TigerTongPo Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 "you should know in a few days" x2 "you should know by the end of the week" x2 "you should know by the end of the month" - we'll see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erin85 Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 "you have a very good chance of admission" not even waitlisted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnesotan Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 How about a mistakenly sent acceptance letter? That one was my favorite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUguy333 Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 X university has promised me an answer by the end of this week for the past 4 weeks now...I've stopped emailing them needless to say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigh Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 "You'll hear back March 15th." I got the acceptance package in the mail later that day (which, incidentally, was in mid-February). At least the truth was better than the lie in that instance...but at this point I don't trust any responses I get from grad admissions offices unless they're very specific (like, "We've already sent out all of our acceptance letters" - I believe that, unfortunately). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silencio1982 Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 How about a mistakenly sent acceptance letter? That one was my favorite. ouch!!! i can't even imagine that... can they legally retract an acceptance letter once sent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnesotan Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 ouch!!! i can't even imagine that... can they legally retract an acceptance letter once sent? I'm not sure. When they told me it was a mistake, I thought about appealing, but then realized that if I got in somewhere because of an appeal, I would probably be treated differently than the other students. Maybe some professors would even resent me. Worse than my situation, my buddy had a similar thing happen to him at Madison, and he did appeal. I don't recall the full story in all its glorious detail (he was pretty animated when telling it), but he told me the grad secretary lied to his face about something, then changed his status on him after he had been rejected, accepted, then rejected again (none of which was his true status, apparently). I guess the program director emailed him, after the secretary admitted to lying to him, claiming it was an "honest mistake." LOL! I don't know how it went, exactly, as beer was available at the establishment we visited last time we hung out; nonetheless, I promised him never to attend a conference or deal with people from Madison's English department. They sound like right pricks! Oddly, he never heard back from the department about his appeal. I bet he used some choice language. I know I felt pretty bad in my situation, and nobody lied to me - they just sent the wrong letter, then called me when they realized. There should be a blacklist somewhere for departments that pull this shit. I mean, in my case it's probably not that huge of a deal, but people should hear about situations like what happened to my friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pointedears Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 They should be penalized in some way for shit like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigazowohnow Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 "I hope that you'll join us next year" Then to find out later that I am wait listed....do you REALLY hope so? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santana Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 "we will let you know as soon as possible" "we were unable to verify all of your documents" "we are in the recess so not all the members of department are available" "we are on the Spring Break" "you are highly qualified individual we would like to admit but we have not received sufficient funding" "you are in the group we would admit if we had sufficient funding so we shall have to wait" "I will let you know by the end of March" "I might not be able to tell you anything until the early April at least" "I might not be able to tell you anything until April 15" "I might not be able to tell you anything until the end of April" ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pointedears Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 "We got mixed up and shredded your documents by mistake. Send them again?" When I hadn't even sent the documents. I had sent in the application fee online but then later decided not to apply to the school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMP Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 "I don't think you're prepared for my PhD program. I mean my students have lot going for them. But I'd put you right through my MA program if you apply to my PhD program." Then I e-mailed him 3 months later asking him to consider me for his MA program at least. Said he'd take my app. Let's see how he reacts to my writing sample challenging his perspective. If I don't get in, then he lied. And has proven his weakness as an insecure person. Yay for academic freedom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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