I interviewed with Loyola Jan 13th. I had 2 professional recommendations and no academic letters of recommendation. I was strongly recommended by loyola before applying to get an academic recommendation but I didn’t really have any after being out of school for 3 years.

I am so confused. I recently got this email from DM. I choose him and KH as PI’s. DM’s email reads: Thank for your email. Unfortunately we will not be able to offer you an interview for our PhD Program. We received 275+ applications for one PhD slot, so it was unbelievably competitive. I hope it’s some consolation to know that we were impressed with your application. Given the strength of your application, I hope you end up with some choices for graduate school. I wish you the best, and I hope to see you in the field one day.“ Then today I received this from the coordinator “Interview invitations have not been distributed yet. You will be contacted if the department decides to proceed.” Portal has not been updated….

Interviewed on Feb 3 with a panel of 3 professors, then had a conversation with a current student right after. They said interviews would last a couple weeks to fill 6 spots.

Received formal letter by Grad Division.

TOEFL 117/120 Received an interview invite via email yesterday!

interview on Jan 6th. Canadian student from Alberta

Interviews were 1/24 and 1/27/25

IGNORE STATUS - I called the department since I haven't heard any updates since applying and they said they haven't sent out interview invites yet. They weren't able to provide a timeline either.

Interview date 1/31/25

Canadian applicant. No email, checked the portal.