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Asking again: is anyone claiming a UCB acceptance?

What makes you say that?

I've never understood why people do this.

Another week of radio silence from every program I've applied to. What's the consensus on those Berkeley acceptance claims? Fake? Real?

It seems like the emails from all of those posters came at around the same time. I hope it’s not the only wave of acceptances because if it is then I can consider myself rejected. It is odd that no one here has claimed an acceptance.

God I hope you’re right

Another UCB acceptance. My stomach hurts. Do we think these are real? It’s 5:30 pm in California right now, would they be sending acceptances after business hours?

Anyone willing to claim that UCB acceptance?

It looks like people were reporting acceptances in late January in 2020 and 2019 as well. It could just be that they’re backed up for one reason or another. I have a bad feeling it’s gonna be another wonky cycle.

Nothing on my end from UC Davis or UMich. I’m expecting to hear back from Davis by the end of the month and Michigan by the middle of February at the latest. I just want something at this point, even if it’s a rejection.

TBF it is only 3 pm in California.. maybe an end of the work day decision release..? Maybe?

I've heard a lot of conflicting information regarding the potential brutality of this cycle. A couple of my mentors at my current institution have told me that they don't expect it to be as bad as it was last year, as programs are looking to make up for smaller cohort sizes from the last cycle, or at least return to normal.

I submitted a writing sample to UNC with "UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN WRITING SAMPLE" as the header. Here's to hoping they'll be forgiving of some silly mistakes, lol

Using this tool that someone mentioned earlier: https://martindevaux.com/2020/11/political-science-phd-admission-decisions/ , it looks like people have pretty consistently claimed Princeton acceptances at the end of January, at least in the last couple of cycles.