Input on the "silent treatment?"

I'm sure I'm not the only one in this boat. Does anyone have suggestions with regards to not having heard from programs? Should you call? Should you wait? Is no news good news? etc. Thanks

yeah, its an akward position to be in, especially b/c some places r kind of touchy about giving out info if u call them.
you may have already checked, but theres a list of when programs granted interviews in past years on one of these forums.

i might be paranoid, but for me, i'm not comfortable torture calling the program directors and possibly comprimising my application.

i've heard they have some input, even though i've never actually been able to verify that.

this is the most annoying aspect of this process......jeez how hard is it to mass email. common courtesy!!!

First of all, when you call, just ask if they are finished sending out interviews for the year. usuallly, they'll answer yes or no, and you don't have to ask about your status per say, you never have to really identify yourself that way.
Its so funny, cause they are probably more hassled by having people call and check the status of their app. then they would be by just sending out mass rejection e-mails!

Ok i am starting to grow frustrated. I applied to 34 programs. I have 5 interviews scheduled and 1 no-thanks. So what is up with the other 28 programs? I have only seen a few of them (less than 5) that have offerred interviews to other people on this board. Are the others just late in sending out invites or should I assume that I am just not going to get very many? I hate this already.

I feel you. After waiting so long to hear from programs that have started to give out interviews, I decided to call a few of them. As it turned out I was told over the phone that I was not going to get an invitation for an interview. The messed up part of the whole thing was that they were not going to send out rejection letters. This whole process is so stressful.