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I was told about 2 weeks ago that I was on the waitlist for Pitt and I know their deadline for admitted students to accept or decline their offers was yesterday. When would it be appropriate for me to follow up with them? I’m not sure what timeframe is normal after April 15th for them to accept or deny people from the waitlist.
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Got an email from Pitt today, I’m on the waitlist! It’s not an acceptance but it’s not a rejection so I’m feeling okay, keeping my fingers crossed to hear good news by April 15th!
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32 minutes ago, ltr317 said:
This is an unique situation because of COVID-19. Most schools are thinking about how to finish the semester without harm to the student body. It's a fluid situation and my guess is that when Pitt made the announcement they didn't anticipate that the virus would spread so quickly. It's a good probability that most departments have delayed decisions until they get a handle on setting requirements for the remainder of the semester first. At my school, they already extended Spring break past this week until the end of next week, so they can establish online teaching protocols. My advice is to wait until next week to give them a gentle reminder. Good luck!
Thank you!
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So the University of Pittsburgh said that they would be announcing admission & funding decisions around March 15th. I’ve heard nothing from them so far and I really would love any kind of an update but I don’t want to bother them or come off as disrespectful considering all of the chaos going on with the Coronavirus. When would be an appropriate time to reach out about an update, maybe closer to the end of this week or early next week?
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On 3/10/2020 at 9:53 AM, Madrugada said:
The lonely Pitt rejection seems anomalous, anyone have any insight? 3 weeks ago the DGS told me that decisions were expected to be sent out within 2-3 weeks but I haven’t heard anything since.
@Madrugada any updates for you from Pitt this week? Still radio silence for me. Pitt is technically still on spring break this week and all of the in-person classes for the whole university have been halted for the rest of the semester because of Coronavirus precautions, so I'm not too surprised I haven't heard anything this week but I was just curious.
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6 minutes ago, Madrugada said:
Right, between the solitary February acceptance and today’s rejection I have no idea what to expect.
That's exactly how I feel! I'm trying not to assume the worst because silence is still better than an outright rejection but the wait has definitely been really difficult. On the department's website it says decisions on admission and financial aid for the program will be announced around March 15th, so at least it seems like we're close to knowing. Keeping my fingers crossed for us both!
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Just now, Madrugada said:
The lonely Pitt rejection seems anomalous, anyone have any insight? 3 weeks ago the DGS told me that decisions were expected to be sent out within 2-3 weeks but I haven’t heard anything since.
Same here, waiting on Pitt and haven't heard anything yet.
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Just now, alphabet soup said:
Do we know if Carnegie Mellon is doing things through mail this year? I saw two Carnegie Mellon rejections on the results page but they were both through Postal Service and there’s nothing on my application portal.
I was one of the CMU postal service rejections on the results page, I just got the rejection letter in the mail and they never updated my portal or e-mailed me.
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Saw one acceptance yesterday on the results page for Pitt, but haven't heard anything myself yet. Starting to feel really nervous, but the only thing that's giving me some hope is a professor I was interested in working with that I met with a few months ago e-mailed me a few weeks ago saying that the Director of Graduate Studies for the department asked her to reach out to me regarding my application and asked me whether I would be willing to have her serve as my advisor. I replied back to her immediately and said yes and haven't heard anything back from her since, but took it as (hopefully) a good sign. Still keeping my fingers crossed, really hoping for some news this week!
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2 hours ago, jocelynbymarcjacobs said:
Did anyone else not get accepted anywhere this year? Still waiting on NYU and Boston College who are evaluating my application for the MA, but even if I get in, probably couldn’t go.
I'm still waiting to hear back from the University of Pittsburgh, I got rejections from the other two schools I applied to.
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Any updates from the University of Pittsburgh for anyone? No updates so far on the results page, but it's the last school I'm waiting on and I'm just so anxious to hear any news!
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Just now, jocelynbymarcjacobs said:
Same to you! The rejection letter was extremely kind, at least. I think the program was very competitive this year.
Thank you! I agree.
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Just now, jocelynbymarcjacobs said:
Was just rejected from U of Washington. 2 rejections, still waiting on 3 schools. Anxious I’m not going to get in anywhere at this point. So it goes.
So sorry to hear that, I just got my rejection e-mail from UW too. Wishing you the best with the schools you’re still waiting on!
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Hoping to hear from Pitt this week! Fingers crossed ?
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Got a rejection letter in the mail from Carnegie Mellon today. They didn’t send me a rejection e-mail or update my applicant portal at all, just mailed the letter. Super bummed, but will just have to move forward and try to stay hopeful!
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Any other Carnegie Mellon University applicants here? Looks like acceptances for Fall 2019 went out around this time last year, but nothing on the results page for this year yet.
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1 minute ago, Aithera said:
For anyone applying to Pitt:
Decisions should be out sometime next week. Info I got was that committee is meeting this week, and then decisions will go to grad dean and be sent out, which means next week.
Also, Pitt saw something a 50% increase in apps this year. So if you are rejected or waitlisted, know it may have just been the class of apps they received.
Lastly, no Rediker does not really take students anymore.
I’m a current Pitt grad student, so if anyone has questions, I’m happy to answer to the best of my ability
Thank you so much for the update @Aithera! I'm currently waiting to hear back from Pitt so having some new info is great.
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Hi everyone-wishing the very best of luck to you all! Currently waiting to hear back from Carnegie Mellon, the University of Pittsburgh, and the University of Washington. No updates from any of them so far, the wait has definitely been agonizing.
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Officially got my rejection after being waitlisted at Pitt today, they told me that they had a higher than usual number of applicants and a significantly higher than usual number of applicants that accepted their admission. Looks like it just wasn't meant to be for me this cycle. Congratulations to everyone who was accepted this cycle, I'm hopeful and excited to try again next year!