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CityZen

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  1. Thanks for any guidance, much appreciated! I noticed o the admission results that a bunch of the rejections from Columbia purportedly came "via Website", and the applicants writing in make notes saying stuff like "Email to check the website." .... What does this mean? What website? The https://app.applyyourself.com/?id=COL-GAS website where we initially submitted applications? Or is there some other website? Sorry, but this is rather confusing, especially since Columbia's deadline was back in Jan. 3! Thank you if you happen to know anything!
  2. PS - sorry, but what is "LJ" or "Who got in on LJ"? Thanks!
  3. At Columbia: the Director of Graduate Admissions, per his official title on the web site. And at CUNY, "Executive Officer" and cc'd the "Assistant Program Officer" of the "Philosophy Program, The Graduate Center, CUNY" - they're right there on the main page - I could not find the equivalent of a "Director of Graduate Admissions". Still no response, and I have a bout a week left to give an answer to the Canadian school(s), which means, if a positive answer comes from either of those places I have only a week to decide whether to live in Canada or the US next year, and there are so many things to research, like health coverage, job for my wife, etc. etc etc. .... Anyway, at this point this is just becoming a gripe, since there is nothing I can really do about it but wait, I guess ....
  4. Ok, so I've written two places directly asking about my status because I have fairly rushed decisions to make here in Canada - Columbia and CUNY - and I contacted them over the past week plus. I need to know before I give an answer to the Canadian schools because, obviously, either of those schools would top my list. But I've had no response - nada - not even an acknowledgment of the e-mail, or a "sorry we don't know yet" ..... What the hell does that mean????
  5. People ... come on! It can't possibly be unreasonable to make an inquiry in a situation where you are under pressure from other schools to respond already. You have to ask yourself: would they really reject you just because you asked a bit in advance about your status? If they do, is that a place you want to go to? That would be capricious in the extreme. The way to do it is this: First, ask about the timeline for announcements generally, i.e., is there a date by which I/we can expect to hear from the admissions committee? Second, indicate you would be happy to hear of any decision in your particular case if one has in fact already been made. If you explain that you have been given deadlines from other schools, there shouldn't be a problem, not reasonably anyway. In my case, there is a discrepancy between announcements from US and Canadian schools - the latter happen faster/sooner. So I needed to know from the US schools ASAP to be able to properly consider my options ... there is nothing unreasonable about that and we shouldn't have to fear reprisal for making a polite inquiry, etc. etc. Good luck to all!
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