I do hope so....... I did read that the % of intl students that UCSD admits is very low & esp with funding. A couple of my friends are post- doctoral researchers in UCSD in different departments & they said that right now UCSD is running pretty low on budget- professors don't have too many grants & I am guessing consequently, the process of admittance is more stringent.....but yea I've really no clue as to what's going on & esp the silence is un-nerving...........