<p>DiN009: You said, "all my friends who applied to maryland (i live in NY) got them, even the ones I know won't get in."</p>
<p>Question: HOW do you know they won't get in?</p>
<p>And you said previously, "Everyone got them"</p>
<p>Question: HOW do you know EVERYONE got them?</p>
<p>So, you have the inside track on admissions at UMD?</p>
<p>yea actually i told UMD to send them to everyone except the people that complain on this message board, sorry</p>
<p>actually yea i was the one that sent these out and sent them to everyone except the people that are complaining, sorry</p>
<p>Not one person in my town got them either and I live in NJ. weird.</p>
<p>I blame the postal service
PS. Stop freakin out.</p>
<p>It has nothing to do with being accepted or not... it is a mass mailer, if you are on the list, it gets sent. Think about this logically, they would have to have a computer program to go through 28K+ applicants and weed out accept/fresh firs/rejections and this program would have to be readjusted every yr. It is just easier to send to everyone. The reason they send it out now is b/c they know ED and rolling admissions are coming out so they want you not to make a decision yet, in case you do get accepted. </p>
<p>OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND is why they send them out.</p>
<p>Another college D applied to sent a mass mailing of a big catalogue in a BIG envelope recently. I knew decisions weren't supposed to come out for a while, but I think some applicants might have gotten unecessarily excited. Much nicer to send postcards out if everyone's stressing.</p>
<p>Univ of Miami does that...and it really is insane when they send it in Jan/Feb time frame b/c most kids are glued to the mailbox.</p>
<p>I don't UMD does that...I only recall the big envelopee upon acceptance. To be honest compared to UM it was disappointing. UM had fun stuff like decals and a nice presentation with the merit money, UMD had a CD rom.</p>
<p>Did any in-state applicants recieve an invitation from the University of Maryland to attend a meeting on merit based scholarships and financial aid on Feb. 4? Why do you think they have this meeting immediately before decisions come out?</p>
<p>yeah i got one a while ago lol they also emailed me wishing me happy holidays during the xmas season</p>
<p>It is simple reason they do this, people now a days put cost of attendance right up there for a reason to go there. If a student thinks they can't afford it, they might not attend, by having this seminar they are assisting people in their decision process and hoping that a qualified atudent will choose UMD over another school that gives FA</p>