[zooop]

Basically, I've applied for several PhD studentships; Oxford, Bristol, UCL, Imperial, Durham and Warwick.

I got an offer from Warwick pretty much immediately (I go there so figures) but I have heard literally NOTHING from the other places. I got the generic your in this round from Oxford, but that's IT. Not even an acknowledgement email to be like 'we have your references, we either love/hate you, have an interview/go away you fool' etc.

I'm just a little bit fed up! Has anyone else had this problem?

[hobnob]

(Original post by zooop)
Basically, I've applied for several PhD studentships; Oxford, Bristol, UCL, Imperial, Durham and Warwick.

I got an offer from Warwick pretty much immediately (I go there so figures) but I have heard literally NOTHING from the other places. I got the generic your in this round from Oxford, but that's IT. Not even an acknowledgement email to be like 'we have your references, we either love/hate you, have an interview/go away you fool' etc.

I'm just a little bit fed up! Has anyone else had this problem?

How long have you been waiting? Some departments do take longer to respond, depending on how many applications they get and how well organised they are, but there's really nothing you can do about it.

[zooop]

(Original post by hobnob)
How long have you been waiting? Some departments do take longer to respond, depending on how many applications they get and how well organised they are, but there's really nothing you can do about it.

Since the middle of november :s, I know they take their time, but it's getting a bit ridiculous now. I've even tried emailing/ringing but nothing

[goewyn]

That doesn't sound like that long...

What do you mean, 'nothing'? Surely they could tell you your application had been received and was under consideration if you called the right numbers?

[zooop]

(Original post by goewyn)
That doesn't sound like that long...

What do you mean, 'nothing'? Surely they could tell you your application had been received and was under consideration if you called the right numbers?

As in the ONLY emails that I have received are:
1) the oxford cycle one
2) generic person A has uploaded a reference

Apart from that I mean literally nothing, no your application is under consideration, nothing.

[hobnob]

(Original post by zooop)
As in the ONLY emails that I have received are:
1) the oxford cycle one
2) generic person A has uploaded a reference

Apart from that I mean literally nothing, no your application is under consideration, nothing.

But you already know about the approximate time frame because you know which gathered field you applied for. There's even a little timetable on the website. The department has probably only just made its decisions and you'll hear about the outcome of your application soon(ish). What good would a 'your application is under consideration'-email do?

[zooop]

(Original post by hobnob)
But you already know about the approximate time frame because you know which gathered field you applied for. There's even a little timetable on the website. The department has probably only just made its decisions and you'll hear about the outcome of your application soon(ish). What good would a 'your application is under consideration'-email do?

I don't just mean Oxford here. It's not really the one I'm complaining about, it's all the others.

[hobnob]

(Original post by zooop)
I don't just mean Oxford here. It's not really the one I'm complaining about, it's all the others.

But again: what good does an acknowledgement email actually do? I've always thought of them as fairly useless, to be honest. All they do is tell you that your application is on somebody's desk, that's all.

[goewyn]

(Original post by zooop)
As in the ONLY emails that I have received are:
1) the oxford cycle one
2) generic person A has uploaded a reference

Apart from that I mean literally nothing, no your application is under consideration, nothing.

And I assumed that if you were so frantic you would have called them for an acknowledgement.

Otherwise, just wait.

[hubix]

Hi

No need to worry.
You should hear by mid-March, other than from Your own University which usually lets you know within days. Profs. are probably waiting for more applicants to chose the most suitable ones.

What are You studying?

Hub

[Cora Lindsay]

Agree with the above. Nothing to worry about. People are only just starting to think about interviewing over the next month or so.