<p>By the way yankees3311, I think leaning more towards Mass is the way to go. I’m from South Carolina and the general area is alright. Lots of idiots though. I guess every place has idiots, but there are a ton of them. You’ll find diamonds in the rough every so often. </p>
<p>I have a ton of friends who go there though. (Reason being they were afraid to move away from parents.)</p>
<p>FilipinoPepper: got accepted to Umass and USC sports management programs. Like Umass program but USC offers a tremendous amount of money for OOS.</p>
<p>Did you receive your notification on Spire or in the mail? My son’s app has been complete since 10/24/12 and under review for weeks. He received the email on 12/17/12 telling him decisions would be coming and his is still under review. I tried to look at the thread from last year to see if this late notification meant deferral or denial, but I can’t tell. Anybody have any thoughts about this? I am hoping there will be something in the mail for him today.</p>
<p>Notifications can come spire or mail first. S showed up on Spire after xmas and a few days later package came. I think it’s just the timing of the mail system. I spoke to admissions around xmas and was told there was no correlation between the decision release and the date, area of app, GPA, etc. They just keep pulling from the big pile. They send out through the middle of January.</p>