Unofficial Transcript Trick

I just got into UMass Amherst, BS in Computer Science, with a Chancellors Award :smiley:
But Iā€™d trade that for a spot at RA at UW Seattle .-.

I got into Purdue without any scholarship :frowning:

@aerospace15 They donā€™t email them because they know the wait is what kills! Itā€™s the stereotypical anxiety that comes along with waiting for a college letter that generations of scholars have gone through :wink: Man I hate Sundays haha. Hopefully letters come out tomorrow :open_mouth:
@uwhusky1997 I have to agree with you bro, because those links are kind of newish, Or at least I never noticed them before? To put them on applicants pages then possibly deny them (hopefully not) does seem a bit cruel.

Iā€™m starting to become more scared thinking about the amount of people that applied and the small amount of people that get gold lettersā€¦

Tomorrow!

@uwhusky1997 I just calculated the math based on the post regarding how many applicants were sent in, correct me If Iā€™m wrong but If there were 36,528 applicants and 2/3 of the position is given to Instate, so thatā€™s 24,352, and 6400 Is believed to be the amount of Freshman this year in Cohort, thatā€™s approx. 26% chance of getting in! That seems way too unrealistic and for OOS Students thatā€™s even less of a chance. It seems a bit unrealistic. Now what we know is that the School has had a 55% acceptance rate since 2013, So if you told me 12,176 Students got accepted but Only half will be attending due to other factors or opportunities thatā€™s more believable. Now for an individuals chance It just goes without saying, UW considers so many factors a person with bad stats but amazing potential can get inā€¦ Have faith guys (:

Thank you for that! Have you gotten a letter yet? The wait is almost unbearable haha. I need to calm down and have confidence in my application as an individual, disregarding the estimated acceptance rates and what not :slight_smile:

Unfortunately nothing yet! Iā€™m from the Everett area so hopefully It comes sooner then later! Donā€™t worry bro our kind of persistence, patience and attitudes donā€™t go unnoticed hopefully weā€™ll be joining the #NewHuskies2015!

Wusawu, I think the breakdown would be approximately as follows:

36,528 total applicants:
11,278 resident; 25,250 nonresident
Total accepted: 16,500 (est.)

Assume, based on last few years, acceptance rate for resident: 65%
Number of residents accepted: 7,331
If residents are 2/3 of class of 6,400, or 4,224, resident yield is about 66%.

Based on above, can estimate nonresidents as follows:

Number of nonresidents accepted: 9,169
Est. acceptance rate for all nonresidents (OOS and international): 36%
Number of nonresidents accepted: 9,169
If nonresidents are 1/3 of class of 6,400, or 2,176, nonresident yield is about 24%.

@UWfromCAā€Œ nonresident acceptance rate is about 36%? And itā€™s probably even lower this year. Now Iā€™m super worried :confused:

36% would be worst case scenario for this year, dropping from last yearā€™s 48% because of ~20% increase in nonresident applications this year. Perhaps they will admit more (10,000) and expect a slightly lower yield, so that the nonresident admission rate is around 40%.

All of these estimated percentages are good to know, thanks for taking the time to inform us :slight_smile:

@UWfromCAā€Œ I agree with @uwhusky1997ā€Œ , you are so helpful!! And Iā€™m from California too which is awesome :smiley:

Has there been any rejection letters yet? Iā€™m wondering if they are sent later or at the same time

@uwhusky1997 Iā€™m curious about this too

A nice way for CA residents to gauge their chances of acceptance is to see what UCā€™s theyā€™ve already gotten into. If youā€™ve gotten into UC Davis or above, youā€™re most likely in. If youā€™re currently deciding between UCI and UCSB, you will probably get in as well. If youā€™ve only received a welcome packet from UCSC or below, then Iā€™d consider myself a little borderline.

Best of luck!

so no oneā€™s unofficial transcript link has been loading right?? mine isnā€™t loading and just went to ā€œthe page cannot be displayedā€. I think my stats are pretty up to par but i rushed a reaaally crappy essay so Iā€™m worried as hell. also, has anyone outside of seattle received their letters yet?

@Coriander23ā€Œ Iā€™m a OSS and waitlisted by UC Davis for Mechanical Engineering. Thoughts? And Iā€™m from NY.

Does anyone know how many people typically get waitlisted?

bump for interest