Rhodes University application status indicates the stage at which an applicant’s application is in the application process. Applicants can only stay updated on where and how far their application is by tracking their application status through the Rhodes University Portal.
As it is with most universities, Rhodes university applicants’ application statuses are not revealed immediately on their portal. It takes some time before applicants can be able to check or track their application process. Tracking of an application process is mostly carried out online.
What Is Rhodes University Application Status?
The application status of an applicant is the stage at which his/her application is at the Rhodes University application process. The status of one’s application indicates whether his application has been rejected, canceled, accepted, kept pending, or requires action from the applicant. In other words, the status check allows you to stay up-to-date on your application.
It is also through the tracking of an application that an applicant gets to know if his application is complete (which means the applicant provided all the needed information), ineligible (which means the applicant did not meet the minimum requirement), or even quota-filled (which means the university has no space for you because your application was not competitive enough).
Providing false information or incomplete information while filling out the application form are some of the reasons the university rejects or holds up the application processes of applicants. It is also through Rhodes university application status that applicants get to find out if the university found them worthy of studying their chosen course in the school.
Once an applicant is admitted, they are expected to accept or decline the admission. There are procedures that must be followed for the applicant to commence registration at the school. So, tracking or checking one’s application at Rhodes university helps keep applicants updated and ready for the next step ahead.
Finally, while tracking your application status, you can also view your personal information and make necessary changes where applicable. Not only that, but applicants are also allowed to view the program and college to which they applied and make necessary changes, and even add additional information.
How To Check Your Rhodes University Application Status
Once you receive a message that your application has been accepted by the university, it is expected that you keep checking your application to know the next step to take. You need an internet-friendly device to check your application status online on the student portal.
To log in to the student portal, you need to have registered as an online user or have received login details from Rhodes University. Receiving your login details from Rhodes shows the university has received your application.
To begin the application tracking process:
- Go to https://ross.ru.ac.za/
- Click on ‘Admission’
- Enter your username and password
- Fill in the required fields
- Click ‘Login’
- You will then be able to view your application status
Note:
- You can use your student number and password login if they have been allocated to you. However, if you have not been issued a student number yet, just use the
credentials provided to you in the Registration to Online Admissions email that you received from the university. - If, for any reason, you forget your password or username during the login process, simply click the ‘forgot password icon’ on the login page and follow the prompts that follow to have your password reset or entirely changed.
- After your first login, you can revisit the page as often as you like.
- If you are unable to access your portal because you did not receive the login details, you can also kindly contact the university to lay a formal complaint.
You can contact them via these means:
For all Desktop Support, Data Requests, and Applications support, contact:
- Telephone: 046 603 8288
- Email: [email protected]
For all Directorate-related queries, contact:
- Telephone: 046 603 7560
- Email: [email protected]
Physical Address:
Information and Technology Services
Struben Building
Artillery Road
Makhanda
6139
Postal Address:
Information and Technology Services
PO Box 94
Makhanda
6140
It is also important to note that, in addition to tracking your application status, the student portal can be utilized for other things like checking of course timetable, exams timetable, fees payment, exams results, and more.
Applicants are advised to enter the same email address they used during their registrations on their application forms. If, for any reason, you changed your email address, do well to also log in to your account and replace your old email address with the new one.
There is no way you will receive updates and information from the university if you fail to input your active email address. Email is one of the modes of communication at Rhodes university.
To update your email, log in using your username and password, and navigate to the icon where you can click the ‘Change Email Address. Click on it and follow the prompts that follow.
How Long Does Rhodes University Take To Respond To Application?
Verifications of applications by the university take some time after applicants submit their applications. The process of verifying applications starts after the closing date for applications.
The university takes six to eight weeks to respond to applications after the closing date. This simply means that if you apply at the university, you can start tracking your application any time from six weeks after the university’s deadline date for applications.
Also, on how long the university responds to applications if you applied for the Master of Business Administration (MBA) at Rhodes Business School, the institution normally works on a 2-week turn-around time for the applications’ review and approval.
Here Are Some Reasons Rhodes Have Not Contacted You After Submitting Your Application
You must provide the needed information correctly before submitting your application. Here are some reasons you probably haven’t heard from the university.
- You and your parent/guardian probably did not sign the declaration and agreement page of the application form. The university usually returns the form to applicants if the page is not signed.
- You forgot to include the relevant application fee. Rhodes university’s application fee is R100, and all applications are submitted before the end of September this year.
- Incomplete address details.
