Six out of 8 applications rejected so far. I knew it was a long shot on account of my age. To all those accepted into *any* sociology program, whether first choice or not: Please make your time and training count, for yourself and for society. The number of jobs that can support a middle-class lifestyle and allow one to grow intellectually have fallen precipitously even in the 20 years since I received my BA from Columbia. Hiring practices are becoming dumber. The squeeze grows ever tighter. So take the skills and knowledge and convert them to real-world influence. Effect change. Ave, morituri te salutant.

Generic email from Director of Graduate Studies and Academic Administrator (STS): "We are sorry to inform you that we will not be able to offer you admission to the doctoral program in History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology and Society (HASTS) at MIT. This year we received 147 applications and we only could only grant interviews to 12% of the applicants for an even smaller number of slots. Please note that the committee is unable to provide feedback on individual applications. Your application was given careful consideration and although we are not able to offer you admission, the committee would like to thank you for your interest in the program and wish you the very best in your future endeavors. "

It is expectd but I still wanna cry

Phone call from DGS

GPA is MA. No interview for me, so I assume rejection at this point. Congrats to those interviewing and admitted! 1a/1r/0w/9p

Checked the admissions portal. This was posted: Jan. 31 update: Our admissions committee has extended interview invitations to everyone whom we anticipate interviewing, and we have now received confirmation of receipt from all of them. We will most likely admit from this pool of applicants, but are not sending out final admissions decisions to the rest of the applicants in case the committee decides to extend interview invitations to a few more applicants. We expect to email final notifications to those who were not interviewed by March 11.

On the website : "Jan. 31 update: Our admissions committee has extended interview invitations to everyone whom we anticipate interviewing, and we have now received confirmation of receipt from all of them. We will most likely admit from this pool of applicants, but are not sending out final admissions decisions to the rest of the applicants in case the committee decides to extend interview invitations to a few more applicants. We expect to email final notifications to those who were not interviewed by March 11."

Not being notified to be interviewed, so I consider it as a rejection. (The formal rejection letter will be sent around March 11)

BOY! I got off the waitlist!

aaaaaaaaaAAAAAA waitlists are driving me mad and I would love to just Know

Within my expectation.