Haha @WeakECs12 my son was deferred by Michigan SO long ago. He has pretty much written them off! Washington is his #1 and where he sees himself going. Remaining hopeful! Go Dawgs! (From a USC Mom)
Call me crazy, but I have a gut feeling, some decisions will be released by this afternoon after we are out of school. They don’t want us to find out while at school as some will hear and others don’t. I personally set my mind to hear by the 15th, any day earlier than that is just early to me.
Its just difficult to release all of the acceptances at the same time. Im not sure if it was u that said it or not but they are in the drivers seat 100%. We applied to their school and asked them to accept us. I understand its incredibly stressful and everyone is anxious, but they said acceptances will come out between the 1st and the 15th, and they will. They arent really obligated to give us an exact date and time when we are only halfway through the window they gave us
I got into the other michigan with a tidy scholarship.Now just waiting for UW decision. Either way, I feel good.
They could easily spread the notification process over several days in a sane manner by dividing last names into groups e.g… A-F first day, H–0 second day, P-Z third day – I am sure it does not help their process with thousands of people checking the portal more and more often as decision day gets closer.
@JustinM12 You can say they aren’t obligated, but they are. And they already did. They made it a two week slot to give themselves time, and they’re closing in on their own window. Not only are they not doing us any favors, but they aren’t doing themselves any favors either
how does the portal change where there is an update in application status?
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This is how the UW works. It’s a giant bureaucratic monolith that’s not always operated particularly well. If you know anything about how education in the state of Washington is funded (poorly), you understand why. The UW will not cuddle you or provide you with much personalized help or information. You’re expected to read the information they do send you carefully and you’re expected to seek out information on your own. It’s cold and impersonal at times, and definitely not for everyone. But if you can advocate for yourself, have decent reading & research skills, and find your people on campus, it’s a wonderful place.
I’m an alum, I have a child in attendance now, and another one anxiously awaiting acceptance. I’m not going to tell you to calm down, I get it, this wait is especially agonizing because we thought we might have answers on the 1st. But we don’t. And even when we do get answers, they’re not going to be warm and effusive messages full of flattery. That’s not the UW style and it’s not even the culture in Seattle. (see Seattle Freeze) Both of my kids received very cool admissions packages from other schools and I wish my alma mater did more of that sort of positive branding, but they don’t. I’d go so far as to say they don’t spend the money on marketing because they don’t have much and they don’t need to… Gates and Balmer aren’t giving money to admissions and operations.
Despite all that, for those of us for whom it’s a good fit, it’s Great to Be a Husky. I hope all of you land in the right school and find success.
(new account because old one from last kid is inaccessible)
I cant even complain lmao, University of Miami literally told us, “at the end of January.” THAT was the worst.
Hey guys! 
I have been anxiously waiting for UWash to respond as well, and this thread has really helped me to get more insight to the admissions process, and I would like to thank everyone for this. Regardless, I had checked the #NewHuskies tweet on their twitter, and it seems like the admissions office is set to sending their notification any time by now. “The international admissions team is ready to welcome all the New Huskies. Congratulations seniors. Decisions are coming. Let the fun begin.” This was one of the tweet around 19 hours ago.
@fleurenrose17 I was waitlisted last year, and the message didn’t change. I think it’s technically cause there hasn’t been an official decision, so the “we’ll inform you of our decision” just stayed up. I can’t speak for denials, though.
I applied to University of Minnesota Twin Cities in the beginning of october. Deferred in January, still waiting for a response until the end of March. So yeah, I get it. And even though this is only two weeks of waiting (instead of months for UMNTC) it feels practically the same. Although UMN has been WAY better at communicating and their staff replies to any email or call extremely efficiently. The college process is gross, and I think I can speak for all of us when I say May 1st cannot come soon enough.
Its a mild inconvenience for some students who don’t have the patience to wait. Why are they obligated to give us an exact date and time? They aren’t obligated to accept us, and they sure as hell aren’t obligated to let us know the exact time they are releasing acceptances.
They gave us a window…There is almost a week remaining in that window. They havent broken any promises made and getting upset and impatient about it on college confidential wont make them accept/reject us any sooner.
This doesn’t hurt them or us either…We have until April to SIR at whichever school we choose to go to.
Its frustrating, but unfortunately its how it goes and there isnt anything we can do about it
@fleurenrose17 Accepted or denied will be viewable on MyUW. Waitlist offers will be by email.
I just think thats inconsiderate. Sorry. Would be interesting to see if it changes for next year. One idea would be to give a set date (i.e. March 15th or maybe even March 30th) but begin releasing before then. Allows kids to look forward to one day but be surprised when they hear earlier- rather than being told you could hear any time in the span of 14 days. Don’t think thats too hard and DEFINITELY would bring way less criticism.
Although if it hasn’t changed- it probably never will
I agree. Setting a date and meeting it early would be great because no one would be anxious, and everyone would actually be happy because they were notified early.
I thought originally we would be informed via email if denied?
:-SS