Status check

[applicant777]

Status check

 

Recently i have finished my applications to universities. Application status of some universities shows comleted or submitted, others say in review or under review. My question is should every application status show "in review"? Does application status showing submitted mean that application is not under review yet?

 

[Quant_Liz_Lemon]

I wouldn't worry about it. Programs that have admitted me still have my application listed as "ready for review." Programs that have rejected me have my application listed as "submitted" or "in review." It doesn't mean anything.

[TakeruK]

I think someone has to hit some button to make the status change from submitted to in review, and some departments might not bother? For many schools, the status stayed at "submitted" for a long time and then changed to "declined" or "rejected" or "accepted" with no in-between. Sometimes the official change takes awhile, so for at least one school, I got an email rejection. Then, a few days later, it was followed by an official/automated email from the School of Graduate Studies informing me that my application status has changed and that I should log into the system to see the updated status. Yay, it's super fun being rejected twice (although that's what I was expecting to see)!

 

On the other hand, one school had super detailed status levels, like "application received", "application processed" (meaning that all information was complete), "under department review" etc. etc. They even had to provide a pop up menu describing exactly what each line meant. Overkill!

 

Also, sometimes the online status things are not 100% accurate. One school said that it was still "awaiting official transcripts" from one of my former schools although other transcripts were marked as "received". After 1 week, I asked the school about it and they said that they did receive that transcript, however, my names did not match 100% so the computer system didn't flag it as "received". But they assured me that the actual transcript was attached to my application and the department had it. They never changed the status!

 

So, obviously you should follow up on any anomalous status, but sometimes the online status things are not very accurate/useful!

Edited January 23, 2013 by TakeruK

[applicant777]

thanks for information. I was really worrying

[app_knowhow]

It is important that you follow up. For your application to be sent to the Admissions Committee it has be listed as "ready for review". If it is listed as "submitted", it means that you sent your application but it is not necessarily complete. There might be some documents or test scores missing. You application might be stuck with the administrator, and if you do not get it complete on time, it might not even be reviewed by the committee at all.

 

Make sure to get a confirmation that your application is "ready for review"