I got a form rejection via email yesterday. I knew it wasn't a great fit so I'm not super surprised - I've heard they have a great TA / RA union though. Hope you get good news!
Gotcha - I heard from the chair of media studies last week that I got in (official offer on the way). I think they are taking 5 students in that department. My impression is that comm is similarly sized. Good luck to you!
I haven't heard back from anywhere else yet. I had an interview with Drexel yesterday. I also applied to University of Colorado Boulder and University of Rochester. I don't know how I'm going to decide if I get funding elsewhere -- I really enjoyed my interview for Temple and it kind of sold me on the program more than I anticipated. I'm still in a "wait and see" phase though
Not exactly sure - My admittance letter said first round funding decisions would come by early April, but during my interview the prof said late February. He also said they really discourage people from self-funding, and it seemed to be correlated to how many people are admitted with external funding (fulbrights, etc). Hopefully we'll hear soon - Great to be admitted but the funding package is pretty essential for me.