Spreadpeace88 Posted January 23, 2014 Posted January 23, 2014 I am awaiting a decision from UT Austin. I applied for a Masters in the Curriculum and Instruction department in the Ed. School. On the UT My status page there are multiple tabs- admissions, housing and financial aid. When I logged on today the Financial Aid tab now says " Please Check Back- Access to financial aid status information is restricted to admitted students. If you are offered admission to UT Austin, please check back to access your financial aid information." I wouldn't be paranoid except someone else posted about UT that their Financial Aid tab changed today to say "Decisions about financial aid will be made after you have been officially admitted and your financial aid application has been processed." Their change sounds so much more positive than mine. Am I reading to much into it? Help me...? Has anyone had either of these experiences before?
iphi Posted January 24, 2014 Posted January 24, 2014 Was the person who posted in the same discipline as you? If no, just forget it outright. It really doesn't matter. You can't compare apples and oranges! If they are the same discipline, then fear not! It could just be that acceptances are going out over a longer period of time.
Ciarrai300 Posted January 24, 2014 Posted January 24, 2014 I was accepted and all that changed was that the admission tab said congratulations with instructions to send my official transcripts. The financial aid tab still says the same thing it did when I first submitted my application: See CASH for your financial aid information. I don't think the financial aid tab has anything to do with your acceptance so I wouldn't read into it.
Spreadpeace88 Posted January 24, 2014 Author Posted January 24, 2014 Thanks for the reassurance guys! The other person who posted was I believe a Phd applicant in Sociology...it just seemed strange that both of ours changed on the same day, and changed to different things.
CAda Posted January 28, 2014 Posted January 28, 2014 (edited) I am awaiting a decision from UT Austin. I applied for a Masters in the Curriculum and Instruction department in the Ed. School. On the UT My status page there are multiple tabs- admissions, housing and financial aid. When I logged on today the Financial Aid tab now says " Please Check Back- Access to financial aid status information is restricted to admitted students. If you are offered admission to UT Austin, please check back to access your financial aid information." I wouldn't be paranoid except someone else posted about UT that their Financial Aid tab changed today to say "Decisions about financial aid will be made after you have been officially admitted and your financial aid application has been processed." Their change sounds so much more positive than mine. Am I reading to much into it? Help me...? Has anyone had either of these experiences before? Just curious, but did you or the other person submit a FAFSA to UT-Austin? I submitted mine a couple days ago (gotta do something to stay productive!) and I just noticed that my Fin Aid tab changed to also say "Decisions about financial aid will be made after you have been officially admitted and your financial aid application has been processed." I'm wondering if it's just a FAFSA thing. Do you know if the other applicant got accepted? Edited January 28, 2014 by CAda
Ciarrai300 Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 I haven't filed FAFSA yet (my taxes are going to be wildly different this year than last so I'm waiting for my W-2s and 1099s to come in) so if SpreadPeace had that could definitely be why hers changed and mine didn't
Spreadpeace88 Posted February 6, 2014 Author Posted February 6, 2014 I got in! So who knows what that financial aid status was all about....I hadn't and still have not submitted a FAFSA. But now I will. Thanks all!
Ciarrai300 Posted February 6, 2014 Posted February 6, 2014 Congrats SpreadPeace! Did you get any information on funding or financial aid with your acceptance? I just got the general letter from the GIAC and still haven't heard from my department.
CAda Posted February 11, 2014 Posted February 11, 2014 I am awaiting a decision from UT Austin. I applied for a Masters in the Curriculum and Instruction department in the Ed. School. On the UT My status page there are multiple tabs- admissions, housing and financial aid. When I logged on today the Financial Aid tab now says " Please Check Back- Access to financial aid status information is restricted to admitted students. If you are offered admission to UT Austin, please check back to access your financial aid information." I wouldn't be paranoid except someone else posted about UT that their Financial Aid tab changed today to say "Decisions about financial aid will be made after you have been officially admitted and your financial aid application has been processed." Their change sounds so much more positive than mine. Am I reading to much into it? Help me...? Has anyone had either of these experiences before? Ironically, now I'm wondering if my status change means anything! I now have a housing tab! Granted, I did submit my fafsa, so who knows how I've influenced the system- but still! Actually, I'm totally bonkers because I applied to the psych PhD at Austin (Ed PhDs at other schools) and I haven't even been invited for an interview. So, it can't really mean anything. But still- wishful thinking :-)
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