GradSchoolTruther Posted April 29, 2016 Posted April 29, 2016 On April 28, 2016 at 1:36 PM, susanmr5 said: I feel like a pain in the ass, but I couldn't take it any more and emailed the admissions office again asking if there was any word. Email back said there wasn't and they'd follow up with the committee to tomorrow (Wednesday). Still no word on Thursday. I know I'm being impatient but seriously people! The other applicants heard back within a few days of the applications being reviewed. Why is mine taking so damn long? There are three other people doing this program through my work. Every single one heard back. It's giving me a damn complex. Likely on a waitlist.
lovekilledinos Posted April 29, 2016 Posted April 29, 2016 1 hour ago, ac40507 said: I was just accepted today for forensic Anthro, you should hear back very soon!!! Good luck! Oommg. Congrats! By email or snail mail?? I'm so anxious!
ac40507 Posted April 29, 2016 Posted April 29, 2016 3 minutes ago, lovekilledinos said: Oommg. Congrats! By email or snail mail?? I'm so anxious! Email!
susanmr5 Posted May 1, 2016 Posted May 1, 2016 On 4/29/2016 at 2:34 PM, GradSchoolTruther said: Likely on a waitlist. Well, then they should be so kind as to let a person know. And it really really annoys me when the admissions office is even telling me, "You really should have heard by now. We'll remind them that you are waiting to hear from them." And I'd be less annoyed about this if it wasn't a tiny state school that competes with the two Big Name state schools and for an online program that isn't exactly rigorous. The main qualifications are a teacher's license, decent reccs, and being able to form a coherent sentence when writing your statement of purpose. No test scores needed. My undergrad grades were great. I'm currently working in the field. My boss regularly meets with the admissions committee for this department because they are pretty much paying for the program *for* me so that they have enough special education teachers for the school districts. I'm sorry, I'm getting worked up. I guess I'd be way more patient if this was an on-campus program that actually made a person feel like there was any sort of competition to get in. On Friday I emailed my boss and mentioned that I'd let her know as soon as I heard but I was still waiting on a decision. This whole thing effects my contract for next school year, what responsibilities I'll have at work, etc. Because if I get into the program they want me to act as the special education teacher for my school (except testing) so they don't have to keep sending one from another district. Right now I'm just a para. I'm hoping that she'll be a more direct route of hearing something rather than the Graduate admissions office sending an email to the department. ChrisTOEFert and magnetite 1 1
susanmr5 Posted May 2, 2016 Posted May 2, 2016 So.... I feel slightly justified in my crabby pestering of the admissions department. I called today to just see what was going on and the admissions department transferred me to the Special Education department. Who informed me that they *just* received my application last week. Turns out, that the person in the admissions department never sent it on to them and it wasn't discovered until she sent them the second follow-up email. They meet Tuesday next week to review applications again and I should know then. I was told I could request a special meeting to have to it reviewed earlier than that but that seems excessive. Mostly, I'm just glad to know that it was an issue on their end of the application not getting where it should be rather than just being ignored. And they were glad I followed up because otherwise the entire thing would have been missed. I'll now stop compulsively checking my email and thinking mean things about the people in the admissions department.
lovekilledinos Posted May 3, 2016 Posted May 3, 2016 On 4/29/2016 at 2:42 PM, ac40507 said: Email! Oh man, did you get a FinAid letter from CSULA? I got my financial aid package (grants and loans!) but no decision letter yet. Ffff.
ac40507 Posted May 3, 2016 Posted May 3, 2016 1 hour ago, lovekilledinos said: Oh man, did you get a FinAid letter from CSULA? I got my financial aid package (grants and loans!) but no decision letter yet. Ffff. Yeah, same thing state grant +loans but the grant covers most of the tuition!
Can-eh-dian Posted May 9, 2016 Posted May 9, 2016 Zzzzzzz... still waiting to hear from my one application to UofT. Any time now, please. The Crim thread is quite inactive.. although people seem to be viewing it. Anyone else out there?
philosobabe Posted May 10, 2016 Posted May 10, 2016 (edited) I'm waiting to hear back from Columbia. Any news re: the Masters programs? The application deadline for the M.A. was just April 14, so it hasn't been that long, though I applied back in March. And the philosophy forum is pretty much dead now that all the PhD decisions have been announced... Edited May 10, 2016 by philosobabe
susanmr5 Posted May 18, 2016 Posted May 18, 2016 IN!!! Finally heard! Called my husband and then my parents. Now to email the people for work and refrain from doing a happy dance around the classroom. Ah, screw it, I'm the only one here. I'll happy dance away! YAY!!!!! Neist 1
Neist Posted May 18, 2016 Posted May 18, 2016 14 minutes ago, susanmr5 said: IN!!! Finally heard! Called my husband and then my parents. Now to email the people for work and refrain from doing a happy dance around the classroom. Ah, screw it, I'm the only one here. I'll happy dance away! YAY!!!!! Congrats!
susanmr5 Posted May 18, 2016 Posted May 18, 2016 1 hour ago, Neist said: Congrats! Thank you! I need to take back every mean thing I was thinking about the admissions department.
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