LinguisticMystic

Have a BA in psychology with an interest in individual differences &, to a lesser degree, evolutionary theory. Pursuing studies in sociolinguistics. Like a boss. @PhDreaming, I'm with you -- I have a lot of love for sociolinguistics. =)

Almost the same thing happened to me. In a drop-down menu of documents to upload everything was available except for the writing sample. I even had a couple of friends stare at the online application with me & I tried with multiple browsers/computers so I didn't feel like I was just blind to something that should be obvious. So I e-mailed the dept coordinator who after a bit of back & forth trying to figure things out offered to accept my writing sample via e-mail attachment. Then of course I go to submit my application & the option to upload a writing sample has populated. -__- Felt pretty dumb -- kind of wish I had taken a screen cap. Haha. They better like that writing sample!

I left the diversity statement for last on my UCSB application because I wasn't sure how to approach it at first. But once I started writing it I figured things out & ended up being pretty satisfied with the end product. Of course it was a required essay, but I'm happy to have written it. So I say give it a shot!

Just finished & submitted my first two applications. This feeling is definitely motivation to complete the others. So excited!