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3 hours ago, ShivD said:

I had written to UC Berkeley people a while back for the Film and Media Studies results. They said they will notify by early March. But going from the previous years' results, they start notifying by mid-Feb, I think.

@ShivDthanks for sharing this info! Yeah it does seem like the department send out acceptances by early February... 

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13 hours ago, graceful said:

Ah I see, I mailed their generic department email rfa@berkeley! Not sure if that was the email you contacted but they were really quick.

Thank you @graceful

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1 minute ago, graceful said:

When did you email them? That’s odd they didn’t reply and might mean they just don’t know yet? I emailed the department last night asking about my application (hadn’t checked the portal since submission and showed they never got my gre) and they replied back in minutes saying it’s fine since gre is not required this year.

I emailed them two days ago. Who did you contact if I may ask?

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Hi how's everyone doing? I'm feeling super anxious about Berkeley right now, especially with no email response from the department regarding decision notification timeline. Has anybody hear anything from the program? 

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For those who applied for the film & media PhD at UCSB, does the program allow interdisciplinary research? For example are they open to their students doing creative work (film, interactive media, installation, etc.) during their studies along with their writing dissertations?

I'm an independent filmmaker and only applied to Berkeley and Santa Cruz because the schools indicate that they encourage intermediary practices. I'm wondering, for future reference, does UCSB have a similar approach or do they focus solely on the theoretical?

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Just now, delong said:

I feel shy to talk to anyone yet; thanks for sharing the intel with me.
I talked with a current phd student there last year, and it's true that they would send out decision this week and early February.
Yet, I know that Covid has impacted the process, so it might be a little delayed for them I guess.

I haven't heard back from them, so cross fingers!
 

I guess it's just the waiting game right now...

Good luck to both of us!!!

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4 minutes ago, delong said:

I only applied for ucsc. hope for the best ;-;!

Hi! I also applied to UCSC's film and digital media program. Have you heard anything from them? I talked to their graduate coordinator yesterday and she said they will send out decisions in March... but it seems that from the results in the past, people got their decision around this week and early February. 

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Thanks for starting this thread! I've also applied to Berkeley's Film and Media. From the results people posted in the past few years, it seems that Berkeley began sending out decisions in early February. Not sure if Covid might delay their reviewing process... Definitely feeling super anxious right now.