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Thanks tvphd!! Yep, that's the only problem, too "cool." My wife hates cold weather! Congrats on going to 'no more winter' land!

Thank you Poj, I hope that you have some good news in next week. I think my decision will not affect their decision about your application because she clearly mentioned they're still waiting to hear from some of their first picks, and evidently, that implies the process has not closed yet! Keeping my fingers crossed for you!

Thanks MHouse. Yes, I decided to accept their offer, it's a fully funded offer from my top choice I've been waiting for nearly four months! Good luck to you too!

Finally, I got an offer of admission from UMass yesterday morning (April 22). I really hope that those who're still waiting on UMass will get some good news! Actually they said they're still waiting to hear back from the people who were accepted but have not decided yet! It seems they haven't closed the process yet.

Thanks, jmac! I'm sorry, but you know, you don't really need to feel that bad because of this ridiculous process. After all you've got a great offer from your top choice. BTW was that you who posted the rejection on the results board? I'm curious how many people received the email notification today.

It's a good sign, I guess. They should accept at least a few applicants from their waitlist. Good luck, Poj!

Congrats, Jcantrone! Great to hear that you finally got off the waitlist! It's your top choice, isn't it? I guess I'll be able to make my final decision in a couple of days, you know, I'm still waiting to hear back from the two of my top choices. But If both of them say no, or their funding offers are not as good as what I've got, I'm also going to Pitt!

Thank you for your information, Jcantrone! I received the email on that day, I guess. Now I know, at least, there are actual people getting in there. Yes, it's one of my top choices and I have nine more days to make my final decision, though I think I'll be told in a couple of days. How are things going Jcantrone, have you decided where to go?

Just like all you guys, I've seen lots of acceptances/rejections and even waitlisters from all the universities that have Comm. programs. But as some of you might notice no one has claimed an acceptance to the ICR (Ph.D.), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign so far - there were rejections and a waitlister (me) on the results board. One of my friends even didn't get any kind of notification (as of the end of March). Do you guys have any idea how many funded spots they offered? Anyone have a friend who got accepted? Thank you so much for sharing your info!!

That's not bad. Thanks for the info. Hope they send out the results ASAP. How was the tone? Did she allude to your status, or just give the "information"? BTW, Poj, have you requested the extension for your final decision from the other programs you got in, while waiting for the result from UMass?

I knew it! What a wonderful news, Congrats tvphd!! Sure, it looks a lot of people are getting off their waitlists, and, it turned out that I joined the club today (w/ funding, 4 years). No doubt that your cheering me up has worked! Okay, two more to go...

Oh, I'm sure there will be no changes in my status until THE day, though I occasionally dream about a guy who declines a couple of offers from where he was waitlisted. Anyway, congrats again, jmac!

Wow this is great! That is one of your top choices, right? Congrats, jmac!! You've gone through this painful uncertainty, and you deserve it!

Congrats, hedjuk!!!

It's true, I had no idea what it's like until I got waitlisted. Sure there are a couple of faculty members who have similar research interests to mine and I love to work with, but U of Pitt is not one of my top three choices, actually, I'm not into rhetoric exclusively. The problem is I also got waitlisted at two other programs which are my top choices. But you're right, Pitt has a fantastic rhetoric program. Good luck, Jcantrone!