I submitted my application and all of the supplemental materials on December 13th. When should I expect to hear back from the UMN? My App tracker status has not changed yet while I know some people who have been accepted to the school already.
@AS1997. There are many people on this board who applied or whose kids applied as long ago as September and have not heard anything. All admissions will say is that if you applied by 12/15, you should get a decision by the end of February.
So are they waiting to release all decisions at once by the end of February, or do they look at an application and make a decision right away?
@marzipan1 Some people heard in a few weeks, others, like my son, are still waiting. He applied in September. He had a 33 ACT, is an AP National Scholar (12 exams passed, 8 with fives), a 3.53 GPA (3.83 Junior Year) from US News 2nd-rated high school, good volunteer and work experience, and is the captain of the varsity basketball team. Others with seemingly equal or even lighter qualifications have been accepted. When I spoke last week to UMN admissions, they said not to worry and used that magic word “holistic.” We are OOS, but that doesn’t seem to be a factor.
I don’t think they will wait until the end of February for everyone, but that’s just speculation. Edited: I went back and checked last-year’s threads. It looks like people heard from mid-January to around March 1. Of course, past performance is no guarantee of future results.
Received a message on App tracker today saying my application is being carefully reviewed.