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Got a waitlist from Michigan this morning! Good luck to other folks!

Just wanted to ask you folks something about the U Mich app. Does everyone's application status page look like this, with no actual listed status? Other schools I've applied to have something like "submitted", "under review", or "pending" listed, but I don't see anything here. Thanks!

Saw the U Mich acceptance on the results page. If you're reading this, congrats! Nothing in my portal or email, though. Anyone else?

Another quick update -- sent a thank you to the student services advisor and she said she'd "be in touch in the coming weeks regarding admissions". Vague answer but thought I'd pass it along as well!

Just had a wonderful chat with a current student at UCSD (not an interview or anything, I asked the department if a student would be willing to talk to me because I had questions about the program and campus)! She said based on what she's seen, it'll probably be a few more weeks before we hear anything. She also confirmed that there's a visit day for accepted students, which should be in person this year (it's been virtual the past few years). Just wanted to pass this info along!

Congrats on the admissions, folks! Super exciting!

Didn't apply for OGS this year, but I got OGS (Masters) for 2022-2023. I was an exceptional circumstance because additional funding became available, but I ended up being notified in August.

Looking at UMich's doctoral program stats, and perhaps I'm misunderstanding, but it seems like there were no new students last year in Comm? In the image I've attached, they have the selectivity (which, if I understand correctly, is how many students they admitted) listed as 6% of applicants. This makes sense to me and is on track with what I've heard from similar programs. However, the yield (which I assume is the number of students who started the program) is at 0%. This doesn't make any sense to me. Am I misunderstanding or am I reading this right? Maybe the data has not been updated or was reported wrong? Anyways, if it is true, maybe it'll be good news for us because they'll have more spots ?

I was on the fence about UC Davis Cultural Studies and chose not to apply for this reason (as well as not feeling confident about supervisor fit). I don't want stress about funding on top of everything else. Crossing my fingers that you get accepted with a good funding package though!

Forgot to add -- I also applied to two Canadian programs (currently studying in my MA in Canada), but I don't expect to hear from those for a while due to much later deadlines (Jan 15 and Feb 1).

Happy to have found you folks! Also applied to UMich and UCSD! The wait is totally killing me. With the dates I've seen from previous years creeping closer I can't stop checking!