Syas Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 Some rejections from Northwestern appeared on the survey page. My status still appears as "An admissions decision has not been rendered." I wonder if the cause of the deal of my application status is because of the software system, or if they are reviewing applications within intervals.
VMcJ Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 1 hour ago, Syas said: Some rejections from Northwestern appeared on the survey page. My status still appears as "An admissions decision has not been rendered." I wonder if the cause of the deal of my application status is because of the software system, or if they are reviewing applications within intervals. Mine just came in, without any email to inform me. Rejection is bad, but to feel like you are an afterthought is worse. They should review this system. studugarte and Syas 2
VMcJ Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 7 minutes ago, yasir8959 said: Who wrote ode to February at results page? I did. I remembered T.S. Eliot almost immediately upon learning of my rejection, since it is the beginning of this month, might as well make some fun of me. studugarte, Syas, wb3060 and 2 others 5
privatehayek Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 I'll claim a NW rejection too. Really bummed out. Wanted that one bad. Will try and figure out how to get on with my day. Congrats to the admits.
Syas Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 Is there anyone who has neither been rejected nor accepted from NW?
mmwithgradschool Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 (edited) I can also claim one NW reject:( But at least now I heard back from something. I think the system just sent it at different times. I have a feeling that this is not going to be the only decision that is going to come out today! Edited February 3, 2016 by mmwithgradschool
VMcJ Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 10 minutes ago, mmwithgradschool said: I have a feeling that this is not going to be the only decision that is going to come out today! I hope that is the only decision I receive today, I do not want to handle another one. Unless it is an acceptance, of course.
DemonX Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 55 minutes ago, Syas said: Is there anyone who has neither been rejected nor accepted from NW? Yes, me. However, I am pretty sure it is just a matter of time before we get our rejections
ezra123 Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 On 2/1/2016 at 2:28 PM, Bubandis said: For those of you that have not heard from Colorado-Boulder: I was waitlisted by them last year, and they were very slow is letting me know. I recall that a couple of weeks had passed since they notified the accepted applicants before they ever sent out the waitlist emails. And, @studugarte, don't worry yet regarding UVA. It is my sense that we have only contacted those who were also nominated for an additional fellowship. In other words, I don't believe all first-round acceptances have gone out yet. Though, I expect that they will go out this week or next at the latest. Sure there will be a wait list, too. Finally, as a general point, while I realize that looking at previous years' notification dates for programs can somewhat helpful in getting an idea of a general admissions timeframe, please keep in mind that there will be some variation due to shifting responsibilities within departments. For example, at UVA, we have a new admissions director this year who is going about the process is a slightly different way. There are likely to be other programs whose processes have changed somewhat this app season as well. In the meantime, don't let you anxiety get the better of you--you will know where you stand when the programs contact you and, until then, the rest is simply speculation. @Bubandis Thanks for this. Any insight into UVA's wait list?
studugarte Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 Just spotted a UVA wait list in the results. Anyone claiming that? I've got no change in my status but seeing that makes me think all acceptances have been submitted.
Determinedandnervous Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 I see a third Rochester acceptance in the results. Do any Rochester insiders know if they sent out all of the acceptances?
elw Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 1 hour ago, DemonX said: Yes, me. However, I am pretty sure it is just a matter of time before we get our rejections +1 with no news on the northwest front. We'll get our rejections soon enough!
ezra123 Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 53 minutes ago, studugarte said: Just spotted a UVA wait list in the results. Anyone claiming that? I've got no change in my status but seeing that makes me think all acceptances have been submitted. Was mine. E-mail notification with same message appearing on the website.
studugarte Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 8 minutes ago, ezra123 said: Was mine. E-mail notification with same message appearing on the website. Ok thanks. Makes me feel that I'm for sure heading to the reject pile then!
ezra123 Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 Just now, studugarte said: Ok thanks. Makes me feel that I'm for sure heading to the reject pile then! Best of luck to you my friend. Hopefully we can both get in!
PizzaCat93 Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 And... a UNC acceptance has just appeared.
Syas Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 (edited) My speculation is that if the supply for PhD student positions was higher than the demand, schools would have had much better application systems for informing the decisions. The negligence of schools (such as NW) for informing students might be a result of excessive supply, which provides schools almost no incentive to upgrade their archaic application systems. Edited February 3, 2016 by Syas VMcJ 1
ultraultra Posted February 3, 2016 Author Posted February 3, 2016 1 minute ago, Syas said: My speculation is that if the demand for PhD student positions was higher than the supply, schools would have had much better application systems for informing the decisions. The negligence of schools (such as NW) for informing students might be a result of excessive supply, which provides schools almost no incentive to upgrade their archaic application systems. Also on the no incentive front - it's not that there's an inherent problem to staggered release of results. The issue (for applicants) comes when folks are looking on grad cafe and then speculating / getting worked up about the information they see here. Whereas if we weren't all refreshing every 10 minutes, we'd just go about out lives in blissful ignorance until we got a yes/no from each school, which is presumably how it worked before this site existed and overloaded us all with information that is sometimes extremely stressful while simultaneously being utterly unhelpful. Though, of course, here I am and here we are anyway. Syas, worryandhope, VMcJ and 1 other 4
yasir8959 Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 6 minutes ago, Syas said: My speculation is that if the supply for PhD student positions was higher than the demand, schools would have had much better application systems for informing the decisions. The negligence of schools (such as NW) for informing students might be a result of excessive supply, which provides schools almost no incentive to upgrade their archaic application systems. And the prevalent system is dehumanizing, needless to say.
Straightoutta Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 (edited) DUKKKKKKKKKKEEEEEEEE!!!!!! I'M IN! Edited February 3, 2016 by Straightoutta Don't want to put myself out there that much. A bit overly excited. VMcJ, Bubandis, ultraultra and 1 other 4
wpg205 Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 Do lower ranked schools have much better application systems? Surely they have more spots relative to applications than the top programs, yet I found little to no correlation between a program's rank and the quality of its app system.
yasir8959 Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 4 minutes ago, Straightoutta said: DUKKKKKKKKKKEEEEEEEE!!!!!! I'M IN! GRE AIN'T EVERYTHING FOLKS!!!!! Shine on you!
s1994 Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 5 minutes ago, Straightoutta said: DUKKKKKKKKKKEEEEEEEE!!!!!! I'M IN! GRE AIN'T EVERYTHING FOLKS!!!!! On SISS?
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