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Lol just got rejected. Honestly for the best if they make students wait 2.5 weeks after they said they'd reach out! I will hold my grudge on them for that indefinitely ? Good luck to anyone else rejected and congrats if you got in! Looks like I am reapplying to grad school in a few months . . . how fun . . .

Same!!! And CU Boulder ?

Yeah honestly I feel over it at this point . . . terrible communication with applicants. If they are waiting until April 15 for spots to open up from people who reject their offers, they should just say that to us. They literally said there would be an update no later than March 29 ?? I am just planning to reapply to grad school next year haha

@Jaden_Nam I haven't heard anything ?

Hey now, don't get yourself down like that! I think the fact we're waitlisted and not straight rejected means our profiles are competitive! This pandemic has really made this grad school application cycle rough for even the smartest people I know. And getting into UPenn is not easy, they wouldn't accept you if they weren't impressed with you! People get accepted and rejected all over the place that they don't expect because there's a lot of people applying and a lot of the time it really goes down to luck and having the right person reviewing your application. Although you get a rejection with the school name attached, it really is just a handful of people who look at your application and they definitely don't define what your self-worth is. You're a strong candidate, be proud of that and try not to let the rejections get you down! (Easier said than done that's for sure though)

Did they apply to the MS or PhD? I got an email that said I'm in a "waitlist for further review" but no updates since. I think if you haven't heard then probably waitlist. Looking at the previous posts it seems like Berkeley didn't notify some people until after the April 15 deadline . . .

Yeah rejection sucks but that's an amazing choice, congrats!!!

No problem!! Yeah I also applied for the MS/PhD and haven't heard anything since the waitlist email. I am perplexed that they said an admissions update would be out "no later than Monday" and it's literally Friday today . . . They could have at least emailed us that there would be more delays but this is just nerve-wracking. And yeah exactly! It's already the end of the month . . . and Easter is not helping with that timeline. Looking back at last year's results, it looks like Berkeley didn't even get back to people until after April 15! I am so nervous right now. I talked with a prospective research advisor and they didn't know what's going on with admissions either other than that they said "end of March."

Hi everyone! I've been waiting to hear back from UC Berkeley since Monday when they said results would come out and looks like many others are too. Just made this forum so we could reach out and talk to each other and get through this together!!

Just got rejected as well ??