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How long did it take between sending in your application and your check being cashed? I am paranoid I did something wrong as my check hasn't been cashed yet but it's only been a few days since my deadline which was 10/27. Thanks!!!
You're welcome! I know that anyone who sent in an application probably has quite a few questions about the wait-list number, wait list times, etc. I have been reading some posts on a site called Click your Block - Penn South, which may or may not clarify things. I think that there are so many variables, especially since the price has gone up (but still obviously really really low for NYC), that each person's wait time is different. I have seen posts that say they were asked to look at apartments when their number was 100, and another post said they looked at apartments when they had a low number, but then waited for a year or more to get an apt. Yet another post said the wait times would be shorter because mgmt wanted to get people off the lists in 5 years. But, who knows?
Meanwhile, I am going to wait patiently in my beautiful, sort of expensive apt. that I love, but worth it.
Check out that site - there are quite a few posts about external lists and internal lists.
No, I have not received a number yet. Penn South extended the application deadline to today, Nov. 30, so I'm hoping that we hear something before the end of the year. I am on the studio list and my number is pretty high, so I don't expect to get an apt. as quickly as some others, which is fine, but I, like you and many others, would like to at least see where we stand.
Meanwhile, check out youtube; there's a video of a studio apt (15E, not sure which building), where you can get an idea of what the apartments are like, even though I'm sure many have changed over the years.
The wait is killing me. We were given number 96 on our application -- I am dying to know if that number will go up or down, but I guess giving up control is part of the whole list process. Having now read this thread more carefully, it actually sounds like this might not be a ten-year wait as I originally thought. Don't want to get my hopes up too high though. Going to check out that YouTube video now if I can find it, thanks for it hkcg.
I got my computer number too. It is different from the original lottery number. The lottery number is the order in which one was selected. For example, if your lottery number is 123, then your postcard was the 123rd post card to be picked. The computer number doesn't reflect your place in line either because the letter states how many people are ahead of you and that you will not be contacted until it's time to look at an apartment(s).
I have a pretty high number, which is fine since I just signed a 2 year lease, but I am looking forward to moving to Penn South!
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