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I think it's just administrative stuff... takes a while for the office to approve and send out the final offer. Don't worry, you should be fine

Hi ELB, I am really sorry to hear this. I will pray for your application, pray that you will face your result with peace no matter what it maybe. Please take a good care of yourself. You will be awesome, don't be dismayed by the application results.

It depends on whether you have a POI or not. If you have a POI, you can email the POI directly with you updated resume and just say that you hope this will help your application. Usually, POI will let you know your current application status. If you don't have a POI, you just have to call the department assistant. Usually, the assistant is nice, but if they are busy, they probably won't talk to you for so long and give you too much information. I felt for you, waiting totally sucks! I called the department assistant yesterday for my application status update, she was nice and said that she will email me today with more information, but she didn't... I would just give them couple of days because this must be a very season for them.. Good Luck!!

I am also waiting for Laurier's official offer. I am just wondering around what time (morning 10:00am or afternoon 3:00pm etc. )did you receive the offer?

I think most of the time skills and experiences are transferrable, so you really need to have a coherent story in your statement about how your experiences connect to social psychology and how the skills you gained contribute to your further study. Also, you just applied 5 schools which are not enough. As you mentioned, it's a competitive process. I will recommend you to apply at least 8 schools and have one or two low-profile schools.

I was a RA for 2.5 years. At beginning, I felt the same way that I am just free labor and all the work I did was mechanical and of course boring. After about 3 months, the graduate students in the lab started to assign me to do more intellectual work. I think the reason why they trust me is because I was always the one who is willing to do extra work and take responsibility for things. I agree with others suggestions, it is important to be active and show your passion. Also, you need to let them know what do you hope to gain through your experiences at the lab. For example, you can tell them you hope to get your name on one or two posters and you are willing to anything that will help you achieve this goal. Generally, it takes time to gain trust and respect from others, just don't be shy to show you are capable of doing! Good Luck!

I called the department today, the lady who answered the phone was really nice. She told me that the department already recommended me to the graduate office. But my file is on hold now, she will keep me updated if she knows why my file is on hold. I am just glad that I know what is going on, I am more confident that I will be receiving the offer within a few days.

I think you should call the department to inquire your application status, if you are on waitlist, you can ask them approximately when you will hear the results. I suggest call them instead of emailing them, because that would be way faster.. BEST OF LUCK

Did you call the department? How did it go?

Thanks for your reply, I am considering of calling them tomorrow morning.

At least, you are not rejected! maybe you are on the waitlist?

Around the middle of March, my POI told me that I am in and will receive an offer and she would like to talk about the offer with me if I want to. Then, I emailed her back and let her know I am excited and definitely look forward to knowing more about the offer from her. However, It has been 2 and a half weeks, she didn't reply me. I emailed the department assistant on March 30th to inquire my application status, the assistant didn't reply me either. I also called the graduate office, the person who answered the phone told me that they didn't receive department's admission recommendation for me. Now, I am not sure what should I do, should I call the department tomorrow? or should I just wait? Thanks!

Tomorrow is March 31st, fingers crossed that I will receive the official decision. I find that the longer that I wait, the more that I want to let go of everything. I start to doubt myself why I am so obsessed with checking emails. What is the whole point of all these anxieties, fears and nightmares? I don't think we are defined by whether we can receive an offer or not. Yeah... it's a cliche: when one door closed, another door will open. Nonetheless, it maybe true. Let's give ourself a break to enjoy the life and to love the ones around us. The decision will come eventually, why don't we just relax and wait for it?

The waiting will begin in about 8 hours.. hope everyone can hear something from the school!

dittto!