vision15 Posted January 30, 2013 Posted January 30, 2013 I contacted my POI at one of the schools I applied to, he said the dept. has recommended me for admission, now the Graduate School has to do some processing and they'll let me know about the decision in a few days. This was about a week back but still I haven't heard anything from that school. On their portal my Application Status has now changed to "Recommended" but Admission Decision is still "Decision Pending". Maybe I am over-thinking it but can someone get rejected by the Graduate Office even when the dept. has shown the green signal? And how long does it take for the Grad Office to make a decision and let the candidate know, anyone having any idea or anyone who has/is facing the same situation?
PhDreams Posted January 30, 2013 Posted January 30, 2013 It is a formality. Congrats! You are in! Yep, from everything that I've seen in the past, it is definitely a formality. The Admissions dept usually just verifies that your file is in order, all your transcripts are in, etc. Soooo.... CONGRATS!!!!
sansao Posted January 30, 2013 Posted January 30, 2013 I would guess that you should be fine at this point, and that they just need to verify your file and process your offer.
OhMySocks Posted January 30, 2013 Posted January 30, 2013 There are times when people recommended for admission are rejected by the graduate school, but this generally seems to be in the case where you don't meet some minimum GPA or GRE requirement by the university.
vision15 Posted January 30, 2013 Author Posted January 30, 2013 Thank you all for your reassuring responses. I hope they let me know real fast, can't wait any longer!
Cookie Posted January 30, 2013 Posted January 30, 2013 "The Department of abc at xyz has recommended you for admission into the PhD program. While the graduate school has the final say in admissions, it generally follows the advice of the Department." This is part of an email I got from a PoI 4 days before an official email. Congrats and good luck with your endeavours
woosah Posted January 31, 2013 Posted January 31, 2013 I got a similar email from a POI 10 days ago (feels like sooo much longer), still no official acceptance from the grad school. I have heard of them taking weeks, I hope that isn't the case with either one of us. "soon" is such an irritating word to me right now...
vision15 Posted January 31, 2013 Author Posted January 31, 2013 @woosah: Tell me about it! I sometimes feel like it would have been better if my POI didn't tell me that, I could have witnessed magic one fine day just like that! Now I have turned into an insomniac who refreshes his inbox and the university portal every 5 minutes from 8pm to 4 in the morning!
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