ThisSlumgullionIsSoVapid Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 Well, looks like I probably have some disappointing news coming my way very soon. Undmich and Scrabble, if you don't mind me asking, has the status on your Minnesota applyonline system changed from "Awaiting program decision"? Just have to let you know, I literally "lol'd" in a lecture earlier today when I saw your username.
undmich Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 Well, looks like I probably have some disappointing news coming my way very soon. Undmich and Scrabble, if you don't mind me asking, has the status on your Minnesota applyonline system changed from "Awaiting program decision"? yes, mine still shows "awaiting program decision"
applicant1234567 Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 Haha, aw, Slumgullion, I'm glad you got a kick out of it. And hmmm, interesting. Thanks for looking that up, Undmich. Congrats on your acceptance, btw! So I'm going to just stop worrying now and let it be. (BAHAHA, yeah right...)
socihealth Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 Don't worry! I hope everyone hears some good news back soon! (Its easy to say don't worry, but here I am worrying too!)
Supernovasky Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 I wonder what university I get to stress about next. Ann Arbor, Boulder, or Washington-Seattle?
giacomo Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 Do schools send out all acceptances on the same day? Do they send out acceptances and rejections on the same day? Not that I applied to UNC or UT-Austin, how do some of the posters know that they've been rejected if they haven't gotten rejections. Newbie questions, I know. -giacomo
Supernovasky Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 For Austin, go check the Austin thread. Seems if you havent gotten your Austin acceptance by now, its probably a rejection.
Scrabble2 Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 Mine also says "awaiting program decision" for Minnesota. So I wouldn't pay too much attention to their website's status.
giacomo Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 Sorry, my emphasis was more on the first part of the questions. Do schools usually send out all acceptances on the same day? Do they send out acceptances and rejections on the same day? Or, does it all depend on schools? According to the sociology results page, two UNC results -- both acceptances -- were reported a week apart from each other. So I was wondering. -gia
Scrabble2 Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 Most schools do waves of acceptances--usually over a week or so. Schools that notify via email or phone may span two weeks it seems like. Rejections seem to come after acceptances. Usually in the form of a standard email from what I have read. That being said, some students may be notified late that they are waitlisted, which is why some people say no news is good news (based on past years forums). These are speaking broadly, not every school adheres to this and this is my interpretation of what others have posted in the past.
Scrabble2 Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 Sorry schools that admit via phone or mail may span the longest. Naturally, an email from the director of graduate studies is the quickest and most uniform way since they can send numerous acceptances the same day.
giacomo Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 Thanks, Scrabble and Supernovasky. Much appreciated.
ThisSlumgullionIsSoVapid Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 I wish I applied to more "average" ranked schools (30-60).
Supernovasky Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 (edited) I wish I applied to more "average" ranked schools (30-60). Same as you. I thought I had good stats and a good direction, but there must be tons of applicants out there that blow mine away! Edited January 26, 2012 by Supernovasky
giacomo Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 I'm going to make a bold prediction here: no more decisions until next week. -gia
ThisSlumgullionIsSoVapid Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 I'm going to make a bold prediction here: no more decisions until next week. -gia Unless someone else wants to spice things up a bit and open Schrödinger's box too by e-mailing some grad departments.
Supernovasky Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 Unless someone else wants to spice things up a bit and open Schrödinger's box too by e-mailing some grad departments. hahahaha.... Well, I guess the cat was dead ey?
Supernovasky Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 I'm going to make a bold prediction here: no more decisions until next week. -gia I dunno... Some universities could throw some last day of the month (Friday) decisions. But I am guessing the next big wave of decisions come Feb 3-7th
giacomo Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 @ThisSlumGullion: Isn't my BOLD prediction spicy enough for ye? @Supernovar: Oh, the Friday dump...
socihealth Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 is it more typical to hear from faculty or from the department?
socscholar Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 I am dying. Missed a call from a prof at UNC-CH yesterday. Waiting for the call back. I'm hoping for good news, but I can't be sure until it's official. At this point, it looks like I won't know til tomorrow. I can't take much more of the waiting and ups and downs...
ThisSlumgullionIsSoVapid Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 I am dying. Missed a call from a prof at UNC-CH yesterday. Waiting for the call back. I'm hoping for good news, but I can't be sure until it's official. At this point, it looks like I won't know til tomorrow. I can't take much more of the waiting and ups and downs... It's likely it's a good phone call. I don't think I've ever seen anyone get a call on here to tell them they were rejected haha
giacomo Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 @socscholar: How do you know you missed a call from the program? Did the caller leave a message? Did you recognize the number?
socscholar Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 Well a prof person emailed to set up a time to reach me by phone. The word "interview" wasn't dropped in the email so I'm assuming it wasn't one. And then I saw two missed calls, googled the #, and it matches. At this point the call will likely come tomorrow. Hoping it isn't for an interview. But it would be uncommon to cold call for an interview right? Ugh. I just want to be able to sleep!
ThisSlumgullionIsSoVapid Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 Well a prof person emailed to set up a time to reach me by phone. The word "interview" wasn't dropped in the email so I'm assuming it wasn't one. And then I saw two missed calls, googled the #, and it matches. At this point the call will likely come tomorrow. Hoping it isn't for an interview. But it would be uncommon to cold call for an interview right? Ugh. I just want to be able to sleep! search the forum for a few and the results page. There have probably been people who have received phone calls before and from their experience you can judge whether it is an acceptance type call or an interview. Both are probably equally plausible.
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