Georgia Tech Application

[ogzincdlp]

Hi,

 

I am quite new here, but I got the following mail about my Georgia Tech mechanical engineering. Do you think is that a good sign or a bad one?

 

We are in receipt of your application to the Woodruff School of Mechanical
Engineering at Georgia Tech.  You have a very strong file and credentials.
Thank you for your interest in Georgia Tech!

You have not been offered admission, but at the present time your file has
been made available for viewing by the faculty of the Woodruff School via
an internal web site.  If a faculty member views your file and expresses
an interest in working with you, we will notify you and continue to
process your application.

This evaluation will continue until July 1, 2013 and we will advise you of
our decision at the latest by that date

 

Wish you all luck with your applications.

[Quantum Buckyball]

It meant you made the cut after the first preliminary round.

[ogzincdlp]

Thanks for your attention and reply

[ShortLong]

It actually sounds to me like you are on the waitlist. They are interested in you enough to not reject you outright, but not enough to actively search for faculty to keep you. Then again my experience with Georgia Tech is through their aerospace department, so mechanical might do things differently.

[ogzincdlp]

So maybe, it is a good idea to connect with some faculty or is it?

[ShortLong]

It couldn't hurt to reach out to some faculty. 

[zecone13]

I don't think it's a preliminary round thing; my acceptance to the same program was a different letter. I think this is a waitlist, but I'm not sure why they wouldn't just say that. 

 

To me it sounds like "if anyone else doesn't accept, professors will look through this list that we just put you on and find someone they like, which may be you!".