how weird is this...

[Malachite]

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i've been silently lurking here for a while now, but thought i would post this super-weird thing....

so one of the schools i applied to, never got around to informing me of my application status, but i assumed i had been rejected in the absence of an interview invite.
yesterday, out of nowhere, i receive an email from the office of the provost, directed to all current students at all campuses, about some event.
does that make me a current student? 😕 i mean, it's an email from the provost's office of all things. how did i get on this email list??!!

i tried to call the psych secretary, who was confused and directed me to the clinical secretary, who does not seem available today.

is it terrible that i have this twinge of hope now, since i have no other acceptances and my one waitlist (without an interview) did not work out? it's just that my poi at this school has not joined the faculty yet, and is going to starting fall '08. he is currently in a different state, so maybe he did not interview his applicants at all?

what do you guys think?

 

[bigdodge53]

I have had several experiences like that in which I was sent an email by some dean or other about some sort of activity at schools where my application status is unknown. I would place most of my money on what the department says about your application status. The fact that they haven't contacted you at all about an interview or anything is probably a good indication that you aren't going to get an offer. Grad schools can be very slow in sending out rejection letters so I wouldn't get my hopes too high. I am not trying to squash your hope but I would rather be pleasantly surprised about an offer than emotionally let down because of a rejection.

 

[edieb]

I have a friend who got into a clinical PhD program under the same strange circumstances as yours! He was never informed of his application status and was never invited to the faculty-prospective student interviews. Thinking he was rejected from all programs, he gave up for the year. Then, out of nowhere, he got an e-mail from the Graduate School that directed all grad students to go to orientation at a specified date. Given the similarities b/t the two stories, I would say your hope is very justified.

If you do a search on these boards, you will find other stories like yours. One girl got into Colombia's PhD clinical program under circumstances just like yours (e.g, no interview, no notification of app status -- basically no communication at all from the program). I am hoping for you, sassy girl!

 

[paradoxer]

Why not call the provost's office and ask how they selected those that received your email?

 

[deleted190534]

I have had several experiences like that in which I was sent an email by some dean or other about some sort of activity at schools where my application status is unknown. I would place most of my money on what the department says about your application status. The fact that they haven't contacted you at all about an interview or anything is probably a good indication that you aren't going to get an offer. Grad schools can be very slow in sending out rejection letters so I wouldn't get my hopes too high. I am not trying to squash your hope but I would rather be pleasantly surprised about an offer than emotionally let down because of a rejection.

Same here. I'd wait to hear from the department before drawing too many conclusions. A number of the schools I applied to automatically added me to their graduate school email & mailing lists...just because I applied. In fact, they were all schools where I was rejected. I know it's hard not to get your hopes up, but I agree with the advice that it's better to be pleasantly surprised than completely devastated.

 

[bassist695]

Even though I chose not to attend some of the schools I got accepted to, I still get e-mails inviting me to events.

It could certainly be a human error that resulted in an e-mail list not getting updated, or you could have been overlooked. It sounds like it could go either way.

Call the program director or provost to see what your true status is. If you plan on reapplying there, however, I wouldn't try to get them to admit you just because of the e-mails!