engguy

true what you say. some schools i heard from very early, some not at all yet... i just sent an e-mail this morning to three of them asking when to expect a decision. one wrote back immediately and said an offer wd be forthcoming, another that decisions would come next week. they all seem to go at their own speeds. i would think this might vary even more for international applicants, who knows? also hard to tell what "frank"'s tone was supposed to be, but i agree that the thinly veiled gloating and occasional dream-squishing on this forum is getting quite tiresome. unless you happen to know for a fact that all offers have gone out from a certain school, why post on it?

i have two "formal" offers and one e-mail / phone offer from 3 schools. none of them have explicitly mentioned the apr 15 deadline -- unless maybe I'm not looking carefully enough -- but all have acknowledged it one way or another. you'll probably get a number of materials from school A in the coming weeks, some from the dept., some from the grad college. they move at different speeds, and sometimes aren't aware of what the other's doing. i'm sure you know that, though. from one school, i have a formal offer letter from the dept., one from the grad school, another with a TA contract, and a formal e-mail from the president of the school. i'm just sticking it all in a file so i can keep track of it. just hang in there! again, if you are certain they are a member of CGS, they cannot force an answer. if it will ease your mind, i'm sure you could find someone in the grad admissions office who will confirm this.

while i realize that it's very frustrating not to have the formal letter in hand, if they are a member of the CGS there's really nothing they can do to rush you. the chair of the dept. of my school told me a story about how THEY had been trying to rush someone last year, and his adviser sent a nasty e-mail telling him (the chair) the school could not force the prospective student to make a decision before apr 15. needless to say, he waited till apr 15 and turned them down. you just have to wait. go along with whatever school A says, be polite, but don't commit to anything. meanwhile, that letter will eventually come. i've never heard of a school sending someone e-mails with offers and so on, and then not giving an official offer (or somehow screwing with you on that). i don't think any reputable school -- that wanted to keep its reputation -- would do that. as for lighting a fire under school B -- it's up to you to gauge how effective that would be. beyond a certain point it might just be annoying. :x

i did -- and no, haven't heard anything. a friend, who also applied, called them and they seemed to indicate it could be a while. hope that helps. :roll:

Likely headed there for PhD english. I saw some other folks posting early on but haven't seen them for a while...