<p>Just looked on line at application decision and saw this comment:</p>
<p>"Refer'd- Comprehensive Review"</p>
<p>Anyone have any experience with this ? Is this reply common at this point in the Early Action process ? Any comments or thoughts appreciated... thanks...</p>
<p>They give a comprehensive review to all applicants who do not meet the automatic GPA requirement (3.4) for admission. Is your gpa sub-3.4?</p>
<p>Yup… The app is my son’s and he comes in at a breathtaking 2.94 gpa not including his senior year grades. His SAT’s help at 530 V 600 M and lots of Sports, work and ec’s. Didn’t know the protocol for the response however. He’s met the admissions rep; hockey coach and is jazzed about Oregon. A few of his friends from Colorado go there and love it.
Do you have an idea when the review normally would be complete or is it a case by case ? thanks…</p>
<p>ColoPop, I don’t know when he’s likely to get a decision, but just wanted to wish him luck. I think it’s just a great place on so many levels.</p>
<p>There is an alternative admissions chart that shows what score is needed to offset a below 3.0 gpa - </p>
<p>[Alternative</a> Admission | Office of Admissions](<a href=“http://admissions.uoregon.edu/freshmen/alternativeadmission]Alternative”>Alternative Admission | Admissions)</p>
<p>I’ve checked it out because my son has a 2.92 and also applied to U of O. It doesn’t guarantee admission like the 3.4 gpa does, but it does appear to increase chances for admission if your scores are high enough - which your son’s are.</p>
<p>The review is case-by-case, and will depend a lot on how many students have the 3.4 GPA and above (and therefore how many slots are left). According to UO’s website, if you applied before November 1st you will be notified of the decision by December 15th. If you applied after November 1st you will be notified by April 1st. Good luck!</p>
<p>So… just received the written reply from Oregon admissions. It says: … after a preliminary review of the application , and although we meet the minimum admission requirements, it may not be possible for the university to admit all students who want to enroll… For this reason the decision on the application will be made during the March review…
Any insight on this response from UOregon ?
Not sure if this is typical of the early admission application process or not ?</p>
<p>I’ve known a number of early-applying kids in the past who’ve been deferred to the regular admissions cycle. (It also happens very frequently to students applying to UO’s honors college, even if they meet the early filing deadlines.)</p>
<p>This year’s incoming class was intentionally smaller than the previous year’s. UO had a very high yield in 2008, so they cut the size of the 2009-incoming class by 500 students in order to balance that out. This current freshman class has the highest cumulative average GPA of any in the school’s history at 3.54. So it’s just getting a little harder to get in because of housing and infrastructural limitations and the rising GPAs.</p>
<p>Which is not to say that being deferred is necessarily bad news, just that they probably need to see how many automatic admits they get applying by the January deadline. The economic downturn has had the effect of swelling college attendence all over. I guess if there are no jobs out there people think they may as well go to college. 
So the state schools are all seeing a jump in applications.</p>
<p>Being out-of-state will likely be to your son’s benefit, and he does meet the minimum requirements. I hope it all works out for him!</p>
<p>A friend’s daughter got a similar letter last year. She was very close to the 3.25 that was then the GPA needed for guaranteed admission, but not quite there. I agree with rentof2 that they probably sent that letter to everyone who was below the 3.4 required for guaranteed admission this year in order to give them time to see how many will be automatically admitted. My daughter’s friend did get her admission letter two weeks later, so it worked out for her. I hope it does for you too! Best of luck.</p>
<p>Thanks all… he’ll wait it out. In the mean he’ll hang his hat on admits to Montana St and Northern Colo. Still waiting on New Hampshire, Vermont and Colorado…</p>
<p>Referred to scholastic review?</p>