Rose Tyler Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 I've gotten two emails inviting me to "information sessions" in the last week. It's killing me, especially because one of those schools I expect if I don't get an interview invite this week I'm not going to get one at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grad_wannabe Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 One university sent me emails with the word 'Congratulations' in the subject line . . . so that they could inform me that a recommendation letter had arrived. Seriously, school?! You couldn't think of a better word to use with an on-edge person waiting anxiously to hear about acceptance or rejection? NYU sent me a Christmas email, which I thought was also a bit of a cruel mind game. And Purdue keeps sending emails inviting me to check out different new developments on their campus, all with that adrenaline-producing word 'invite' in the subject line. Sometimes I wonder if they torture us for their own amusement. Honestly! The USC status page has a huge button that says "ADMISSIONS DECISION." Once you click on that, a new page opens up, with big letters across the top that say "The university is pleased to offer you ... the opportunity to send and receive messages through this portal!" Not cool. Prayerocks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HistoryMystery Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Freaked out getting that e-mail from the UC Board of Regents today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
higheredhopeful Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Another USC annoyance here. Applying for graduate student employment before receiving notification of admittance/rejection. How does that make sense?! They'll have to go through applications not knowing who was admitted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avocadoze Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 @grad_wannabe that has been driving me CRAZY everytime I log onto USConnect! Congrats on your acceptance--how did you find out? I've applied to the MA Strategic Public Relations program and could find out anytime between mid-February and LATE APRIL. THIS HAS TO BE ILLEGAL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grad_wannabe Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 @grad_wannabe that has been driving me CRAZY everytime I log onto USConnect! Congrats on your acceptance--how did you find out? I've applied to the MA Strategic Public Relations program and could find out anytime between mid-February and LATE APRIL. THIS HAS TO BE ILLEGAL. It's SO aggravating, I know! And thank you! They emailed me a PDF of the official offer letter, with all funding details outlined. After spending so many weeks waiting for a response, I was surprised and frankly grateful at how quickly the "big reveal moment" happened -- the subject line said "USC Admission Offer Letter." No ambiguous "check your status" message. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avocadoze Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 That's so anticlimactic, but also polite. I only applied a month ago, so I guess I don't have room for too much anxiety yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jujubea Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 This is a would-be fake-out moment: I went to check my CU-Boulder application status today, and the whole front page has changed, and it says A FINAL DECISION HAS BEEN MADE on your application, so click on your "Application Status" to check it out. When I click on it, it takes me to the same page I've been seeing for months: application pending. Now, this is only a would-be fake out moment because they called me earlier today to tell me I was in fact accepted. I would have been going NUTS otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HistoryGypsy Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Honestly! The USC status page has a huge button that says "ADMISSIONS DECISION." Once you click on that, a new page opens up, with big letters across the top that say "The university is pleased to offer you ... the opportunity to send and receive messages through this portal!" Not cool. They HAVE to have planned that for their own sick amusement! Oh my gosh! I have a current theory-in-progress that perhaps all of these different departments are working together on some top secret psychology experiment, and we're all just the "Baby Alberts" of tomorrow. Katla, FinallyAccepted, MathCat and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tez92 Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Well it happened to me again today. I got an email that said: "Dear Applicant, Congratulations again on...... submitting your application to XYZ Theological Seminary." To make matters worst. I shared with my colleagues how it was cruel for XYZ to send me that fake out email and no one understood why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmh Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 The UPenn prospective student chat is my fake out moment. I praised God when I read the subject line on my cellphone, when I continued reading it, it was just damn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowclaw Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Had a bit of a fake out last night. Got a phone call from Florida, but it was pretty late to be a school (7:30). Still, I've gotten emails from FIU outside of normal business hours, so I got a little excited. It was just Carnival Cruise Lines trying to sell me another cruise. Chiqui74 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agrizz Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Had a bit of a fake out last night. Got a phone call from Florida, but it was pretty late to be a school (7:30). Still, I've gotten emails from FIU outside of normal business hours, so I got a little excited. It was just Carnival Cruise Lines trying to sell me another cruise. ouch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyronomus4 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 One of the PhD programs I'm applying to (also top choice and first application submitted) is also the same place I got my master's degree. About twice a week I get a very official looking letter but nothing I care about. I wish they knew I had a minor stroke each time they sent me tax information or alumni pleas for money... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-hermes- Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Wow, another email with the subject "Thank you for applying for admission to Fake Out University", linking to an applicant survey. That's quite evil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meglet Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 I had a personal email waiting in my gmail when I woke up this morning (which hardly ever happens). Subject: Request for Interview.... From someone at NUI Galway (not a school I applied to) who had made a typo in the email address, thus emailing me instead of the rural Irish artist she was looking for, to interview for research purposes. ARGGGGHHHHHH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Q84 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Still getting those NYU online information session emails. I just rage-unsubscribed from them... hopefully that doesn't make the school rage-unsubscribe me from the applicant pool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avocadoze Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 I had a personal email waiting in my gmail when I woke up this morning (which hardly ever happens). Subject: Request for Interview.... From someone at NUI Galway (not a school I applied to) who had made a typo in the email address, thus emailing me instead of the rural Irish artist she was looking for, to interview for research purposes. ARGGGGHHHHHH! OMG that is maybe the worst one that I've heard! I got a call from a random number in New York today, felt my heart drop, and then...... "Stay on the line for important information on how you can have TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS IN YOUR POCKET by next Monday!". Why would I want 10k IN MY POCKETS. That just seems unreasonable. This is what bank accounts are for. Unless, of course, it's in the form of a tuition waiver or graduate school funding. Then I would happily put 10k in my pocket. It doesn't help that my program says they inform applicants 6-8 weeks after they apply, and I applied precisely 6 weeks ago on Tuesday....... fiveby5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VulpesZerda Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Why would I want 10k IN MY POCKETS. That just seems unreasonable. I laughed out loud. Too funny Read_books 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enhydra Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Had a bit of a fake out last night. Got a phone call from Florida, but it was pretty late to be a school (7:30). Still, I've gotten emails from FIU outside of normal business hours, so I got a little excited. It was just Carnival Cruise Lines trying to sell me another cruise. I've had the same thing happen to me several times, with a Seattle-area number. The calls wer coming from Expedia, not UW. >.< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kleene Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Oh gosh, I just had my first real fake out moment. Email from one of my programs with the subject: "Thank you for applying for admission to Fake Out Department" Thought it was a generic rejection email, but nope, it was a link to an applicant survey to "improve the admission process." The irony! Haha, yeah, I love those. Got two of them already, from the same university. One because I applied, one because I am also a current grad student. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grad_wannabe Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Got one today from "University X Admissions." It was an excel spreadsheet of outside scholarship opportunities with the note 'we look forward to reading your application!' I mean, I'm grateful! Cool, thank you! But my heart definitely skipped a beat. Of course I was reading into it every possible nuance. Did EVERY applicant get this email? Have they made any cuts yet? Does this mean I passed some preliminary cut-off? None of my other schools sent me scholarship lists... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
konggeshang Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 I've gotten a package mailed from my dream school after I submitted my app, but it's just a thick viewbook and tell me how to apply.... Will schools mail such package to every international students? They must got lots of fundings.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuglife427 Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 A bunch of people got acceptance emails to a particular program last night/this morning, and I did not, so I have been trying to accept the fact that I have basically been rejected. Then I get an email from this school with the subject line "Choosing the right graduate program" and for a split second dare to think I've been accepted. Nope, it's just their very poorly timed monthly newsletter. nuih 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaytheSchwartzBeWithYou Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 A bunch of people got acceptance emails to a particular program last night/this morning, and I did not, so I have been trying to accept the fact that I have basically been rejected. Then I get an email from this school with the subject line "Choosing the right graduate program" and for a split second dare to think I've been accepted. Nope, it's just their very poorly timed monthly newsletter. I just got that email, and my heart stopped for a few seconds! Granted, I don't think my department has made any announcements yet, but it was still a disappointment. Hoping you are just getting a late acceptance! wuglife427 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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