I applied to this grad program in December 2018. Out of all the schools in Canada offering this program this school has the earliest application deadline: December 14. I met this deadline. It’s May and I’m still waiting for news (good or bad). I’m on grad cafe and they started sending out acceptances and rejections in February and when others were getting emails but I wasn’t I emailed the program coordinator then to ask when I would receive news (of an acceptance or rejection) from them. She said they were sending them out on a rolling basis and she couldnt tell me when it would be my turn/when I would hear from them. I thought that perhaps by the end of February or March I would hear something, but nope, nothing at all. Two weeks ago on a Friday I emailed the program director that some of us who applied to the program since December are still waiting. I didn’t say my name or revealed my identity but the following Monday they sent out some acceptances and rejections, as pple revealed by pple on grad cafe, but I didn’t get anything. What do you think could be going on? Why am I still waiting?
Why are you afraid to ask the program using your real name? That’s the only way you’ll get a real answer.
Call admissions and talk to someone. Maybe your app is missing something.
since they have been doing rolling admissions since Feb, your app is not as competitive as the others. At this point, you have nothing to lose by calling and inquiring about your status.
What if they don’t have your correct email?
I have called and emailed the program coordinator in February to inquire about my admission status and she said she couldn’t tell me anything, that they were contacting people on rolling basis. They’ve my correct email address, of course. I’m just scared to call her again because she wasn’t very nice on the phone, and when I emailed her to inquire again I felt like I was being a bother with the way she responded. This school has the earliest application deadline for this program (second week in December) in the province and most of us on gradcafe said we thought that meant they release admissions/rejections early but have been surprised to realize that’s not the case. Anyway the other remaining person on the gradcafe thread who ha also been waiting for news, has been admitted today. I haven’t received any mail and my online portal hasn’t had any updates whatsoever.
Should I just assume I’m getting rejected at this point or I’ve been rejected already? It’s almost like they don’t care about my application at this point nor of letting me know the outcome.
I’d call them and politely ask the status. See if they can check to make sure they have all the documents they need.