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In the case that you are rejected, it may be that they contacted accepted/waitlisted students via phone or email but forwarded your name to the university to send you a rejection letter by mail. It would account for the delay. You can always email someone to check the status of your application if you can't wait any longer!

I was a "non-traditional" undergrad—I began college 8 years after high school—and graduated last May. So far in the process, my "life experience" seems to be working in my favor, along with the fact that I recently graduated with a degree in my prospective field. However, I've yet to receive any official decisions, so we'll see!

I was a "non-traditional" undergrad—I began college 8 years after high school—and graduated last May. So far in the process, my "life experience" seems to be working in my favor, along with the fact that I recently graduated with a degree in my prospective field. However, I've yet to receive any official decisions, so we'll see!

You need the option of "life experience before undergrad" in this poll. I was always told to take a gap year, even from profs who knew my past experience. When I told one that I really didn't want to because I might not return she said "good, thats what it is supposed to do, weed out only serious students." When I explained that it would be hard for me to convince my family I should give up a good paying job after all these years of hardship to pay for my undergad she responded with "in your case, I don't advise a gap year." Go figure!