luluchan

Thanks for the thoughtful and helpful response! I suspected this was the case. I'm still an undergrad and this is my first time applying to anything, so I thought I was just unfamiliar with common admissions speak/terminology ("third tier, pending"). But I talked to a prof today and he said this isn't the case. I see that you're going to UC Davis. Congrats! That was my dream school. Enjoy the sun for me!

Hi, New to this, so sorry if this question has already been asked and answered but...Today, I decided to contact a school to find out the status of my final floating application. I received an email explaining that, as expected, offers have long been sent out. The secretary (someone always really polite and efficient in her responses) replied: "Offers of admission have gone out. Those applicants don't have to accept or decline our offer until April 15th if they choose to wait. We also have a wait list. Your application is in the 3rd "tier" which is "pending". I can't give you a definite answer at this time..." She went on to say that if I had any other offers, then it'd be best to consider them seriously. What does this mean? That I'm not officially rejected just yet? They're just getting to it? Or that they don't bother to send out rejection notices? I