. It is nice to know that I'll definitely be going somewhere in the fall. 

I haven't heard a word. I've heard that not all schools with do in person interviews but the Director said that sometimes schools will pay for students to come visit in march... Unsure if that is for EVERYONE or just a select few. 

Got an acceptance to Pratt yesterday! It's my #2, so I'm just waiting on Boulder (or if Oneonta gives me a scholarship package so good I can't turn it down) before making a decision. It is nice to know that I'll definitely be going somewhere in the fall. 

Got into Pratt yesterday! It was my top choice and im super stoked about it (still going to wait to hear back from my other schools in case someone else gives me a crazy scholarship but I'm pretty much decided)

It's a very small field with very tiny departments, so I'm not surprised that there isn't a ton of activity here. 
Boulder's Museum and Field Studies program is my top choice, in the paleontology cognate and collections/field track. It's pretty much my ideal program and location, and Prof. Chin's research especially is really fascinating. Of course, it's also the most selective of the programs I applied to.
I also applied to Pratt and Oneonta. Pratt because I thought their digital management focus was a unique and interesting niche, great location and internship opportunities, and it meshed well with my professional career. Oneonta has a solid science museum program in general. 
Haven't heard anything at all from Pratt and Colorado. Not even a portal update past "Application received." I got an interview/campus visit request from Oneonta earlier this month for the end of March.