Is anyone planning on declining Poetry at Michener? I know this is low-key desperate but this wait is killing me :/

To UT Austin poster below, if you decide to decline the offer, please do it soon to let us waitlisters have a chance!

I had given up hope but so excited! Slightly exasperated that it took so long but they were always very honest about where they were in the process. If you're stressed just ask!

UT-Austin was way too late getting back. It feels like they stole my application fee. The acceptance deadlines have passed at many other universities. I have already interviewed for assistantships at UIUC and accepted an offer, started academic advising, and I pretty much know what my schedule will be in the fall for work and classes.

Found I was rejected after checking the website, no email. I already accepted elsewhere so no big deal at all!

All 4 schools admitted me, but I'm sure opting for UIUC

Waiting list cleared. Got admitted to the program. Thanks to the people who gave up their seats. Congrats to everyone who got admitted to the schools of their choices.

I'm disappointed in how this was handled. As previously noted, the application portal apparently kept all rejected candidates "in review" for the entirety of the decision process. I emailed in March to ask if there was any word and was told they'd let everyone know by April 15. (Apparently, another poster called around when I emailed and was told that he'd been rejected but that it wouldn't be official until April.) April 15 came and went, and they just released the decision today, three days later. They didn't even bother to send out rejection emails. If nothing else, they should've been consistent in how they handled people's queries when the "review" period lapsed so far. I'd already come to terms with it back in February, but a rejection would have been more professional than this weird limbo status for so many months. This program was my top choice and I had planned to reapply next year if I didn't get in, but I don't think I want to anymore. There doesn't seem to be much consideration (or consistency) going on over there.

To the poster below : Thanks ! I was waitlisted long back and haven't really heard back from them after the given April 15 deadline.

I want to post a detailed note here for future applicants, as it seems there isn't much on this forum for this program. I applied after the early admissions deadline of December 1st. This program does rolling admissions until May 1st. I had a 1.5-hour long phone interview with my POI on 4/2, mostly talking about research interest and the milestones I plan to hit each year of the program. The official offer from the University came 4 days later. Full funding w/ $17,500 stipend guaranteed and more fellowship decisions pending that may increase the stipend. Undergrad GPA was mediocre, but I had a 3.9 masters GPA from an Ivy League, and 2 years full-time as a research coordinator at an Ivy League medical center. 6 pubs/presentations. It was a grueling admissions cycle for me, with mostly rejections (Columbia, Cornell, CUNY) and 1 offer (this program). I'm thrilled with the outcome and excited to move to Austin. Good luck future applicants.

Worst application experience yet! Not easy to reach, no wait lists, and they took longer than any other school.

Master GPA is a 3.91 with a lower 3.14 for undergrad. They liked my letters of recommendation the most followed by my previous research experience. The Head of the Department called for Interview on March 3rd and we met March 22nd. After the weekend, I called him and accepted. Then the school formally accepted on the 6th. I got the mailed letter a week later.

I got offers from CMU, Northwestern, UTexas and finally chose CMU. Hope someone in wl of NU and UTexas got admitted.

This was my last chance to study PhD... good luck!

To the ones admitted - What do you guys think about sharing an apartment near campus? We can study together :-)