mondo1984

I'm in the same boat. My graduate program director up here in Toronto said this might be good news, but I noticed a 'wait-listed' posted on the results page, so who knows.

Greetings, I've been reading threads on this site for over a year now but this is my first time posting. I also received a rejection via email from UCSB. I was wondering if anyone knew much about how school's make decisions regarding international students. I'm a Canadian, but have only applied to American schools for my PhD, mostly because my research interests and corresponding teaching faculty can only be found in the US (I didn't want to apply overseas). In the current economic climate, I'm assuming that it is more difficult for international students to get into U.S. programs because of the greater cost - i.e. need for more funding etc. Does anyone know to what extent this may hinder my chances, and those of other international applicants? My assumption is that among other things, this is a reason for not getting into UCSB as I've heard from a number of people in the field that the UC system has been hit the hardest in terms of available funding. Are there any other international students reading this thread? Any info to share? Here's my background: B.A. - English - York University 2007 B.A. - Film Studies - Brock University 2009 currently finishing an M.A. - Film Studies - York University 2011 GPA 3.9 - including graduate level courses Received a SSHRC research grant for 2010 (major award from Canadian gov't) 3 conference papers so far with 2 more in the next 6 months. Applied to PhD programs at UCSB (rejected), USC, UT-Austin, Wisconsin, NYU, Yale and U-Iowa