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Check Your OTCAS Notifications and Status

Notifications

As you progress through the application process, you'll receive important notifications and critical alerts. Applicants are responsible for monitoring these notifications and following up on any required actions. To view your notifications, click View My Notifications on the left side of the application dashboard.

Application Statuses

Applicants are responsible for monitoring the status of an application. Notifications are not sent for any missing items. To help you keep track of your application and all materials, click Check Status at the top of the application dashboard.

Keep in mind that it takes five business days from the date of receipt to post transcripts and official test scores to your application. Evaluations are immediately updated once received from your evaluator.

Your application status may be:

In Progress

Your application has not yet been submitted or you haven’t paid the application fee.

Received

Your application has been submitted, but you are missing required documents. If you used the Professional Transcript Entry (PTE) service, remember that you must review and approve your coursework.

Complete

All required materials were received and your application is in line for verification and is considered complete; see Completing Your OTCAS Application for the specific application completion requirements. Note that your programs may require additional materials for your application to be considered complete. Check with each program for more details. Once your application enters this status, it can take up to 10 business days to move to the Verified status.

Undelivered

This status indicates that an error was found and your application was returned to you for corrections. See Correcting an Undelivered Application.

Verified

Your application was processed and, if applicable, your GPA was calculated and made available to your programs. You’ll receive a confirmation notification that your application was verified. Once your application is verified, you should direct any questions about its status to the program(s) you applied to.

Transcript Statuses

If you submit transcripts to OTCAS, your transcript's status may be:

Not Arrived

This status indicates that your transcript is still being processed and has not been posted to your application yet. On average, it takes up to five business days for your transcript to post to your application from the date we receive it.

Arrived

This status indicates that your transcript has been processed and is now posted to your application. Your transcript will be shared with all your programs.

Evaluation Statuses

If you submit evaluation requests, your evaluation's status may be:

Requested

This status indicates that the request was sent to the evaluator, but they have not accepted or declined it. They must accept your request before they can submit their evaluation.

Accepted

This status indicates that the evaluator accepted your request but has not yet submitted their evaluation.

Completed

This status indicates that the evaluator completed and submitted their evaluation and it was sent to your program(s).

Declined

This status indicates that the evaluator declined your evaluation request. You can click Update Evaluators to add a new evaluation request.

Expired

This status only appears once the cycle closes. Evaluations can no longer be submitted. Review OTCAS Cycle Dates to learn the final dates when you can request evaluations and your evaluators can complete evaluation requests.

Test Score Status

If you submit official test scores to OTCAS, your official test score's status is listed as Accepted with the date OTCAS received it.

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