Ask a Brazilian University About Your Application Status — Practice

Identify yourself and the program

Processo seletivo means admissions or selection process, and candidatura means application. State the program and term you applied for, then include the reference number if the university gave you one.

Use the contact channel listed by the institution. Admissions offices may separate undergraduate, graduate, and international applications.

Ask what stage the application is in

Use situação da candidatura for application status and prazo para resposta for response timeline. Ask which stage is current instead of assuming that a missing email means your application is incomplete.

If a document appears missing, name the document and ask how to resend it through the university's official process.

Confirm the next step and expected date

Ask se há alguma pendência (whether anything is outstanding) and when to check for an update. Application schedules differ by program and institution, so follow the date the admissions office gives you.

Summarize the answer and keep the contact name or protocol number with your application records.

Remember: Name your program and reference number, ask about the current stage, and confirm the next step with the admissions office.

Check your understanding

Choose the English meaning of each Portuguese example. Answer before looking back at the tables. These questions check the written examples in this guide; they are not a listening or proficiency test.

Recall the Portuguese, then say it

Read the English prompt and say a Portuguese version before opening the answer. The answer shows the example from the lesson; other natural translations may also work. Compare the meaning and the situation rather than counting a different word as automatically wrong.

1. I submitted my application for the biology program for next semester.

   Show a Portuguese answer

   Enviei minha candidatura para o curso de biologia no próximo semestre.

2. My application number is 4821. Could you confirm receipt?

   Show a Portuguese answer

   Meu número de inscrição é 4821. Poderia confirmar o recebimento?

3. Could you tell me what stage the selection process is at?

   Show a Portuguese answer

   Você pode me informar em que etapa está a seleção?

4. Was the academic transcript received correctly?

   Show a Portuguese answer

   O histórico escolar foi recebido corretamente?

5. Is there anything outstanding that I need to resolve?

   Show a Portuguese answer

   Há alguma pendência que eu precise resolver?

6. When is the next update expected?

   Show a Portuguese answer

   Qual é a previsão para a próxima atualização?

Make the phrase useful to you

Choose one example you could actually use. Say it once from memory, then change one detail that fits your life, such as the person, place, time, or object. Check whether your change also needs a different verb form, article, or adjective ending. If it does, compare it with the pattern in the explanation.

Name your program and reference number, ask about the current stage, and confirm the next step with the admissions office.

Return to two prompts tomorrow without opening the answers first. If a phrase still feels difficult, shorten it to a useful chunk and build the complete sentence again.

Sources and your next lesson

This I Speak Portuguese practice guide builds on our Ask a Brazilian University About Your Application Status lesson on Real Life Portuguese, with written recall tasks and additional speaking practice. The explanations and examples are teaching material; the practice questions are exercises, not a transcript of a recording.

To add Brazilian audio to your routine, choose a lesson in the Real Life Portuguese app. The app offers its own lessons and practice; this page does not imply that every example here has an app recording.