USC PhD Fall 2020

[sunflower1717]

Has anyone heard back from USC? I'm starting to feel a little anxious! I applied to the Urban Education Policy PhD and it seems (based on past years) that by this point people had heard back about acceptances, but I haven't seen any posts yet on the results page.

[Rhac16]

I also applied and am getting a bit anxious. It looks like some people had interviews already based on the results page. Since I didn't, I'm expecting a rejection but I'd still like to get the decision either way. 

[toadparade]

I talked with the program coordinator via phone during the week of 1/6/20 and she laid out next steps. She said faculty would reach out to prospective students during Jan and that the goal was to have decisions made/sent out this week, Jan 27. I haven't heard anything since then and am super anxious about it! I'm wondering if the people who posted in the results page about interviews were referring to that informational phone call with the program coordinator. 

[sunflower1717]

31 minutes ago, toadparade said:

I talked with the program coordinator via phone during the week of 1/6/20 and she laid out next steps. She said faculty would reach out to prospective students during Jan and that the goal was to have decisions made/sent out this week, Jan 27. I haven't heard anything since then and am super anxious about it! I'm wondering if the people who posted in the results page about interviews were referring to that informational phone call with the program coordinator. 

Thanks for the information! It's a little relieving to know they were anticipating making decisions this week and that there (probably) aren't acceptances out there that we haven't heard about. From what I can gather (from the results board and a current student), it seems like they might interview some students and not others; it's completely up to the faculty. Best of luck to you! 

[Rhac16]

Looks like the results are coming in. Congrats to everyone who was admitted! 

[sunflower1717]

4 minutes ago, Rhac16 said:

Looks like the results are coming in. Congrats to everyone who was admitted! 

Yes! I received an email yesterday that I was placed on the waitlist. No clue what that really means and I have a lot of questions about it (e.g., how long is the waitlist? did they already admit more people than they have funding for knowing some people will accept elsewhere?). So, looks like my waiting has been extended until April. Did you hear back?! 

[jipper28]

On 1/30/2020 at 11:01 AM, sunflower1717 said:

Yes! I received an email yesterday that I was placed on the waitlist. No clue what that really means and I have a lot of questions about it (e.g., how long is the waitlist? did they already admit more people than they have funding for knowing some people will accept elsewhere?). So, looks like my waiting has been extended until April. Did you hear back?! 

Congrats on the waitlist! Just curious, did you have an interview beforehand? I had a kind of informal interview with the dept. chair and was told I was a finalist, but I got rejection today and wasn't even waitlisted.

[sunflower1717]

28 minutes ago, jipper28 said:

Congrats on the waitlist! Just curious, did you have an interview beforehand? I had a kind of informal interview with the dept. chair and was told I was a finalist, but I got rejection today and wasn't even waitlisted.

I'm sorry to hear that. I did not have an interview, but I had met with the admissions director previously and had emailed with my POI a few times. Best of luck with any of your other applications!

[Rhac16]

I also didn't get accepted, but I was expecting that at this point. Still waiting to hear back from many programs and have one acceptance already, so I'm in pretty high spirits