Do not contact your school because you are antsy

[Y2H]

On 3/10/2011 at 4:21 AM, Red Bull said:

There are so many students on here trying to decide whether or not they should contact their program seeking additional admissions information. I am of the opinion that you should not bother the admin staff of the program you are interested in. Your decision will come via phone/email/snail mail. Just wait! Nothing good will come of you calling the department. Just sit tight and wait like everyone else. Part of the process of becoming a graduate student is learning patience and perseverance. Every single one of the pre-graduate students on this board are going crazy waiting for the admissions decisions to come in. Take a walk, watch a movie, get a puppy- whatever you need to calm yourself down. Also, put yourself in the place of the admin professionals who have to answer the phones at the department you are interested in- they don't know enough to satisfy you, and they certainly don't know whether you will get in the program. KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON!

I disagree with this very much. There are a couple of schools who only told me I was on a waitlist after I inquired. If it weren’t for these emails, I would've accepted another offer. There's also a school that told me you are accepted and sent the offer a month later. If I hadn't inquired, I would have been worried about this school for an additional month. 

One of my friends also was told by Northeastern that he was on a waitlist and that we would hear back, at most by April 16. Since the other offer he had (UKY) expires on April 15, he asked the school that admitted him to extend the deadline to April 16 so that he can wait for Northeastern's decision.