Hi i applied to civil engineering for phd on february 20th. Yes, my first status was preliminary review required. about three weeks ago my status was changed to recommended for assessment from review in progress by department.
Of course I am a graduate student. My gpa's are 3.44/4.00 and 3.56/4.00 for bsc and msc respectively. I have been working as a teaching asistant in my country since 2014. What about your status?