Frustrated

[CLGUY]

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So, I'm beginning to get frustrated with a school I've applied to. So far, they seem to not communicate very well (no response to email, uninformed people trying to answer questions over the phone and reluctant to transfer to the people I need to talk to) Also, when they reviewed my pre-requisite courses, they missed two courses I took, and subsequently told me that I need to take them. (That got cleared up. Actually the first truly productive communication I've had with them).
So, am I getting frustrated for no reason? Is it just because of the large volume of applications they are processing? I don't know. I just feel that a school I may be considering spending the next three years of my life with should have their (expletive) together.
sorry for the rant

 

[fallbackplan]

So, I'm beginning to get frustrated with a school I've applied to. So far, they seem to not communicate very well (no response to email, uninformed people trying to answer questions over the phone and reluctant to transfer to the people I need to talk to)




So, am I getting frustrated for no reason? Is it just because of the large volume of applications they are processing? I don't know. I just feel that a school I may be considering spending the next three years of my life with should have their (expletive) together.

Think about it this way...you are in no way shape or form special to these people. The PT department has several applicants for each position that are more than qualified and several more that don't meet the criteria--this builds up a lot of paper work--things get lost easily.

There is probably reluctance to transfer you back to anyone on the acceptance committee because 1)they probably have classes to teach 2)they have research to do 3)you are probably not the only one contacting them about acceptance.

At this time last year, I was in the same position you are in. I was frustrated; I had to resend various bits of information to different schools; I got to the point where I thought the schools themselves were bass ackwards and didn't know top from bottom about the process (my mind is still not made up about this one). Then I realized all my worries, my frustration, it was all pointless. I had made sure that I did everything I could do on my end. The rest was out of my hands and in theirs, and you basically have to trust the fact that the school/committee knows what it is doing (regardless of your particular outcome).

Bottom line...just relax and be patient. Think of this as the beginning of a relationship. You don't want to come off as being jealous and needy and always needing continual reassurance right off the get go...the person would never call you because of it.

 

[CLGUY]

Thanks! Thats pretty much what I was thinking. I just wanted to vent some frustration.

 

[xMerryx]

I work at a graduate school. Is not a PT school, but I believe they all work almost the same way. Many MANY times the person at a front desk or answering the phones is either someone that is just doing office work and may not know some things, may be new, or maybe is a student who works there too. My point is that sometimes the phone is answered by an assistant or a receptionist that was told not to transfer calls, so I think is frustrating, yes, but normal.