<p>A poorly worded letter went out welcoming students to UMASS Amherst.
From reading the letter you could assume two things:</p>
<li>It was not an actual acceptance letter</li>
<li>It is a letter that would only be sent to accepted students</li>
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<p>I checked with UMASS, and there have been many complaints because the letter was poorly worded. It was sent to EVERYONE that applied to the school.</p>
<p>The e-mail address in the body of the letter was from the head of the department, dunk@&&&&.umass.edu</p>
<p>I haven't recieved any letters yet from the school. I just found out I got accepted and live in NY so it will probably be a while before my letter comes. What did the letter say?</p>
<p>We got that letter too! We thought it was very funny, it was so unclear. It does read like an acceptance letter, but we knew it wasn't because my son's school report had not even been sent out yet. We didn't bother to watch the CD. We sent the common app in at the beginning of December and are still waiting for the "access code" they were supposed to send us to check on the status of his application. They really don't seem to know what they are doing at that campus.</p>
<p>"As everywhere else, they have a big increase in applications. This probably strained their available resources..."</p>
<p>I am NOT trying to dis the school, but I am curious how others reacted to the letter. They also misplaced (lost?) some of the admissions materials, but that is understandable. They get thousands of applications!</p>
<p>We have applied to 11 schools, UMass was one of the first applications we sent out (12/1) and even though we have heard back from EVERY other college that they have received our materials-- we have heard nothing back from UMass. We are still waiting for the ever elusive "access code" to check our application status on line. We emailed twice ( the second time to the email address in that funky mailer with the CD ) and got a response saying that they had received more ED apps than expected and that they were extremely busy etc. I understand they are very busy this time of year, BUT they are a state University and they should be prepared for this. It really reflects poorly on them, especially when all other schools are much more prompt.</p>
<p>They are a state school. Limited resources. They do the best they can. Not enough money to staff an army of processors, so it takes a little time. I don't think it reflects poorly on them. They are doing the best they can, with the resources they have.</p>
<p>I would say UConn is similar, UNH smaller. Admittedly, they could do better, but I'm sure they are swamped. I'd wait a little while until I started calling.</p>
<p>I wasn't planning on calling. I am sure we will hear from them sooner or later. It is just that marketing has become a very important part of college admissions today ( whether that is a good thing or a bad thing could be argued ), and a University has to be mindful of its potential "customers".</p>
<p>You would think so. But they will fill and over-subscribe the fall entering class. Like others have mentioned typically the overflow admissions are put up in hotels until spots on campus free up. This happens every fall. Even back in my Dad's day in the 70's.</p>
<p>The Admissions Department told me that unfortunately that are backlogged and hope to get the admissions letters with ID's out by the end of January.</p>