<p>Son got accepted to Northeastern today ; Engineering!!! Still waiting on UMASS!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>Congrats on your son's acceptance to Northeastern. We are starting to get itchy about UMass, too!</p>
<p>Hopefully today!! I don't know how much longer I can wait!</p>
<p>Congrats Collegemom! Now he will have some choices! 2 in the bag and we are waiting on 4 still......</p>
<p>Yes; he has 3 acceptances and is waiting for 3 more so it sounds like 6 schools was the magic number!! I don't know what is holding up UMASS.....we are getting antsy to find out ....another day of waiting!</p>
<p>My son received this email today from the Director of Admissions:</p>
<p>Thank you for submitting an application for admission to UMass Amherst through our Early Action (EA) Program. We are in the process of completing our review of EA applications and wanted to let you know that decision letters for EA applicants will be in the mail by January 5th.</p>
<p>yup...my poor S got all excited when he received an E mail from U Mass only to have it say the same thing....
A few of S's friends got accepted to Northeastern over the past 2 days. He didn't apply there, but it seems to be one of the "magnet" schools at his HS.
Still waiting.....</p>
<p>bwaymom, thanks for the commiseration--applying as a music student is about 10 times the work of a regular applicant. Being paranoid here: Wicki said someone in admissions said that this week the first round of acceptances would go out. Does this mean the Jan 5 letter went to kids who weren't in the top tier of applicants??</p>
<p>Let's look at the positive side...no one has posted an acceptance yet, so I'm thinking no letters or online acceptances have been given yet. Jazzmom...generally when you are accepted in a dept like music, etc, that will help to push through an acceptance unless the stats are way below standard. I know with schools like Penn State and U Mich, you had to be accpeted into the shcool academically before you could even audition. Your S should be just fine. So...deep breath....I have this feeling we're in for a wait...until January.</p>
<p>You're so right--better to just be calm and positive. I feel like I have to get this stuff out so I don't show exasperation in front of the poor kid who might feel like his life depends on these things!</p>
<p>My son applied EA last year and he found out he was accepted online on December 16th. I think the letter came in March. Can anyone wait that long?
Good luck to all!</p>
<p>Jazzmom....vent all you want. I totally hear you and agree!</p>
<p>just letting everyone know -- today my friend got into UMASS for early action, so i guess that means today is the day they finally are being released. howeverrr...i checked my status and it still says that my app is under review. im getting so nervous about this, good luck to everyone else though! hopefully all decisions will be out sometime this week.</p>
<p>okay...so we've heard our first acceptance...just ratcheted up the nerves there a bit!
Jersey girl where are you from? We're S Jersey about 20 min out of Philly</p>
<p>I want to know!! Still under consideration :(</p>
<p>i'm from north jersey, about 3 miles outside of NYC. love philly though, actually just got accepted from drexel a few weeks ago! however, umass is still my top choice. three kids from my school heard today and im so anxious now..i called umass and they said my decision will "be up shortly". so frustrating..=/</p>
<p>Still under review here too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>Just checked online - my son was accepted for Biology!</p>
<p>Has anyone heard for business? Hopefully I'll hear tomorrow!</p>
<p>i'm still under review. i applied for business as well.</p>