Will he get in to UMASS/UNH? thoughts?

[momrules]

Thanks Martina99...I am thinking that UMass is out for him unless they want an average student from Virginia on the day they review his stuff.

[BCEagle91]

> Too much too little too late. He is now a happy freshman at IU, and in the end I
> think UMass's handling of his application spoke volumes. Not only did he find a
> school he liked as much, even better, but he just didn't feel the love from UMass.
> You could say a large state flagship can't provide that kind of attention for each
> applicant, but I can tell you first hand that IU did and it made a big impression on
> all of us.

UMass has been in scramble mode since probably Summer 2008. The MA budget has taken a beating since Summer 2008 resulting in a quarterly exercise of budget cuts and the UMass system has suffered from lack of input and lack of support from the state. There was a lot of stimulus money promised but that is up in the air right now. Administrative offices have had furlough days and their have been layoffs, etc. I imagine that this is going on in a lot of other public university systems around the country.

[BCEagle91]

There is a document for NERSP at the link below. Appendix 7 shows the majors transferred into. Note that Tuition Break also applies to community colleges and graduate programs.

There is also a Tuition Break program based on your distance to your in-state school and the OOS school.

http://www.nebhe.org/info/pdf/progra...ual_Report.pdf

[Donna101]

rodney, that is interesting...! I suppose it speaks volumes about the irrationality of acceptances, especially at large flagships. It did cross my mind that the acceptance from IU may partially be due to the fact that we live in Maine and they like to build their out of state population. His scores weren't on the high end. I really think the admissions process is impossible to explain much of the time. Bottom line is most kids are sending out more applications because their is such inconsistency out there.