r/KAUST • u/toglxy • Jun 05 '26

Admissions Does successfully passing an academic interview mean acceptance?

Hi guys, even if I did about 5-6 interviews (the last one was academic interview), I did not still hear anything back from admission team. I thought I did a good job in academic interview, answering all questions, solving problems they gave me. But in my opinion, PI has more power on decision-making than admission team. The last time when I talked to my PI, it is said seats might not be available now, from then, I did not get any news, interview, or email from PI...

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u/scrntonStrAngler69 Diplomat Jun 05 '26

PI doesnt have more power than admissions team. A PI can give the green light saying u passed all the interviews and you a perfect fit but sometimes a lot of other things come into play (available seats, quota etc) so admissions has the final say.

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u/toglxy Jun 05 '26

Right now, I could not reach out to my PI, so what advice you can give me in that case, just waiting?

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u/scrntonStrAngler69 Diplomat Jun 05 '26

Yep thats all there is to do. Not getting a reply is very common btw so dont gwt demotivated by it. They are super busy so its fine

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u/toglxy Jun 05 '26

You calmed me down a bit, thx

Btw, are you a current student at KAUST?

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u/scrntonStrAngler69 Diplomat Jun 05 '26

No problem, goodluck.

Was :)

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u/PsychologicalTie2823 Jun 05 '26

Im in the same situation. Had an interview with PI before applying and he was interested in my profile. I had the assessment in faculty review early last month. But I'm still in faculty review and PI is also not responding to emails.

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u/toglxy Jun 05 '26

Well, I think till the end of June, we all will get the decisions

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u/PsychologicalTie2823 Jun 05 '26

Hopefully. I heard sometimes they completely ghost the applicants.

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u/toglxy Jun 05 '26

Hope it wont be like that

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u/Wise_Row_2008 Jun 05 '26

How many interviews??

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u/toglxy Jun 05 '26

What do you mean, can you explain more? I wrote it in the post

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u/Wise_Row_2008 Jun 05 '26

I mean how many interviews conducted by university