Updates after application submitted?

[trenttrenttrent]

Hi guys,

 

I recently changed job titles, but I've already turned in my grad school apps. Do you think it's worth saying something to the schools I applied to, or is it probably too late to get them to care?

 

 

[Zoethor2]

I think that unless this is a major title bump ("Research Assistant" to "Director") it's probably not worth it unless you know for sure that the application review process hasn't started.  If everything is still in the hands of the administrative folks, it might not be too big a deal to update it, but if they've already disbursed packages to the adcomm to review, it would be a much bigger effort on their side to add an update to yours.

 

At least for the program I applied to, I could tell when the materials went out to the adcomm, because my application status changed from "submitted" to "under review", and an email was sent out saying that professors were reviewing applications and we'd hear back in 6-8 weeks.