What's the hold up?!

[MicroMan42]

6 universities that i've applied to have been sending out offers and rejections. I've only heard from one. So, i'm just sitting here...

 

I've applied for Economics PhDs to start this fall (2016). Ohio State has sent offers a-plenty, rejections too, as has Columbia. Arizona State, Uni of Washington (Seattle) and Washington St L have sent acceptances, but not rejections. And, just to re-iterate, i've heard NOTHING. I wrote to John Kennan at Wisconsin and he said that "it didn't look good" and that i was probably going to be offered a place on the Masters, without funding.

Has anybody any idea what's going on...

Edited February 24, 2016 by MicroMan42

[avflinsch]

It probably means the following:

You are not on the reject immediately list and you are not on the accept immediately list. They are still reviewing your application

 

[MicroMan42]

7 minutes ago, avflinsch said:

It probably means the following:

You are not on the reject immediately list and you are not on the accept immediately list. They are still reviewing your application

 

Fair... How likely is it this will resolve itself favourably for me. 

[rising_star]

@MicroMan42, it depends on the department and where you are on their list. It depends on what those already admitted do (whether they decide to accept or decline their offer). It depends on the funding situation for the department. In other words, it's impossible for us to say.

[TakeruK]

3 hours ago, MicroMan42 said:

Fair... How likely is it this will resolve itself favourably for me. 

It's very hard to say, but typically, out of the "not reject immediately but not accept immediately", I would say that more people get rejected than accepted out of this group. That is, in my experience, I believe that a large fraction of people accepted will come from the "accept immediately" list while only a small number of rejections come from "reject immediately". So, if you want my answer/perspective on this, then, assuming that you are in the middle of the pack then it's more likely you'll be rejected than accepted. But as others said, there's no way for us to know how you compare to the other students so it's pretty much impossible for us to say anything with confidence.

P.S. How long ago were these acceptances/rejections sent? If it's less than 1 week ago, then you might not necessarily be in this "not reject immediately but not accept immediately" group. It might just be that the faculty are slow at notifying applicants and you might hear either way soon.