Phone call 2/15, email from POI 2/15

Emailed to check status in application portal - "An important status update to your application is now available. Please click the link below to access your DePaul University Application Status Page. After logging in, click the "View Update" link within the "Status Update" box." --> "After thoughtful review and consideration of your application by the admissions committee of DePaul University's Industrial and Organizational Psychology Department, we regret that we are unable to offer you admission to the Industrial and Organizational Psychology - MA/PhD program. This year we had many qualified applicants for a limited number of spots, making this a very difficult decision."

Generic rejection email: "Our selection committee has reviewed and considered your application. We received a high number of qualified applicants and the selection process was extremely competitive. Unfortunately, the selection committee is not able to recommend you for admission to our I/O MS program at IUPUI."

Interviewed with 3 faculty members one-to-one, 1 virtual recruitment weekend

no interview. informed via email

interview on Jan 13th

"We received a high number of qualified applicants and the selection process was extremely competitive"

I was already in the I/O MA program and applied to stay on for the PhD, so take UG GPA with a grain of salt. Advisor told me via phone that I was recommended for admission on 2/2 and I got the official offer letter on 2/11. I believe all acceptance and waitlist notifications for the PhD program have now gone out. When I applied to the PhD program two years ago and was accepted into the MA instead, they sent the notification for that out in mid April (but it was 2020, so the pandemic could have thrown timing off). If you end up coming here as an MA student wanting to get a PhD, I'll be happy to share advice with you.

Generic email stating I was rejected, which I expected (for personal reasons) but it still sucks

No interview, immediately sent to waitlist.