Had informational interview, then received acceptance :)

I received a personal email from a professor at the department whom I have a good relationship with. In the email she let me know that I had not been accepted as I was not perceived as a potential competitive anthropology student. I have a BA in Comparative Literature and am doing my MA in Cultural Theory so I see why they might prefer someone else, given that there are so many great students out there with a background in Anthropology. It should be noted, that I have had my work published as peer reviewed articles and I have also been presenting this at conferences, so I am confident that the level of my work (i.e. writing sample) had nothing to do with it. Congratulations to those of you who will receive an acceptance letter soon!

Unofficial acceptance and invite to visit day from professor.

Beyond excited!

Open house Feb 8-9

Suuuuper excited! Wasn't expecting to get in anywhere. Was called prior to receiving an email.

An informal rather than a formal interview

Brb, I'm dying

I asked UC at Irvine and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor about my status. UC at Irvine replied within 3 days, and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor replied in a week. They did not inform me of my application status. UC at Irvine said that they would announce the first round of admissions around mid February just like the previous years. U of Michigan said that all final admission decisions will be made by early April.

POI wants to "touch base"