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Ditto! Woke up to the email and portal update

Hah! Same! They have answered our pleas, finally! lol A rejection as well

I am still obsessively refreshing this website and the portals for updates on UCI and UCSD. I know I am likely to be rejected, but I'd just like to know already what is happening.

@msjenThank you!!

I just received my rejection from UC Davis, not surprised but it did sting a little simply because that's where I went for undergrad lol

Today I received email to check portal, I was admitted to UC Riverside's Education Studies Ph.D so I'm stoked. I went to the UCSB Admit Day on Tuesday to visit campus and meet advisor, etc. I'm hoping to see if UCR will have a similar event. Still have not heard from UCI, UCSD, or UCD.

I agree!

Congratulations!! And tysm for sharing your other updates!

Totally agree with you! Yesterday after I got that email from UCSB, I basically spent all day scouring the different grad school admission websites and reddit forums to see if I can find any other kind of updates on PhD in Education Studies in the UC System. I have my longwinded update above if you're interested!

I don't mind at all! I don't see why not - my main overall focus is educational policy For UC Santa Barbara my interest is in the Policy, Program Evaluation, and Research Methods specialization For UC Riverside my interest is in the Education Policy Analysis and Leadership specialization For UC Irvine my interest is the Educational Policy and Social Context specialization For UC Davis my interest is in the School Organization and Educational Policy specialization For UC San Diego my interest is more all encompassing so in my SoP I stated my interest leans towards both the Transforming Education Systems and Policy specialization but also the Transforming Outcomes for Racially and Socially Marginalized Groups program area Last year I applied to UCSD Ph.D. program ONLY and was not admitted. I was extremely bummed. This year I decided to apply to all 5 above. I'm so happy to have an acceptance! Last year when I didn't get into UCSD I was devastated. But, there was just so much I didn't know about the grad app process (first gen college student and all that)... I had interviews with UCR and UCSB this cycle. So I'm stoked about UCSB! I've tried reading up everywhere else online for other updates. Seems that there is not a lot of updates out there! I did see that a few people on Reddit received interviews from UC Davis and UC Irvine for PhD in Education Studies a few weeks back, so at this point I'm thinking UC Davis and UC Irvine are a wash. I haven't seen any updates on UCSD at all. Last year I had applied to UCSD, and only that 1 program, and didn't get in. When I reached out to the office, the admin staff had stated it was extremely competitive and they were only able to admit I think 4 people? That's what I recall them telling me when I reached out after I got denied. Then reading up on the current budget statuses of the UC System, it seems that many have had to tighten their belts considerably for funding and admissions. I know previously UCSD had an average admit count of like 15-20 admits each cohort (they're in year 7 or 8 I think). But last year they only admitted 4. So, with that information, I personally am just going to assume I didn't get any further in consideration from UCSD, UCI, or UCD. I'll wait and see if UCR reaches out with anything else but it's looking like I got lucky with UCSB. Sorry for the long rant! lol hope it helps though!

Yes I am over the moon excited - still can't believe it! Thank you SO SO MUCH for this feedback, I appreciate the advice and am going to follow it!

Tysm!!

I'm stoked - this morning I received an email from POI saying I secured admission to the PhD program at UCSB. Mentioned full details and official admit letter to be coming soon. They wanted to also let me know there is an Admit Day for Feb 21st. Planning to go to that of course, but since this is my like, first time experiencing any of this I have no idea what to expect or ask about lol Any of you have an idea of what one should do next? I'm super excited! I still haven't heard from any of the other universities I applied to (UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC Riverside, and UC San Diego). Should I be emailing them too just to be like, "Hey.... I've gotten acceptance from UCSB, are you all doing anything?" or if I should just wait it out or what. I don't even know how to reply to the POI yet without coming off hysterically excited with a million "!!"'s lol Really hoping for the best outcome for everyone else as well! ❤️

I haven't heard anything from UC San Diego, Irvine, or Davis. As mentioned above just trying to stay positive! Lol Anxious and refreshing everything every day.

Same question! I haven't received any correspondence from them and I'm wondering if it's worth emailing them next week or just accepting the negative outlook of non acceptance lol