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Oh my god all this talk of UPenn is making me nervous. I really like their program so they're my #2. But in happier news I got in to George Mason today! 

I also got that email! I feel the same and I have a couple options already and some with better fits for me. Keep your head up!

Oh my god all this talk of UPenn is making me nervous. I really like their program so they're my #2. But in happier news I got in to George Mason today! 

Oh my god all this talk of UPenn is making me nervous. I really like their program so they're my #2. But in happier news I got in to George Mason today! 

Oh my god all this talk of UPenn is making me nervous. I really like their program so they're my #2. But in happier news I got in to George Mason today! 

I also got that email! I feel the same and I have a couple options already and some with better fits for me. Keep your head up!

So, Cornell just emailed me and I did not make it. I had 50/50 feelings on this one. I still have 6 more to go. 
I hope it gets better from here

Oh my god all this talk of UPenn is making me nervous. I really like their program so they're my #2. But in happier news I got in to George Mason today! 

Oh my god all this talk of UPenn is making me nervous. I really like their program so they're my #2. But in happier news I got in to George Mason today! 

Oh my god all this talk of UPenn is making me nervous. I really like their program so they're my #2. But in happier news I got in to George Mason today! 

Oh my god all this talk of UPenn is making me nervous. I really like their program so they're my #2. But in happier news I got in to George Mason today! 

My recommenders also received thank you notes from UPenn -- I believe it's common practice/automated message from the department.
Good luck to all! Penn is in my top 3 and I hope we all hear soon!

Hi Guys! I'm new applicant to the Comm field (switching over from STS), and I've been lurking this thread for a bit and thought I'd join in on the suffering. I hope everyone is surviving, and keeping in mind that as much as it can seem like grad admissions are a matter of life and death, this is just a small part of the amazing lives you will all lead. 

That's great to know. Thank you! 
I also just got my interview offer from UT Austin. I applied for the Journalism & Media program. I'm getting super nervous. I wonder if it will be like a chat to see if I will be a good fit or like a strict interview setting? Obviously this is my first interview so quite scared not knowing what to expect...

Oh that's so interesting. I reached out to IS and was told that they don't interview all of the candidates they end up accepting. I think the interview requests did already go out, and I was told results will go out in the 2 weeks after Feb 5.  

Hello! I am a little late to the game here and I have never been on GradCafe, but I study crisis and resilience in organizational communication. I applied to 7 Ph.D. programs. 
Mizzou
Boulder
UT Austin (Accepted!)
George Mason
UPenn Annenberg
Cornell
Nebraska
I am NOT a patient person but I am excited that at least something has happened. It's getting close to when we should start hearing from most. Any one else studying something similar?

Hello and thank you! There was a short interview for UT. I did mine with Joshua Barbour who I hope to work with. I have also been talking with Brian Houston and Debbie Dougherty at Mizzou. I want to do organizational communication but I ma waiting on funding packages to make the big decision.
I have two friends, one in Mizzou's Ph.D. program and one at Cornell's and I asked them about their school's process. My Mizzou friend gave me nothing but my Cornell friend gave me insight since his advisor is on the review team. They all have read them and they should be meeting Tuesday (1/26) to evaluate them all together and see advisor fit. Then there is an interview process with potential advisors then a week or 2 after that offers should go out. But, again, COVID has mussed with all the timelines.