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Berkeley Application Crash

sooo apparently the berkeley grad application decided to go offline an hour before the deadline. All I had left to do was pay the application fee and upload a file.  The only word sent out from Berkeley about the issue is through twitter.... 

they sent out this tweet: "The Grad admin app is experiencing an unexpected outage. Teams have already been notified an are already working on the problem. Stay tuned!"

It all seems very bizarre to me.... anyone else having issues too?

 
Dec 20, 11 2:53 am
442wrl

Yep.... been having issues since 9:30.... you're not the only one. I was scared too that it was only me.

 

Dec 20, 11 3:02 am  · 
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nmgeller88

yea I let out a huge sigh of relief when I saw their tweet. I feel like there should be a more official way to let people know but o well. Seeing as how its past 3am here and I have work in the morning I'm at a crossroads as to wait it out tonight or try to get a few hours of sleep..... :/

Dec 20, 11 3:08 am  · 
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nmgeller88

on the flip side they did double their amount of followers tonight.....

Dec 20, 11 3:09 am  · 
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BIG+

Since 9:30pm Pacific or Eastern time?  

Dec 20, 11 3:12 am  · 
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442wrl

LOL that's funny!

it's 12 am here - I'm in Pacific time...but yeah, I'm debating on whether to refresh every minute or just knock out. 

 

Dec 20, 11 3:14 am  · 
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442wrl

9:30 Pacific time

Dec 20, 11 3:14 am  · 
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BIG+

Same here.  So strung out right now.

Dec 20, 11 3:15 am  · 
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nmgeller88

I mean I figure they have to extend it at least 24 hours at some point. It would be nearly impossible to sort out this mess tonight and expect everyone who is having issues to stay up

Dec 20, 11 3:15 am  · 
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442wrl

The application is back up!!!

Dec 20, 11 3:18 am  · 
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442wrl

Are you also locked out of your applications too?  I emailed the arch department earlier that there were was a server outage.

Gah!!

Dec 20, 11 3:19 am  · 
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nmgeller88

not for me yet :( does it mention a new deadline anywhere?

Dec 20, 11 3:20 am  · 
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442wrl

Unfortunately no... it just says to contact the department....

Dec 20, 11 3:21 am  · 
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BIG+

It's still out for me too.

 

Dec 20, 11 3:22 am  · 
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442wrl

Really?? =// I'm able to log in, but I can't access my application anymore. I hope that they can reset the deadline... If only they had been able to fix it before 12 am =P

Dec 20, 11 3:25 am  · 
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nmgeller88

i just got in too but same problem as 443wrl.....wont let me get to my application just tells me the deadline has passed and that I need to contact the department

Dec 20, 11 3:27 am  · 
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nmgeller88

wont let me get on it on google chrome but will with IE.....they definitely need to change that deadline or let me upload the last of my stuff somehow

Dec 20, 11 3:30 am  · 
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442wrl

Since we were able to upload everything except for at least one article and the payment, I think we should be able to gain some time tomorrow to finish our application. And we were going to submit it before midnight as well.

Dec 20, 11 3:31 am  · 
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nmgeller88

yea I made it a point to email them before midnight so at least they have some sort of record that I had this problem before the deadline.  Would it kill them to send out an email at least?

Dec 20, 11 3:35 am  · 
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442wrl

Right. Although I feel sort of bad for not submitting the application earlier lol. 

I really wish they would send out an email too - but I guess it's past midnight...and no one's really working in the admissions office perhaps at this hour. I also wish that GradAdm Twitter would say something about those applications that were due half an hour ago! I think Physics department's applications were due tonight too, so we're not the only ones.

Dec 20, 11 3:38 am  · 
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nmgeller88

yea...i guess I should head to bed seeing as how they've pretty much done all they are going to do tonight. I would assume they would have to get some sort of approval before extending the deadline, and I should probably at least get a couple hours of sleep in if im going to have to raise hell with them tomorrow.

Dec 20, 11 3:46 am  · 
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442wrl

Haha  yeah. Best of luck to you! :)

Dec 20, 11 3:54 am  · 
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nmgeller88

anyone had any luck getting back into the applications? I still can't :/

Dec 20, 11 11:23 am  · 
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royc

It's back up, and has been extended until midnight tonight!!

Dec 20, 11 4:07 pm  · 
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royc

Check that, until ***5PM PST*** tonight.


In an email from the DCRP admin:

"Yesterday, December 19th around 10PM the admissions server went offline for approximately two and an half hours.  As a result, many applicants were unable to submit their application by the 11:59 PM deadline.  We reviewed all of the applications in the system and noticed that you last logged in on the 19th.  We’ve decided to extend the deadline until today, December 20th at 5PM PST for applicants who may have been effected by the server outage.


Please let me know if you cannot meet the deadline or have any additional problems with the website."

Dec 20, 11 4:15 pm  · 
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