Institution	Program (Season)	Decision & Date	St1	Date Added	Notes
University Of Oregon	Media Studies, PhD (F17)	Rejected via E-mail on 10 Feb 2017	A	10 Feb 2017	Nice e-mail. Was a last minute application encouraged by a LoR writer, indifferent about response. Congrats to all acceptances!
The University Of Southern California (USC) - School Of Cinematic Arts (SCA)	Cinema & Media Studies, PhD (F17)	Rejected via E-mail on 30 Jan 2017	U	10 Feb 2017	Congrats to the admitted students
University Of Chicago	Cinema And Media Studies, PhD (F17)	Rejected via Website on 10 Feb 2017	I	10 Feb 2017
University Of Chicago	Cinema & Media Studies, PhD (F17)	Rejected via E-mail on 10 Feb 2017	U	10 Feb 2017	Our faculty have carefully reviewed your application and I regret very much to inform you that we are unable to grant you admission to graduate study in Cinema and Media Studies.
University Of Chicago	Cinema And Media Studies, PhD (F17)	Rejected via Website on 10 Feb 2017	U	10 Feb 2017	Congrats to the admitted students
The University Of Southern California (USC) - School Of Cinematic Arts (SCA)	Cinema & Media Studies, PhD (F17)	Wait listed via E-mail on 30 Jan 2017 Undergrad GPA: 3.89 GRE General (V/Q/W): 165/141/4.50 GRE Subject: n/a ♦	A	9 Feb 2017
The University Of Southern California	Cinema & Media Studies, PhD (F17)	Rejected via E-mail on 30 Jan 2017	I	3 Feb 2017
University Of Minnesota - Twin Cities (UMN)	Communication And Media Studies, Masters (F17)	Rejected via E-mail on 1 Feb 2017	A	1 Feb 2017
The University Of Southern California (USC)	Cinema And Media Studies, PhD (F17)	Rejected via E-mail on 27 Jan 2017	A	31 Jan 2017
The University Of Southern California (USC)	Cinema And Media Studies, PhD (F17)	Rejected via E-mail on 30 Jan 2017 Undergrad GPA: 3.00 GRE General (V/Q/W): 166/157/5.50 GRE Subject: n/a ♦	A	31 Jan 2017	I guess my crappy undergrad dooms me for life
The University Of Southern California (USC) - School Of Cinematic Arts (SCA)	Cinema And Media Studies, PhD (F17)	Rejected via E-mail on 30 Jan 2017 Undergrad GPA: 3.70 GRE General (V/Q/W): 159/143/4.50 GRE Subject: n/a ♦	A	30 Jan 2017	Standard form letter, but I guess at least they told us how many applied and how many were accepted. This was my top choice.
The University Of Southern California (USC) - School Of Cinematic Arts (SCA)	Cinema And Media Studies, PhD (F17)	Rejected via E-mail on 30 Jan 2017 Undergrad GPA: 3.83 GRE General (V/Q/W): 165/164/4.00 GRE Subject: n/a ♦	A	30 Jan 2017
University Of Southern California (USC)	Cinema And Media Studies, PhD (F17)	Rejected via E-mail on 30 Jan 2017	I	30 Jan 2017
University Of Southern California (USC)	Cinema And Media Studies, PhD (F17)	Rejected via E-mail on 30 Jan 2017	I	30 Jan 2017
University Of Southern California (USC) - School Of Cinematic Arts (SCA)	Cinema And Media Studies, Masters (F17)	Accepted via E-mail on 25 Jan 2017 Undergrad GPA: 3.76 GRE General (V/Q/W): 165/152/5.00 GRE Subject: n/a ♦	A	26 Jan 2017	Applied for PhD, accepted into Masters
The University Of Southern California (USC) - School Of Cinematic Arts (SCA)	Cinema & Media Studies, Masters (F17)	Wait listed via E-mail on 26 Jan 2017 Undergrad GPA: 3.94 GRE General (V/Q/W): 164/155/5.00 GRE Subject: n/a ♦	A	26 Jan 2017
Purdue University	Mass Communication & Media Studies, PhD (F17)	Accepted via E-mail on 18 Jan 2017	I	18 Jan 2017
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology (MIT)	Comparative Media Studies, Masters (F16)	Accepted via E-mail on 3 Feb 2016 Undergrad GPA: 3.70 GRE General (V/Q/W): 165/161/5.50 GRE Subject: n/a ♦	A	15 Apr 2016
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology (MIT)	Comparative Media Studies (CMS), Masters (F16)	Accepted via E-mail on 5 Apr 2016	U	7 Apr 2016	Was accepted off the waitlist. This was my top choice so I'm thrilled!
Boston University - College Of Communication	Emerging Media Studies, PhD (F16)	Other via Other on 3 Apr 2016	U	3 Apr 2016	To other emerging media studies PHD applicants, did you receive an interview or result from the emerging media studies department? Thank you very much.
Howard University	Communications, Culture, And Media Studies, PhD (F16)	Rejected via Phone on 24 Mar 2016	A	24 Mar 2016	I also called and spoke to Howard, but I contacted the department directly. I believe I spoke to the chair and she seemed surprised that the graduate school didn't already notify me that I wasn't accepted. This was a very annoying experience, after having hearing different information. Originally the grad school told me they were definitely sending out letters.
Emory (Laney Graduate School)	Film And Media Studies, Masters (F16)	Rejected via E-mail on 23 Mar 2016 Undergrad GPA: 3.39 GRE General (V/Q/W): 159/158/4.50 GRE Subject: n/a ♦	A	23 Mar 2016	Not offered admission :( Best of luck to all who get in.
Boston Univeristy (BU)	Emerging Media Studies, PhD (F16)	Other via Other on 21 Mar 2016 Undergrad GPA: 3.32 GRE General (V/Q/W): 170/166/3.50 GRE Subject: n/a ♦	U	21 Mar 2016	Still receive nothing from the department, hope can get a great news from them within several days.
Howard University	Communication Culture And Media Studies, PhD (F16)	Accepted via E-mail on 11 Mar 2016	A	16 Mar 2016	To the person who posted below, HU is on spring break this week.
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology (MIT)	Comparative Media Studies (CMS), Masters (F16)	Rejected via E-mail on 15 Mar 2016 Undergrad GPA: 3.68 GRE General (V/Q/W): 168/163/5.00 GRE Subject: n/a ♦	A	15 Mar 2016	Film/Video and Museum Studies background, submitting additional portfolio of video work via personal website. Would have loved to go here, but understand it's a competitive program with limited seats.

Status¹ Key: A: American; U: International, with US degree; I: International, without US degree; O: Other; ?: Unknown.