tracking your status

[purplepepper]

Hey,

I know grad offices must be incredibly swamped with incoming mail and probably don't need more people calling them about the receipt of applicants' materials but...

is it my imagination or is Princeton just slow? I sent all my materials in using a tracking number--it was received Dec. 1st. I submitted my application on Dec. 17th, and the materials still haven't been matched. I worry because their deadline is a received by deadline (Dec. 31st) which is coming up next week. Does it warrant a call next Monday to check on everything? Or, would I just be pestering them?

[Minnesotan]

The worst they can say is "we don't know." I would give them a polite phone call, if it doesn't show your stuff on the tracking page.

[georgica1]

I applied to a Princeton program with a December 15th deadline and submitted my application on the 14th. I checked today and none of my information has been updated, so I wouldn't worry too much. Also, they say it will be at least 7-10 business days after you submit before they update your file online, so if you submitted the 17th, I'd give it a few more days. I'm guessing a lot of the staff are on vacation (or at the very least have been out of the office for the past few days) so it will probably take awhile before they update. I'm planning on giving it another week, and if my GRE scores, etc. aren't shown as received, I'll call, but if I were you, I wouldn't freak out yet.

edit: OP - after I saw that you were also applying for Art History, I double-checked Princeton's deadline. I cannot believe that I literally stayed up all night so I could submit my application "on time" (I was, for some reason, convinced that the deadline was the 15th) when application wasn't even due for 2 weeks. At least it's out of the way.

[purplepepper]

Thanks for your answers, it's hard to know with these things. Guess I'll save the worrying for after the new year

Thanks georgica, I also just checked the Princeton website for the deadlines... I didn't think they were dec. 15th deadlines. I was scared for a sec! That almost happened to me with another school, I convinced myself the deadline was actually after what it was, after randomly checking the website I saw the real date. It's funny how that happens. Anyway, thanks for the info.