Can admissions see your application before you submit?

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I just recently started an application, but have not submitted it. However I received an email the other day stating " I saw that you began an application. Given the amount post grad experience..."

Does this mean that admissions can see what you enter prior to the submission of the application?

Its not a big deal if they do, I'm just wondering if this is the case.
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by Stacey Oyler » Tue Jul 14, 2009 2:27 pm
Hi goodlife,

You raise a good question. During my experience in admissions we did not look at applications before they were finished, and to my knowledge we could not see them. We could see how many open applications there were to get an idea of numbers for each round, but we did not look at any until they were submitted. I'm not sure why you received that email as it would require a lot of time and effort to review each application that gets started not yet submitted.

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Stacey
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