Accepted to unfunded masters = rejected. :(

so irl im a furry (corgi and shiba mix, rly cute i know) and harry the husky (IF YOU DON'T KNOW HIM, THAT'S WHY YOU DIDN'T GET IN!!!) came to me in a wet dream to tell me that him and dubs rly thought i was a good fit. he howled at my mom and my uncle but my witch brother turned him into jelly and convinced to play just dance instead. he was so impressed that he decided that we would be mate (WARNING: mpreg). ya and then he parachuted out of the window (this was actually rly weird bc i live on the first floor) and howled another time (like he was pretending to be jacob from twilight but if edward was trying to eat his liver at the same time). anyways he then sucked on my toes as i put my size 13 mens nikes out of the window and then hopped away like a bunny

Applied after a master's program

Interview in Jan

Got an email from the grad program coordinators asking about my availability for an interview.

No Interview

is there a group for UW Ph.D. admits?

Received a call two weeks ago indicating I had a good chance. It was just to verify some information.

Made a pretty big mistake when entering the metadata for one of my recommenders.

Interview in January

Solid state / quantum engineering. 2 years research in completely unrelated field of physics, 1 third-author pub, 1 poster/presentation. Interview with POI, forwarded to another interview with non-POI who is director of lab I'm extremely interested in. Interviews went really well and this isn't really surprising, but great to hear nonetheless!

Unofficial rejection from PI after a pre-interview. Please note - this is not standard practice, the PI went out of the way to kindly let me know I was rejected and why