Ph.D. Acceptance: letter or phone call?

[Postbib Yeshuist]

I got a phone call on Friday from a program letting me know I'd been accepted and that a letter would be in the mail this week. However, a friend who also applied has heard nothing. I've seen several comments here by people who got phone calls, so I wonder what the normal process is for notifying an applicant that he/she got in. Those of you have been accepted, was it by phone or letter?

[tenorcervantes]

I got a phone call for both Claremont School of Theology and Pacific School of Religion. I think it depends on the school.

[johndiligent]

Another way to gather this information is via the Results Search (button up top). Search for discipline or a school you're curious about and scroll through the acceptances. One column will tell you the Method of Communication: via Phone, Post, E-mail (pretty popular way of getting an acceptance now)... That'll give you an idea of what methods are most common.

[Postbib Yeshuist]

Another way to gather this information is via the Results Search (button up top). Search for discipline or a school you're curious about and scroll through the acceptances. One column will tell you the Method of Communication: via Phone, Post, E-mail (pretty popular way of getting an acceptance now)... That'll give you an idea of what methods are most common.

Thanks. i wasn't aware that was there.