I totally agree Brown...I hope that the list moves on faster....do you think calling Upstate and asking them "when do they generally reach my number on the HPA" will help???
Seriously, you guys have to relax. If you ask me, I truly believe that each email that they send to students are specific and NOT general. I think it becomes general when two people are in a similar area on the HPA list. For example, they may have told two people that "in the past several yaers, we have reached your position, so just relax and stay optimistic!"-This is probably because the two students may be ranked 125 and 134, respectively. In the past several years, they may have offered admissions to individuals up to # 170. However, someone who is ranked. lets say, 167 may get an email that tells them, "you are in what we refer to as the grey area, so we just dont know and it can go either way." They probably say this because in the past they may have only reached # 161 on the list and in other years, they may have offered spots to people ranked # 175. Someone may also get an email that states. "we have not gotten to your position on the list in X amount of years, adn we are not hopefule that we will do so this year" "-that student may have been ranked 192 or so. (Guys these are just numbers Im throwing out, they are not in any way contigent on anyone's ranking. For all I know there may only be 80 people on the list or as many as 200).
So you guys are in a great position-they told you that they have reached your position every year in the past several years....its only a matter of time. I dont think calling them will increase your position , adn it may even annoy them but you are more than welcomed to try if it makes you feel more at ease. You just may find out that you are the next person on the list, or you may find out that you will not be called until the end of the summer, if at all, and I am sure that would make you more depressed and anxious as you may be now! Just relax, we have a VERY long way in front of us. There are three months left before oreintation, and during my interview, someone told me that a classmate got pulled off the list as late as the last day of orientation, so we have a long way.
They told me that they have reached several postions past where I am currently ranked in many years except for two years ago. And they proceeded to tell me that if I am called, it will not be until July...I think what they were really trying to say is:
"Bro, stop emailing us, calling us, and more importantly STALKING US, because your position is still your postiion and bothering us will not make you feel any better. We reach you in July, so dont PESTER US until JULY!!!!!!!!!!!
If you want to call them, be my guest, but try not to read between the lines because it will worry you more and more. If you have multiple waitlist spots, you are bound to get accepted to one of them..right? so just chilax...(apparently, relax and chill forms a word)
Take Care
. I just hope that it is not the case from this point on.
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I am excited for you. I hope they give me a call soon.
