Does the UofM really hold on to the rejections until February?

<p>I'm freaking out right now because I applied in September and I still haven't heard anything. My tracker says the same thing and everyone I know who applied heard back a long time ago.
I have a 3.4 gpa, took 7 ap's, 3 ecs, and I got a 28 on my ACT. I'm also a minority if they take that into consideration. I've heard from a lot of places that they give out their rejections on February, and if that's true it's flipping retarded, why can't they just tell me that I'm denied once they make their decision instead of having me wait for all this freaking time.</p>