reidallen

For those who have directly contacted the program admissions office/POIs for application updates, do you have a generic email outline to politely ask in a way that’s not already assuming that you were rejected? I wanna send my updated CV and also ask for an update while I’m at it, but I don’t know who I should directly email and which would be best. I don’t wanna leave a bad first impression with the POIs by being impatient but I don’t know if emailing the program admissions will be enough to get a response about an update. Thanks in advance!

Question since I’m an anxious mess: If a program already sent out invites, is it safe to assume I got rejected? I don’t wanna keep my hopes up, but I don’t know if it’s PI-specific? If it is, are there interviews later than February? It feels like everything should be finalized right now but I haven’t heard back from any programs

I hope this isn’t a stupid question, but are programs required to inform you of rejections or should we just assume we got rejected as we near interview weeks? I’m too anxious to reach out to programs or wait this long to hear back :(