Checked portal and then email was sent an hour later.

GPA is from my MA.

Notified to check portal. Knew it was coming since I didn't get an interview, but I thought I was a good research match :/ who knows anymore 1a/2w/5r/5p

Your application for admission to graduate study in English program at the University of California, Irvine has been given serious consideration by the admissions committee. We must regretfully notify you that your application to our graduate program for Fall 2026 has been denied. In view of the large number of well-qualified applicants and the limited number of spaces available, the admissions committee must be selective in making its recommendations. The selection process is one of identifying those applicants who are best qualified for a specific graduate program, based upon a review of each applicant’s file and number of openings in the graduate programs in that field. Your academic preparation and scholarship, letters of recommendation, expressed interests and objectives, and other supporting materials in your file have all been taken into consideration during the committee’s review process. Although we are unable to act favorably upon your application, we appreciate your interest in our graduate program.

Checked my applicant portal after I saw someone on here got their rejection! This was around 1 PM Eastern Time. Thank you to the person who posted first and let the other people waiting on a decision and me know. Congratulations to the people who got in, and enjoy UC Irvine! 0 Admits/1 Waitlist/8 Rejections/9 Pending

Didn’t receive an email, randomly checked portal and saw status update.

aaaaa i'm so excited 1a/0w/7r/5p :))

Interviewed! They said we should know in a week or so .......

interviewing next week!

First good news so far, so excited

Applied to Programs in Writing (prose) as part of MFA in English. Got an email that my portal had been updated. 0a/1r/0w/4p

phone interview

Lol I mean, why now

Received a notification to check my portal!

I got an email to check the portal around 5PM. I'm so excited! This is my first UC acceptance!