Della

Hey May I ask when and how did you get your UCI rejection? I've applied for History PhD at UCI too and have an informal meeting with my POI in Jan. Yet it's been dead silence since then, would appreciate it if you can provide any relevant information!

I applied for seven programs, three submitted on Dec 1, one on Dec 7, and the last three on Dec 15. I didn't hear from ANY of them. Dead Silence. I'm going crazy now.

Nothing...

It's my friend who's applying for Harvard this cycle. He did undergrad at a non-Oxbridge non-London Russell group University in UK and currently doing master at Oxbridge.

Hi Thanks for sharing this! Would they generally consider those who are currently doing their MA (without any transcript by the time of submitting application tho)?

Has anyone heard back from Brown? Historically they usually made decision by the end of the Jan. I wondered if they've contact some applicant already before sending out the official acceptance.

An update for my 'informal chat' with POI: turn out it's actually a super informal and casual meeting. My POI let me talk about my study and research - I was nervous so just briefly introduced it. She didn't ask any questions but said there is some research cluster in the department that she thought would interest me and wondered if I have any questions for her. I asked about her current research and she talked about serveral ongoing projects, and briefly mentioned her mentorship style and other students with research interests that overlap with mine. Basically I think I didn't say anything I'm supposed to say as an interviewee/applicant to impress her. Instead, I was totally impressed by her passion and all the interesting projects going on in the department. Now I feel like I would be so disappointed if I couldn't be part of it. My preparation for all the tough and difficult questions is useless, I'm not sure how I should feel about the only interview I got this round...

Noted! I'll try my best to prepare for the toughest questions I can image (hopefully it won't be that difficult) Thank you very much!

Thank you so much for sharing! This is really helpful!

Hi everyone, I got an email from my POI to schedule short conservation. Based on the data of past three years this program doesn't do interview, and it seems more like an informal meeting with the POI than a formal and standard interview with the committee. I'm a bit confused now and not sure how to prepare for it. I was wondering if anyone knows what kind of interview is it and would appreciate any advice!