1500 gre, 3.8 gpa, advanced degree, and publications

Five year fellowship package and $23,000 stipend, stipend. They stressed my fit with the faculty.

Got an email from the DGS confirming my acceptance. Full funding and really nice stipend.

Received a personal call from a professor I listed on my application. He said they're calling people at the top of their list and the graduate school won't process letters for another two weeks. Full funding + year-round stipend

Inquiry with the departmental secretary, resulting in knowing that the admissions committee will meet in Feb to discuss students' profiles

Status changed to "Admitted."

Email to schedule a phone interview for next week.

Argh-all the schools I applied to were so incompetent in telling me if I was in or not. I had to CALL each one on my own. Got rejected here too--wth! I'm sick of applying to grad schools.

Me too

Yes, I was accepted without funding...so this school goes bye bye.

OMG, NYU, my dream school.

So far I have been rejected to 11 schools and accepted to 3. I have five more schools to hear from. The schools I got into I am doing the exact same type of research as multiple professors in the department....that must be the secret. It certainly wasn't my average GRE score.