professorwiki Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 I'm starting to drive myself a bit nuts waiting. I have not heard anything about acceptance or rejection. I have seen many people state they were notified of rejection, so I assume this is universal for them to tell you you did not get in? Sorry if this is a stupid question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
professorwiki Posted February 24, 2015 Author Share Posted February 24, 2015 Generally no news is good news - standard practice is to notify you of any decision! So if you haven't heard anything yet, the waiting game continues Good luck!! Thanks for letting me know! I just wanted to be sure. The only activity I have heard is MUSC let me know one of my letter's of recommendation never made it to the school, I assume USPS had lost it, and had the professor send it again. They received it last week. My University of SC applications (three programs there I applied to) all still say "Decision Pending". I see all the people here starting to hear news and the lack of news in light of that fact is getting at me, haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gliaful Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 I'm starting to drive myself a bit nuts waiting. I have not heard anything about acceptance or rejection. I have seen many people state they were notified of rejection, so I assume this is universal for them to tell you you did not get in? Sorry if this is a stupid question. It seems like the rejection notifications that are going out are for those who weren't invited to interview. Acceptances follow interviews -- in my experience, I've been notified of acceptance anywhere from 1 day - 2 weeks post-trip. However, no news really is good news, as emmadreher said, because being on a waitlist is better than being rejected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigaba Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 I'm starting to drive myself a bit nuts waiting. I have not heard anything about acceptance or rejection. I have seen many people state they were notified of rejection, so I assume this is universal for them to tell you you did not get in? Sorry if this is a stupid question. FWIW, there are many posts on this BB in which members tell of not receiving notification of rejections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
professorwiki Posted February 24, 2015 Author Share Posted February 24, 2015 It seems like the rejection notifications that are going out are for those who weren't invited to interview. Acceptances follow interviews -- in my experience, I've been notified of acceptance anywhere from 1 day - 2 weeks post-trip. However, no news really is good news, as emmadreher said, because being on a waitlist is better than being rejected. Yeah, I have not even heard anything about an interview yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidwesternAloha Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 I met a guy who didn't get his rejection letter from one school til August of that year. What a mess. P0cketS1ze 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarvesandcardigans Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 FWIW, there are many posts on this BB in which members tell of not receiving notification of rejections. I've also heard that some people don't hear of rejections. I've been waiting on a school's decision for three months and am beginning to believe it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoethor2 Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Yeah, 8ish years ago when I was on this merry-go-round the first time, I applied to 15 schools. There were at least a handful that I simply never heard anything from after the "application received" notification. And there were another handful that I had to call up basically a day or two of April 15 to get them to admit I had been rejected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nonickname Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 (edited) So is it possible that your online application status says "decision pending" but you're unofficially rejected and never hear back from schools you applied to? Edited February 24, 2015 by nonickname Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidwesternAloha Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 So is it possible that your online application status says "decision pending" but you're unofficially rejected and never hear back from schools you applied to? Correct. Depends on how expedient the school is. It's certainly not the case for all schools, but it does happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
professorwiki Posted February 25, 2015 Author Share Posted February 25, 2015 Correct. Depends on how expedient the school is. It's certainly not the case for all schools, but it does happen. At what point might it be appropriate to contact someone in the program to find out if I am likely to be rejected? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidwesternAloha Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Probably after April 15. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodd5268 Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 For one of the schools I've applied to (UT Houston), they have the dates on which the interview weekends will happen posted on their website. The last one available is March 5-7, as in next weekend! How have I still not heard anything back from them? Has this happened to anyone else? Would they realistically offer me an interview position within a week or less of the interview? (I mean I would still definitely go ha) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMercySeat Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Not notifying post-interview is trashy. PullingOutMyHair, Holly44, doefficient and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P0cketS1ze Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 FWIW, there are many posts on this BB in which members tell of not receiving notification of rejections. This is the case at a lot of schools, unfortunately. My master's labmate never heard anything from the program our PI is in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holly44 Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Not notifying post-interview is trashy. I agree! I can't believe some schools are so unorganized! TheMercySeat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smcg Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 You should get a notice. It goes something like this: You're sitting at home playing with your dogs (or XBOX or checking email.... you get the gist). The doorbell rings (doorbell is a metaphor for the *ding* you hear on your phone as an email notification). You open the door (email). The carrier is there with a certified letter that you have to sign for (you open the the email). You sign and are handed a letter which you open (you click on the link in the email). The carrier immediately kicks you forcefully in the balls (the school website tells you that you suck and don't even think about setting foot on their campus). Notification complete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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