I included links in my resume, but have no expectation for them to be visited at all. Having compassion for the admissions officers, it's a tough job and they do have to make a call on precisely what they see in front of them. I don't think they would have time, per applicant, to go looking elsewhere. Your work will be evident in your resume, accolades, subsequent opportunities, letters of recommendation, and statement of purpose. I imagine that proof document will be the only thing they read, particularly in such a short admissions cycle (just 3 weeks!).
Even just doing some basic pseudo-math, my application is 20 pages. Let's say a modest number apply in this round - 1000 applicants, maybe? That's 20,000 pages... not including LORs. They've had ~15 working days (not including weekends) to review. That's ~1,300 pages per day. Sure, most of those pages are light reading. Perhaps we can halve to 750 pages per day, not including your general admin pages.
I imagine each application will be read by more than one person, and then discussed. That's 70 applicants to discuss, per day (based on that estimate, and that's really just guessing based on prior numbers, but it could go either way - not accounting for GRE blowout). Just putting my teacher hat on, I know for my 150 students I have to have a rhythm and extraneous materials break that pretty quickly.
I wouldn't be disappointed. It's not personal, it's just the process. I'm sure your application - and your referees! - will represent the work you've done and the person you are, even if it's not the full technicolour experience. ?
Hi everyone. I have some news from the GSE admission team!
I wrote to them on a personal matter, but was able to get this line from them and thought it would be helpful sharing it in this forum, just to reduce anxiety.
"Thank you for your email. All applicants will receive their admissions decision by August 1st. Applicants will be notified via email when their admission decision is available."
Hope it helps, and good luck to you all, I'm applying for the TIE program! ?
