mjbart

Anybody else still not hear?

The department website also says that "the committee will inform those applicants who are admitted of its recommendation within a day or two of each meeting." So it seems like we should know one way or another by the end of this week.

Thanks for the heads up. Mine says it's at the department as well, but as Katie said, I wouldn't read anything into it - I highly doubt the order the department receives apps has anything to do with odds of acceptance.

Hmm. I'm not exactly sure where you see an "at department" section. When I log in, and click "Check Your Application" on the right hand corner, all I see is "Application Status: Submitted. Congratulations, _____! All required questions have been completed and your Application has been successfully submitted."

Hi all, First off, my apologies for a super obsessive compulsive first post. As fellow hopeful historians in waiting, I'm sure you can sympathize. Did anybody else applying to Boston University's Ph.D program have their status changed to "decision on admission made" today? If so, were you contacted directly about the decision? I'm fairly optimistic because these are the first batch of decisions, and, assuming the order of the ID numbers on the status checker page represent some objective criteria such as when applications were submitted, the decisions made thus far seem fairly randomly numerically distributed. Additionally, the department website claims to review all complete applications every few weeks, which seems to rule out the possibility of reviewing in order based on area of specialization, or randomly. Therefore, I assume they utilize some subjective criteria - the first group of decisions are probably either those they reject outright, or, more likely (or wishful thinking on my part) their first choice acceptances. Anybody have any insight? Thanks, and good luck to all you on all your apps!