Olee_Beantown

I received a "recommendation for admission" from the African American Studies department at Boston University a couple of weeks ago. I received the email notification days before the official deadline for application. I assumed this was due to my awesome conversations with the program admin and the head of graduate studies at the school, but now I'm getting worried. The deadline was 2/15, and it is 2/21. The few people I've told about this situation have reassured me that since the department wants me, the only way I would get rejected is if there were not enough funding or I didn't meet the school's admission requirements. According to the Arts and Sciences school website, the requirements for graduate study are a bachelor's degree and some background courses in the humanities. Since I meet both requirements, and my acceptance came earlier than the deadline, I think its safe to say I have been accepted. I think one has to be very careful how the perceive recommendations for admittance. It is not always cut and dry, and unfortunately doesn't always mean you're in. I am cautiously optimistic, and hoping to get my packet it the mail some day soon!