Confused?

[panthers9876]

Hey All,

I was recently invited to a graduate visiting weekend, and had the department head said he would be glad to see me next fall only to get a rejection letter in the mail? I don't quite understand what happened? So does this mean that even when you hear something directly from the department heads mouth that it doesn't mean anything anymore?

[mtlve]

This also happened to me. I interviewed with one of the directors, and he said similar stuff at that time. I sent thankyou emails to all of my interviewers, and he responded saying that the directors really liked me and that they wanted me to come there. I got a rejection letter via email two days later.

I think directors and faculty just say stuff like this to everyone. I do not think our experiences are unusual. I do not know why this happens. It might be that they lie. The most likely reason I can think of is that other people on the committee did not like you and this kept you out of the school. I think that I might have also been waitlisted and then rejected, and this would explain things a little better in my instance.

I hope you have some better options.