Biomedical Engineering, University Of Rochester Mailed the graduate coordinator. This is what I got in reply.
"The Admissions Committee has not made an official decision regarding your application at this time. However, you should know that we have made at least a dozen offers with several more applicants on a waiting list. At this point, the chances are slim that you would be made an offer.
We appreciate your patience throughout this process and regret that the outcome could not have been more favorable."
I get pissed off that it is not more forthcoming and write back, "May I please know how admission decisions have been made without considering all the applicants, as you say? Or has a decision already been made on my application and you just want to soften the blow of disappointment by this buffer reply and the actual rejection been sent by post? I get the doubt because the last lines could not have been more revealing. Please clarify. And thank you."
Added on April 11, 2006
OtherInternationalPhD
Comuter Science, Vanderbilt University I called them and was told that I was in the wait list. I doubt I will get out of it :(
anyway, good luck to all!
Added on April 11, 2006
Wait listedInternationalMasters
Economics, University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) In response to an email inquiry. Was told there were 670 applicants for 25 positions. All letters are in the mail and should be received by the end of the week.
Added on April 05, 2006
Rejected
on 5 Apr AmericanPhD
Economics, Florida State University Received an email from the program coordinator saying the committee approved my app. The Grad Adm. Office will formally admit. No word on funding. Good luck to all...
Added on April 04, 2006
Accepted
on 4 Apr AmericanPhD
March 2006
Astronomy / Astrophysics, University of Chicago Life is so ironic and just when you thought it couldn't get any worse, it does. This is worse than being rejected! Now I have to go talk to all the schools I've been accepted at who expect a response by April 15 about this situation.
Added on March 31, 2006
Wait listedAmericanPhD
Journalism, University Of Maryland, College Park Ignore my previous rejection today... please note following email I received 1/2 a day after I saw on their website that I was rejected:
All,
Because of a technical error, our computer system has changed everyone's
admission status to rejected. THAT IS A MISTAKE. Obviously, we're not
going to be able to accept everyone, but we're not certainly not going
to reject everyone either.
Please DISREGARD the admissions status for the moment, and consider your
status as pending for now. We hope to have the issue straightened out by
today. Official -- and correct -- admissions status should be posted by
Friday. We will advise if that changes. We apologize for the confusion.
Steve Crane
Assistant Dean
Philip Merrill College of Journalism
Added on March 29, 2006
OtherAmericanMasters
Electrical Computer Engineering, University Of Pennsylvania (UPenn) The letter dated 21. Actually, got the result one day before when emailing Mr.Abir.He said 3 are accepted out of 80.So, those who get in: congrat, the remaingings: don't be too sad. I my self predict this, cause Upenn and my research don't meet at all ...!!!!!1
Added on March 25, 2006
Rejected
on 24 Mar InternationalPhD
Economics, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology (MIT) What have they been doing at MIT all this time? I would have been the dumbest kid there... it could have been great...
Added on March 22, 2006
Rejected
on 22 Mar AmericanPhD
Computer Science, University Of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) I emailed UCLA. All admitted PhD students have been notified.
Added on March 22, 2006
Rejected
on 22 Mar AmericanPhD
Physics, University Of Pennsylvania (UPenn) All offers of acceptance are out and prospective candidates have been
personally notified.
Added on March 20, 2006
Rejected
on 20 Mar InternationalPhD
Computer Science, University Of Maryland, College Park Rejects from all my top 3 colleges ....damn !!!!
Added on March 18, 2006
Rejected
on 18 Mar InternationalPhD
Economics, University Of Minnesota (UMN) Very strange funding system. TA+Fellowship-Fees-Insurance... didn't just wrap everything all together. Psyched!
Added on March 17, 2006
Accepted
on 17 Mar AmericanPhD
Physics, University Of California, Berkeley (UCB) Just called Donna(the secretary). It appears that there are still some lucky fellows whose applications will be discussed tommorrow. Feel sorry for myself but good luck to all those guys.
Added on March 16, 2006
Rejected
on 16 Mar InternationalPhD
Political Science, University Of Michigan, Ann Arbor In fact, I got the rejection by email request two weeks ago because they said that they have notified all those who got the recommendations.
Added on March 15, 2006
Rejected
on 16 Mar InternationalPhD
Econ, New York University (NYU) All those who have an admit and are not going to attend NYU, could you please notify the dept. so we might have a chance. I beleive in charity....i do, i do, i do
Added on March 15, 2006
Wait listedInternationalPhD
Applied Physics, California Institute Of Technology (Caltech) I understand it is a hard thing to be accepted by Caltech ...
Fortunately, I got an offer from another good university.
Best wishes for all!!!
Added on March 14, 2006
Rejected
on 14 Mar InternationalPhD
Biomedical Sciences (Interdisciplinary ), University Of Massachusetts, Amherst No word abt financial aid. But their website says all accepted students get full funding
Added on March 14, 2006
Accepted
on 15 Mar InternationalPhD
Public Policy, Harvard University Wow...I know it's Harvard and all, but I'm still surprised. Really thought I had a good chance.
Added on March 14, 2006
Rejected
on 14 Mar AmericanMasters
History, Columbia University Doestn't matter at all: there's no good medievalist. And I've already accepted the offer of Stanford.
Added on March 14, 2006
Rejected
on 14 Mar InternationalPhD
English, University of Iowa Ouch--even my alma mater doesn't want me! (I kind of thought I'd get in here. Guess it's not about who you know after all...)