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Applications
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All applicants who have an offer of financial support from the department have until April 15th to respond to their offer of admission. This is in accordance with the Council of Graduate Schools’ Resolution Regarding Graduate Scholars, Fellows, Trainees and Assistants, which UCSD participates in. Messaging on the applicant portal states that the deadline for a decision is April 15th (see the Applicant View of Student Portal, but that some departments may have other deadlines (see https://ucsdcollab.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/GDCP/pages/54134974/Example+Applicant+Portal#Decision-Reply-Form).
Can we set a different reply-by deadline (other than April 15) for our admitted applicants?
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Decision letters are viewable from the applicant’s Slate record, under “Decisions.” See our guide on Navigating Records for help. (See https://ucsdcollab.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/GDCP/pages/54133424/Navigating+Records#Application for further assistance.)
Decisions
Can an admitted applicant still submit the Decision Reply Form even after the decision deadline has passed?
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Can you submit the decision for an applicant who notified me of their decision over email?
As a general rule we We do not submit decisions on behalf of individual applicants. If an applicant tells you their decision but still has an “Awaiting Decision” status on their Record, please instruct them to submit their decision on the Decision Reply Form. Any admitted applicants who do not complete the Decision Reply Form will be automatically assigned a “Decline” decision by Admissions during our Slate clean-up at the end of each admission cycle (usually around October).
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This is up to the department. For any deferrals, you may choose to either: (1) auto- admit the student applicant for the designated deferral term without reviewing the application again during that cycle, or (2) review the application again during the designated deferral term alongside other applications for that cycle and make , submitting a new admit/deny decision for the deferred applicant. Please be sure to communicate your preference regarding deferrals to your evaluator.
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In most cases, deferred students do not need to resubmit the application or any materials. The exception is when there is updated information on those materials – e.g., if they took a course at another institution since their initial application, they will need to submit the updated transcript.
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