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  1. Introduction
  2. Follow your Application
  3. SG and MR
  4. Back to "..in Process"
  5. Pre-offer Letters
  6. Reserved Seats
  7. Results
  8. Admission Rounds
  9. What-to-do Scenarios
  10. What-to-do if Admitted
  11. What-to-do if Reserve
  12. What-to-do if No selection
  13. Important Dates

I will now take my experience about the admission even further.

So now you have just sealed your envelope with your application documents, and you have meticulously chosen an express courier.

Introduction

Do you feel more relaxed? A bit. Maybe a bit. As you already think about what is going to happen next, you can imagine that the waiting days will be the most stressful days of your life.

The reality is that it can be very stressful, but it doesn’t have to be.

For me it was. But just a bit, and that was because I have tried with all my energy to make my experience useful - so I have been writing these instructions and descriptions, and I’ve been moderating the comments.

Hopefully, by the time you are reading this, things have already a plan to change for the better so your situation will not only be less stressful but even less confusing.

But anyway, you have sent your documents, and you are probably checking the courier’s tracking page every 2 hours or so to see where your precious documents have arrived already. Upon arrival in Sweden, your papers will most probably be picked up by the Swedish Post Office or wait a few days for a bigger load, and only then get delivered to Strömsund.

This will take another 2-3 days, and most surely your DHL tracking page will only tell you that delivery details have been set up, and that you should expect no further information on the tracking page. If you have signed up for phone confirmation, then you will actually receive a confirmation by SMS when the Swedish Post Office will actually make the delivery. I know this is weird, but this is what happened with DHL, by using their UNI Express service, specialized in university documents.

While I cannot guarantee the truth of the information, other couriers seem to handle this better:

  • TNT seems to update the tracking page upon final delivery, but again they forward your documents to the Swedish Post Office at their Orebro node. Also if you cannot see the recipient’s name, you can call them and they will tell you who signed for the delivery of your documents in Strömsund.
    –
    –Real Tracking Excerpt bellow–
    Pick up date 04 Feb 2008
    Destination Stromsund
    Delivery Date 09:00, 08 Feb 2008
    Signatory Madeleine Ronnquist
    Date Time Location Status
    08 Feb 2008 09:00 Orebro Delivered
    06 Feb 2008 07:38 Orebro Onforwarded For Delivery
    06 Feb 2008 07:35 Orebro Import Received
    06 Feb 2008 00:28 Liege Euro Hub Consignment Received At Transit Point
    …
  • FedEx has done it right all the way - on the tracking page it was possible to see the recipient’s name, location of the delivery (front desk/office/etc.) and the exact time.
  • UPS also had good service - on the tracking page you could see all the final delivery steps
    –
    –Real Tracking Excerpt bellow–
    2/12/2008 DELIVERED SE
    2/12/2008 DRIVER LOAD BROMMA, SE
    2/12/2008 OUT FOR DELIVERY BROMMA, SE
    2/11/2008 DRIVER LOAD BROMMA, SE
    2/11/2008 THE ADDRESS IS IN A REMOTE AREA AND DELIVERIES ARE NOT MADE DAILY BROMMA, SE
    2/11/2008 OUT FOR DELIVERY BROMMA, SE
    2/11/2008 IMPORT SCAN BROMMA, SE
    …

Whatever courier you use though, within 3 to 7 days after your documents have arrived, you should also get an E-mail confirmation from the National Admissions Office.

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