Accepted, haven't gotten any information about funding yet.

Was interviewed, felt it went well but I guess not

wasn't interviewed so expected

Email to check portal.

fine with it, was interviewed and was already happy about it. not the perfect fit!

We hope this message finds you in safety and good health. We appreciate your continued interest in UCLA’s Department of Anthropology PhD program and the time taken to apply. After careful consideration, we are unable to make an offer of admission at this time but would like to offer you a place on our waitlist. We have more highly-qualified applicants than we can admit every year and were especially impressed with your application, but our goal of providing a financial support package to admitted applicants limits the number of offers we can make at one time and results in the use of a waitlist. We will send you a status update as soon as possible and no later than April 15, 2025. Our waitlist is not ranked. We know that you are weighing very difficult decisions about your plans for the future. If, for any reason, you no longer wish to remain on the waitlist between now and April 15, please inform the Department’s Graduate Advisor.

Kinda sad, was one of my top three. Probably because of weak writing sample. Generic rejection letter, only accepted 22% of applicants.

Not one of my top choices so not disappointed. Archaeology subfield.

I did not receive an email notification that a decision was made. I found out when I received an email requesting that I should complete the financial aid form and then went to check my status.

Got an interview on 1.20. I assume that I'm waitlisted cuz there's an offer posted below. I have secured a supervisor (and I think it's important) before submitting my application. The third round is still rough but hang in there.

Interviewed in mid December prior to rejection

Sociocultural

Received a generic email to check the portal. Nothing about funding in the letter, even though I applied by the deadline to be considered...definitely going to be sending some emails to see what I can find out. But for today, I am celebrating. :)