Harvard came in first, already decided to accept H.

I second the explicit comment made earlier by a similar applicant. Indeed. Rejection worth the wait - it was not.

fuck you berkeley! you fucking wasted my TIME and MONEY. u took 90usd of my money and couldnt even be bothered to send A GENERIC rejection email from the dept?!?!?!?!

Received e-mail directing me to application website. The decision was under the link "Decision Notification". Link doesn't appear until you receive an e-mail?

First rejection... oh well.

:( Didn't expect to get in anyways, but rejection always hurts. Hoping to get into M.A. programs instead.

Meh. It was a long shot anyway. But it's still a disappointingly impersonal process considering all the time and money we spend putting these applications together.

I wasn't a good fit anyway... but still, and the impersonal rejection ("contact your department if you want any more information") does not make it better.

Ouch, Berkeley. Ouch. But oh well.

they emailed me with a link to my application to see the result

got an email from the graduate division redirecting to the website where the decision is posted. did my undergrad here so not unexpected; Berkeley is absolutely wonderful :) good luck to everyone!

same poster as below, just clarifying: that's *cultural* anthro, of course (lol)

HA finally got the official rejection. actually found out last week when I emailed. c'est la vie.

email with link to on line application

Email directing me to website with terse rejection notification

We had 244 applicants and were only able to offer admission to 18 new students. Every application was read by three members of the admissions committee. Your application made it through the first cut that winnowed the files down to about 50, and was thus read again by all six members of the admissions committee.