<p>There will still be a Priority Application deadline, but this will only be used for honors program consideration. All applicants will be notified of decisions on February 13th, regardless of when they submitted their application.</p>
<p>Yeah, I heard about this. I’m wondering whether it will affect the chances of people who were going to apply Early. </p>
<p>That’s really unfortunate. </p>
<p>@ClassicRockerDad, How do you think this will affect admissions?</p>
<p>I think fewer people will apply and the admissions rate will go up but so will the yield. </p>
<p>I’ve always advocated rolling admissions schools as safeties for top advocates. UIUC is now removed from that list. I think they will receive fewer applications, and will have to waste fewer resources reading them all. In the budget constrained world that exists in the state of Illinois, it might be the right decision to cut the budget of the admissions office. </p>
<p>UIUC is still a terrific school, especially for engineering and CS, but there are roles it had on a college list that it no longer fulfills. </p>
<p>Wow thanks a lot for that analysis!</p>
<p>Just to add to what CRD wrote, I think this move will also have a slightly negative affect on yield. I don’t think it will make a huge difference, but it will have some affect, for some majors.</p>
<p>I know my son will at least double the number of apps he sends out because of this new policy. His original plan was Illinois + super reach schools, expecting acceptance to Illinois but ready to send out more apps in case of a deferral or acceptance to less desirable major.</p>
<p>But now, instead of UIUC + MIT/Stanford/CMU, it will be UIUC + MIT/Stanford/CMU/+5 or more other schools that Illinois will have to compete with to enroll my son. He may very likely still choose Illinois, but this policy change has pushed him to research schools he otherwise wouldn’t have. If one of them really catches his eye, Illinois will have lost him for no real good reason.</p>
<p>I am a reporter with the Chicago Tribune, and I am looking to talk with applicants (or their parents) who are applying to U. of I. this year. I am particularly interested in your thoughts on the decision to get rid of early action. Please contact me via Private Message. Thank you, Jodi Cohen</p>
<p>UIUC lost my son’s eye last year for essentially the same reason - they took too long. </p>
<p>After he and his honor student friends from a top 10 Illinois High School watched each other get deferral letters from UIUC, they moved on to other choices. These were all kids with ACTs above 30 and GPAs above 3.5. Well above…</p>
<p>Not one of my son’s contemporaries went to UIUC even after they ALL got accepted in February and then later received acceptances to B-School and CS programs in April. Imagine getting a call from UIUC like we did 2 weeks before the May1 deadline to tell us to come to their B-School. UIUC really thought we’d still be waiting for them? </p>
<p>We wrote off UIUC early on when ALL the other schools said yes right away. We spent that valuable time visiting campuses and never gave UIUC another thought. My son had already committed to a top ten program and signed up for housing by the time UIUC finally said yes. I know we weren’t the only ones. </p>
<p>UIUC needs a complete overhaul as it is not the school it once was in either reputation or quality. Now it seems to just be chasing out-of-state and out-of-country dollars.</p>
<p>This move by UIUC will just save them the time of deferring Illinois kids while they wait for International and OOS kids to commit to paying higher tuition bills.</p>
<p>My son was also deferred and accepted in February. He also went to a top Illinois High School and many of his friends chose Illinois. UIUC may have some problems but I think its still a great place to get an education. I’m not doubting the timeline presented above but my son found out he was accepted in the business school the same day in February that he found out he was accepted to UIUC. </p>
<p>On March 15, 2014 the business school held their “The Business Experience: A Welcome for Admitted Students” for all the kids accepted into the business program. So I just find it curious that the school would wait until April to accept some of the students. </p>
<p>walt85</p>
<p>Curious or not, that’s how it happened. The email was sent by Timmi Turley and signed by Stacey Kostell - Assistant Provost for Enrollment Management on 4/16/2014.</p>
<p>To say we were insulted to be deferred and then contacted so late is an understatement. No other school did this. Since I know from one of your other 2 posts that your son was also considering IU Kelley, I am surprised you didn’t have the same reaction. </p>
<p>UIUC’s late admission decision date now puts them squarely behind their competition who practice early and rolling admissions. Who does this help? As always, follow the money. UIUC now gets more time to solicit the OOS tuition they love while making all the smart Illinois kids wait or go elsewhere.</p>
<p>FWIW, My son chose to accept Direct Admission to the IU Kelley School of Business in February after having been accepted way back in the first week of November. We used the time in between to evaluate and/or visit the other schools who’d all accepted him as part of Early Action admissions. That’s why the best kids apply early right?</p>
<p>So far IU Kelley’s been great for him and I have been impressed by every aspect of their operation including the fact that major companies have already been on campus talking to Freshmen about internships and jobs. Compared to UIUC, IU and Kelley’s communication and professionalism have been outstanding. Ask me in 4 years when our sons are graduating about the education and placement experience.</p>
<p>I have no doubt that UIUC is still a great place to get an education, that’s why my son applied there. I wish anyone attending UIUC all the best and regret that their admissions process is not all it should be. Since UIUC is our top state school, Illinois taxpayers and students deserve better than to be put in a queue behind out of state/country applicants.</p>
<p>BTW, UIUC is still sending us emails about campus security and other crap as if we were enrolled! My emails to unsubscribe have gone unheeded. Clearly admissions is not the only UIUC department in need of help.</p>
<p>Thaumaturge</p>
<p>I agree that IU/Kelley excel in communication. They should teach a class on how they market themselves. As long as our sons do well in school I think they will both have excellent job opportunities. My son had also applied to a few private schools and if you don’t like UIUC’s timetable you would hate some of the other school’s dates. :)</p>
<p>Just don’t tell me Kelley/IUPUI is a better option than IL. :)</p>
<p>Yeah, IU/Kelley certainly have it down, while other universities just make you scratch your head with their bone-headed approaches. It’s a sellers market for colleges and many are resting on laurels, while others recognize that trend will reverse eventually and work hard for good candidates when they probably don’t have to right now.</p>
<p>My son applied to a couple privates… mainly to see what kind of $$ they were offering. One practiced rolling admissions and accepted him in November with a very nice scholarship. The other played the ED/Standard game and pushed it off to April. By the time the second came in, he no longer cared about small schools. As in all sales, time is of the essence.</p>
<p>IUPUI - Very funny… you’ve obviously been in that infamous thread.</p>
<p>Let’s stay on topic, which is UIUC - FC</p>
<p>Please see post #7, which is a request from a reporter who has been confirmed as being legitimate. Under CC policy, this post was approved.</p>
<p>I’m a reporter with the Chicago Tribune and I’m still looking for families to discuss U. of I.'s decision to get rid of early action. Please contact me via PM. Thanks! Jodi Cohen </p>
<p>Dang, I really wanted to know earlier if I get in or not. I can’t wait that long!</p>
<p>Same 
If I had known that I got in by December, I wouldn’t even bother applying to my RD schools.</p>
<p>Just a congrats to @jodinews for her article on this, my teacher handed me the article in class and I recognized the name. </p>
<p>I think the counselor in the article was dead on with her comments. Bad for students and bad for the school. Also, the new policy will do absolutely nothing to change the situation for students like James Steinle, who are relegated to DGS in February. The EA notification policy is completely independent of the DGS relagation/reevaluation policy. (The author is mixing apples with oranges in her article there.)</p>
<p>The school is not changing the latter and why/how could they? It is essential in managing enrollment and filling majors. Of course this can be a major headache for students but so is any wait list type situation. The alternative is to abandon the DGS relagation system and just put all those kids on a wait list… Same thing with just a different name… and nothing to go with the December EA notification date.</p>