I was waitlisted to UMass class of 25 on Feb, and I got off the waitlist on June 11th, only I never saw that email. Im guessing it went to spam. Today I got another email saying they withdrew my offer because I hadn’t taken action, and I was wondering if there’s a way I could still accept my offer?
You’ll have to call admissions. I’d do it ASAP as they’re giving those slots away daily. Good luck!
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I agree you should contact them ASAP. Send an email and call, tonite. Then, call first thing in the morning too.
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Was it actually in your spam/junk e-mail folder? If not, definitely point that out. If so, I’d point that out too and explain to them why you didn’t check that folder.
I truly wish you the very best on this. I am not sure why a school can’t contact you in multiple ways (e.g., via an email and a text to check your admissions status on the school website) to make doubly sure something like this doesn’t happen.
I had some email problems over the weekend, and I found out from the email provider that essentially all emails I was sent during the problem would unlikely resurface. It was for a few hours early on Sunday morning, but I never did receive any emails during the outage. Stuff like this happens, and that’s why I’m surprised that the school didn’t employ two-factor communications on something like this.
Good luck! And please let us know how this goes for you. We are all rooting for you.
Maybe because the school has 40k applicants and using more than 1 method is burdensome? Maybe because the applicant provided his email as his preferred appropriate communication method and thus accepted responsibility for communicating that way? Or maybe because an applicant, for college admission, a job, fellowship, whatever, has the burden of taking initiative to follow-up and monitor communication if he is asking for something? Take your pick, any of the above reasons will do. Lesson learned, and hopefully applicant can ask forgiveness and still get in.
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Not burdensome at all. It’s called CRM, and most decent size businesses employ that. It is automated, ya’ know?
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Applicants are free to provide a communication method. If they provide it, assume it may be used, and it may be the only one used, and schools and employers may not track you down with alternatives. Easier and better to go on to the next applicant who is monitoring his email.
It is a really important lesson to learn. Kids miss out on opportunities all the time because they don’t check their email, or voicemail, or whatever method they gave. It is sad to see and so preventable. Learn to check for messages early and often on all media you use.
I am sure UMass asks for a phone number and possibly even gets data privacy waivers to send info. Indeed, my child’s grade school employs both simultaneous texts and emails for even routine info.
Stuff happens, as I noted with my own experience, where for 3 hours I received no emails. When I asked the service provider if I would ever get those emails back, she said it was unlikely. That’s exactly why a grade school employs two-type communications to make sure parents receive info.
It is 2021, after all.
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Grade schools don’t have scores of alternate applicants they can call. Colleges, and employers usually do, and whether wait list kid 72 or wait list kid 73 is taken by the college really doesn’t matter. Just a real life example. Schools will chase after parents when needed to keep track of their little kids and important commitments. Colleges will not.
I am sorry, but I cannot understand one point (which is still in question, which is why I asked OP this): if the OP never received the email, then they might be able to plead mercy. If, lo and behold, it was in their spam/junk folder, that’s a tougher sell to get special dispensation.
However, there is nothing magic or expensive about sending an email and a simultaneous text from schools, business, etc. It is exceedingly commonplace.
If I recall, I think we received both forms of communications from boarding/high schools during our other child’s application season. It’s standard these days, AFAIK.
In K12, it is standard, you are right. Much less so in college, grad school, or employment
Perhaps, but an applicant who never received an email has a different issue than one who received an email, but it got diverted to the junk/spam e-mail folder. That’s why I asked the OP the question, as it’s much harder to get mercy if it is the latter.
If it is the former, as can indeed happen, that gives wider latitude. If UMass wants to jettison the OP for that, then it sounds like UMass wasn’t the right place for OP.
So…you got the second email….but not the first? Hmmm.
Call admissions ASAP. Good luck.
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Doesn’t speak well for the university IMO. If that’s the way they treat you during the admissions process, how do you think they’ll treat you when you’re a student there? Experiences like this are why so many people are willing to pay 3 times as much for a private college where there will be some level of individual connection and attention to detail rather than treating students like just another number.
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thank you guys so much! i called them today morning, and unfortunately i can’t accept because they’re classes and schedules are assigned 
. thanks for all your help! it was an honor just to be accepted anyway, i never really expected to get off the waitlist so this was a shock to me!
What kind of school is this? 