Advice needed: I think my application was lost!

[pomodoro]

Hi All,

I hate the stress for waiting and think I'm losing my mind at this point. I've yet to hear back from a school regarding admission- it seems that said school has already sent out some acceptances, rejections and waitlists. My online status still reads "under review", yet I have the nagging feeling that my file has gone awol. I emailed the graduate assistant over a week ago and no response. This morning, I finally worked up the nerve to call the department, only to be transferred to a voicemail box. I promptly hung up.

On top of that, I bumped into a colleague last night who has applied at the same school, different department and she informed me that this particular school was having enormous problems with their online admissions website- it seems that they lost her part of her file in February and never bothered tell her!

Should I email the administration assistant again or graduate director? Work up my nerves to call the department again? I don't think I can handle the suspense!

pomodoro

[Think_Positive]

I would definitely only call people if you're that concerned. If that rumor is correct and they have lost some parts of applications, then they may be swamped so you might not get through to someone on the first try (and forget having them respond to their inbox full of inquiries).

However..... I wouldn't panic. A lot of us are still waiting for various responses to various schools. I know someone received an acceptance to my school last week, but I also know they are still reviewing mine. So under review may really mean that its just still under review.

[pomodoro]

Hi Think_Positive, thanks for your kind response. I think my nerves are getting to me at this point, but I do take your advice to heart. I'll contact the department again by Monday just in case. Fingers crossed and best of luck to the both of us!

Edited March 19, 2010 by pomodoro