My daughter just got “referred to scholastic review”. I see information about “holistic review”, but not “scholastic review”. She was homeschooled, but has 30 credits of community college credit so far (dean’s list all semesters), and will graduate with 60 credits of c.c. credit and an AA degree, and a 1960 SAT. Is this because she was homeschooled? There is no information on “scholastic review” given, and when we google it, the scholastic review process is for current students who are “doing unsatisfactory work”.
She has been accepted other places into their honors colleges, but was hoping for Oregon.
Just a note. My daughter finally received an offer of admission from Oregon on March 31st, even after applying on time for early admission (more than 3 months after the date they promised a decision). I wanted to warn others who receive scholastic review that it likely is not a fast process, but also provide hope, as in our case, it ended in an acceptance.
I have to say, the whole experience with the University of Oregon admissions process has been disappointing. We were given so much misinformation throughout the process that it was baffling. We saved all the emails we received from Oregon in a folder, and the answers to the same questions are answered differently depending on which admissions person is answering. And answers were also different in person in Eugene and at a local information session. I also never received a response to the question, “can you explain what scholastic review is?” I’m guessing they are having some staffing issues in their admissions office, as every other admissions office has been so wonderful and responsive.
While Oregon was initially my daughter’s top choice, it fell to the bottom of the list based completely on the poor interactions with the admissions office and the admissions process. She was accepted into five other research universities (including universities much harder to get into, such as U of Florida), all providing scholarships (none from Oregon, because they don’t give scholarships to homeschooled kids, even with 60 credits of transcripts from a community college), and was admitted to a number of Honors Colleges (not Oregon’s). We soured on the Ducks, so she turned down Oregon.
Our experience was similar last year. Given to runaround too. Not home schooled but inconsistent replies to questions and webfoot dragging by the Ducks. Early Action applicant. Accepted late in the game too. Too little too late. Turned them down.
I think universities mess up from time to time. We had no issues with applying or being admitted to UofO. My nephew applied to University of CO at Boulder and the CO School of Mines. Boulder kept losing his application so he gave up on them and went to the school of mines instead. My daughter’s friend had no issues with getting into Boulder. I am sorry you both had lousy experiences. Definitely give them feedback. Good luck to your kids at their chosen schools.