Application tracking woes

[The Green Bean]

Hi. I maybe paranoid but maybe because I'm applying at the end minute. UAustin Texas whose supporting materials I sent by the 15th still haven't been updated. UChicago was updated the same day. NYU confirmed today they had received my GRE/TOEFL scores. Does Harvard have a tracking system? I can't seem to find it. Perhaps I should not worry and if there is a problem they will contact me? U of T is the same. It still says documents pending even though I have uploaded everything. But they're closed until Monday so they'll probably update it later. The worst so far has been Mcgill. I send my stuff via courier and their premises are totally closed. Nobody there to collect deliveries for more than 10 days.

Oh well...

[Medievalmaniac]

Hi. I maybe paranoid but maybe because I'm applying at the end minute. UAustin Texas whose supporting materials I sent by the 15th still haven't been updated. UChicago was updated the same day. NYU confirmed today they had received my GRE/TOEFL scores. Does Harvard have a tracking system? I can't seem to find it. Perhaps I should not worry and if there is a problem they will contact me? U of T is the same. It still says documents pending even though I have uploaded everything. But they're closed until Monday so they'll probably update it later. The worst so far has been Mcgill. I send my stuff via courier and their premises are totally closed. Nobody there to collect deliveries for more than 10 days.

Oh well...

I just got off the phone with UVA this morning concerning my official transcripts, which are still recorded unreceived, even though they have been received at the other institutions to which I applied. The admissions counselor was amazing, very calm and very efficient, and she told me that since the information is uploaded already into the applyyourself online application, the department has everything it needs to make a decision. If I am admitted, I have simply to make certain that my official transcripts are on file before I matriculate. My understanding is that as long as the documents are marked "received" by the deadline, that's fine, and that they may or may not have made it to your file by that point, and that file may or may not subsequently have been updated to reflect that. I also got the idea that if you are an attractive candidate for them, they will tell you what else they need to make your admit official - so I think you are OK. However, calling about a week prior to admissions deadlines might alleviate your concerns a bit - I definitely felt better about the whole thing after I spoke with an admissions counselor. )