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Seriously. He was like, 'well I believe the email stated that only those who were accepted would be notified by today.' Well no s***. This whole waiting to see if you get a phone call is such crap.

I didn't ask if we were all just waitlisted then--he just said we would be notified by mail if we hadn't been called. So, I don't know about the waitlist/reject thing. Sorry.

Damn. I don't know what to think. I was waitlisted by Duluth too and...I don't know if I can hang on until April/May. What really sucks is that if they don't take us, we won't know until May probably and then will have to reapply right away in June??!! And the U wants a significantly different application or some s*** like that. Who has time to have a totally new application in 1 month?

I am going to get s***faced. This is ridiculous.
 
ok a little update:

i just called the admissions office and talked to a nice lady (it wasn't lola i don't think) who said that she was SURE that not all the calls have been made because the person who makes the phone calls (i'm assuming paul) isn't even in the office today. she told me to call back next wednesday for more info on what is going on.

what is going on?? i'm so confused. are you sure you talked to paul mocha_lvr??
 
are you serious????

What phone number did you call? I called 612-625-7977
 
I thought it was Paul but I didn't ask for his name. It was a deep male voice...I figured it was him. Well I don't know what to think...I've been sitting here crying. Damn...maybe I should call again.

Why would the person who was making calls not be in the office today? I thought we were supposed to hear by today! What the hell!??
 
yeah thats the number i called, i think thats the main office number. a really nice lady answered and seemed SURE that not all the calls have been made. i asked her twice. in fact i'm freaking out right now (and just a TAD pissed OFF) so i tried calling the office again just to make sure but no one answered. i guess we will just have to call back on wednesday??

i mean i would like to believe that she (whoever she is) knows what she's talking about and is telling the truth.
please God....
 
Yeah I just tried to call and got the answering machine. F***. Well now I'm pissed. I'm sick of being jacked around here.
 
i'm getting really upset. i feel like this is being handled in an unprofessional manner. i don't understand what the hard part about this is. is there no concern or regard for those of us waiting??!
 
i keep checking my email too and nothing. the least they could have done is sent another email (assuming what this lady said was true) do they think that if we don't hear anythign today and magically get the acceptance call on wednesday that we'll be elated? actually getting in would be a Godsend, but right now i'm pissed off, sleep deprived and feel sick to my stomach. they've been yanking me around for a good month and a half right now since my interview and frankly i don't have the energy to be happy.
 
So after all of this--we're supposed to wait until Wednesday to call them? This is insane. Why aren't they answering their phones?

It does seem odd that out of everybody, only one person on SDN got a call from them right?
 
I was thinking the above, too. Only 1 person - yesterday - on sdn - posted they were called. Seems to favor the fact that maybe there actually wer'nt any calls today. And, if that's the case, that's pretty stupid.
 
i agree. i believe crabbycakes is the only one that we know of who got the call--yesterday. i also keep checking the official acceptance thread and there isn't even one started for UMN-TC.

i guess i just really thought there was something to the fact that we got that different email...maybe i was just reading too far into things.

great i guess i'll just wait some more. considering thats all i do nowadays. because you know, this is only the rest of my life we're talking about here. merry christmas to them.👎
 
Ok so I've called them 8 times in the last 30 minutes...I don't think I'm going to get through. 🙂 (Wow I'm turning into a psycho...ha.) Well I am definitely going to call them on Wednesday though. If anyone hears anything PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE post it k?
 
sounds good. i'll unleash my inner psycho next wednesday then. i will try to post updates if i hear anything new.

i am trying to believe that we still all have a fighting chance!

well, happy holidays everyone.
 
Sounds good. Happy holidays guys.
 
Hi guys. I was also waiting to find SOMETHING out today, and finally called the office after I saw your post, mocha_lvr. I thought I was also talking to Paul White, and he also told me that all the calls had been made. I didn't ask any more questions. What is going on here?
 
What time did you call? I got through at 3:25 and by 4 they weren't answering the phone when I tried to call again.
 
This makes me wonder who is was that MNgirl66 was talking to? Why would they say that the person who made the calls was out of the office when we both think we talked to Paul White?

This doesn't make sense anymore.
 
No, it doesn't make sense. My only thought is that if they weren't finished with all of the decisions by today, they probably don't want to say that they need more time, AGAIN. So, maybe they would tell us that they made all the calls today so we wouldn't ask any more questions??? I don't want to keep my hopes up, but I don't know what else to think! Why didn't we get any sort of email telling us that we were rejected/waitlisted? And, why did only ONE person post that they got accepted? Wouldn't there be a few more people posting on here that also got the call? It just seems unlikely that only one person that happens to post on SDN got accepted...
 
I called right after I saw your post...around 3:25/3:30 I think.
 
hmmm i really don't know who i talked to. but i called around 3:50 and it was a woman, definitely not lola galvan. i've never met/seen/heard paul white so i wouldn't know even if i had talked to a male.

i want to believe what she told me, because i don't really see her making up a lie like that for no reason. however, considering how things have progressed in the past few hours, i don't know what to believe...
 
This school is my only hope right now. I feel so incredibly lost.
 
I don't know why she would lie either. That leads me back to thinking that maybe they didn't finish the decision process today, and they were just trying to save face by saying that they had made all of the calls. Perhaps this woman was not as "informed", and was actually telling you the truth??
 
mocha_lvr said:
Seriously. He was like, 'well I believe the email stated that only those who were accepted would be notified by today.' Well no s***. This whole waiting to see if you get a phone call is such crap.

I didn't ask if we were all just waitlisted then--he just said we would be notified by mail if we hadn't been called. So, I don't know about the waitlist/reject thing. Sorry.

Damn. I don't know what to think. I was waitlisted by Duluth too and...I don't know if I can hang on until April/May. What really sucks is that if they don't take us, we won't know until May probably and then will have to reapply right away in June??!! And the U wants a significantly different application or some s*** like that. Who has time to have a totally new application in 1 month?

I am going to get s***faced. This is ridiculous.
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wait i have a question: did the man say 'well I believe the email stated that only those who were accepted would be notified by today.' or did he say straight out: ALL the calls have been made/completed?

i feel like if the man just restated what the email said and basically said something along the lines of "well if the email says its true it must be true" type of thing, then maybe he isn't paul white.

i say this because the lady i talked to explicitly told me twice that all the calls have not been made because "the person that makes the calls is not in the office today."

i know i'm obsessing about this, but i just want some hope to cling on to. otherwise i'm screwed.
 
Well, I am going to try to move on with my life for a few days. I will post on here if I hear anything, and I hope you both will do the same. I feel like we have some sort of connection and we don't even know each other--the jerked around by the U of M connection. :/ Anyway, Happy Holidays! I'm sure we'll be back here soon enough...
 
When I called, all I asked was, "Can you tell me if all of the acceptance calls have been made?" And, the person (who I though was Paul White) said, "Yes, they have." And then I said, "Thank You" (not sure what I had to be thankful for...), and then hung up. You're not the only one who's screwed...
 
"the jerked around by the U of M connection"
yep, i feel it too...🙁

well hopefully we can attempt to lead somewhat normal lives until the axe gets dropped (or not).

lol anyways thanks for the support, i feel better talking about all this to people who are going through the same things.
 
I haven't read many of the posts here, but I just thought I'd chime in since I applied here last year. They take an extremely long time in comparison to other schools in every step of the process. I was told "we'll know X by such and such date" only to call back when i haven't heard from them on that date and find out that the decision was delayed. I don't know if they've streamlined anything or not, but don't worry if things concerning the U of MN don't happen as early as they do at other schools (or when the U of MN says they're going to happen for that matter). I hope that relieves some stress for you all over the break 🙂 G'luck :luck:
 
just in case people were wondering about exactly how much this issue was/is eating away at my sanity: i did some digging and found that there are two males besides paul white that work in the admissions office and could have potentially been the ones to answer the phone and perhaps misinform people.

clearly i'm resorting to desperate measures to try and somehow sustain what little hope i have left.
 
kdburton said:
I haven't read many of the posts here, but I just thought I'd chime in since I applied here last year. They take an extremely long time in comparison to other schools in every step of the process. I was told "we'll know X by such and such date" only to call back when i haven't heard from them on that date and find out that the decision was delayed. I don't know if they've streamlined anything or not, but don't worry if things concerning the U of MN don't happen as early as they do at other schools (or when the U of MN says they're going to happen for that matter). I hope that relieves some stress for you all over the break 🙂 G'luck :luck:
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thanks for the kind words. i'm sure you know how we are feeling right now. not gonna lie, it sucks!
 
MNgirl66 said:
wait i have a question: did the man say 'well I believe the email stated that only those who were accepted would be notified by today.' or did he say straight out: ALL the calls have been made/completed?

i feel like if the man just restated what the email said and basically said something along the lines of "well if the email says its true it must be true" type of thing, then maybe he isn't paul white.

i say this because the lady i talked to explicitly told me twice that all the calls have not been made because "the person that makes the calls is not in the office today."

i know i'm obsessing about this, but i just want some hope to cling on to. otherwise i'm screwed.
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The man I talked to did say straight out that all of the calls had been made. Then he said the thing about only the people who were accepted would be called or something like that.

I doesn't make sense to me that they would lie about this to avoid saying that they were delayed. It's unnerving that we would get two different responses though--you would think that if the person didn't know whether the calls were made, they wouldn't lie about it. So weird....
 
Not sure if anyone even cares here, but I applied EDP couple of months back and actually heard from Dr. White via phone call the night before. Indeed phone calls are only for those who have been accepted.
Also, about 90% of the time, the lady who answers the phone is Lola. Dr. White has a somewhat deep, almost museum-curator type of voice (yeah i know that doesn't rly help). They are indeed rather slow in the admissions processing area. Good luck!
 
Wow, I've been away from the internet for a few days and just caught up on all this. I interviewed on 12/7 and got the e-mail about decisions supposedly being done by mid-January. I would be surprised if they reviewed all of the 1st wave people before the holidays (i.e. by Dec 20/21)... everything else in this process has been slow/delayed so I'm going to keep hope alive. Try to enjoy the holidays, and we'll probably hear something when we aren't expecting it.
 
Hello 'U of M connection'--I don't know if anyone called the U admissions office today but I didn't need to, I had my 'Wait List' letter in my mailbox when I checked it this afternoon. Hope some of you had better luck!
 
Hi mocha_lvr. I also got my "wait list" letter in the mail...only I got it on the 22nd--a great Christmas present. Not sure how you feel, but I am starting to feel like it's all over...
 
Hmmm.. I interviewed 12/7 but didn't receive that e-mail. Oh well, I figure I don't have much of a shot as an OOS applicant. 🙁
 
hopeMN65 said:
Hi mocha_lvr. I also got my "wait list" letter in the mail...only I got it on the 22nd--a great Christmas present. Not sure how you feel, but I am starting to feel like it's all over...
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I received one of the 'wait list' letters as well. It seems like the U of M has a slightly different meaning for 'Wait List' than other schools. Is it possible that they were running behind and sent these to lots of people to buy themselves some time? That's the scenario that I was hoping for....
 
When did everyone interview, since you received the wait-listed letter already.
I interviewed December 2, and nothing yet. Most likely wait-listed as well though. What a bummer. Keep hope alive though.
 
Just talked to Lola (I think it was her). She said that if the file has gone through the committee, I would have been notified by now. She also said that my file is in the final review and has not gone through the committee yet. I interviewed on December 2.
Lola said that committee, is meeting next on January 9 and my decision will not be available until then. Woof. Some hope is still there. Hold on there guys. If no decision, that means that your file has not yet been through the committee. Keep hope alive.
 
jonny28 said:
I received one of the 'wait list' letters as well. It seems like the U of M has a slightly different meaning for 'Wait List' than other schools. Is it possible that they were running behind and sent these to lots of people to buy themselves some time? That's the scenario that I was hoping for....
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Yeah I agree. The 'wait list' means we may be accepted later or put on an 'alternate list'. At most places wait list=alternate list, I think, right? It sounds like not many people were accepted initially so hopefully they are just being cautious and will accept more of us later. I interviewed 10/15, I'm a MN res.
 
mocha_lvr said:
Yeah I agree. The 'wait list' means we may be accepted later or put on an 'alternate list'. At most places wait list=alternate list, I think, right? It sounds like not many people were accepted initially so hopefully they are just being cautious and will accept more of us later. I interviewed 10/15, I'm a MN res.
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Lets keep the hope and this thread alive.
Minnesota is my #1 choice thus far.
Come on, people get excited again.
 
anyone who was completed after october 15th receive an interview invitation yet?
 
mocha_lvr said:
Yeah I agree. The 'wait list' means we may be accepted later or put on an 'alternate list'. At most places wait list=alternate list, I think, right? It sounds like not many people were accepted initially so hopefully they are just being cautious and will accept more of us later. I interviewed 10/15, I'm a MN res.
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If its like it was last year they have an alternate list. When they sent my my alternate list letter they gave me a rank # and there was a phone number listed that you could call and they would tell you which number was currently in the spot that was to be accepted next. They are very slow (again, this is if it was anything like last year). I didn't interview till the end of April - mostly because I didn't apply till the end of October - and I was placed at #11 on the alt-list. After waiting forever I made my way up to #8 but only because a few people ahead of my on the alt-list withdrew. Eventually I needed to take an acceptance at another school, but I hear they didn't even utilize the alt-list. Hopefully they wont make the same mistake this year though, because I heard it got to the point that they were bribing OOS acceptees with in-state tuition if they would just defer for a year because they had over-enrolled their class by so much. However in the couple years previous I hear they pulled anywhere from 30-80 people off the alt-list. Good luck tho everyone :luck:
 
I am really waiting for the Jan 9th.
Come on people, get excited again.
Anybody out there , still waiting for a decision?
 
Well I hope you get good news. There's a little piece of me that thinks that maybe the committee will make some more decisions for people from the wait list pile...that maybe they just didn't have time to get all the decisions made and that's why they sent out the wait list letter to so many of us. That's probably delusional...but you never know!
 
I interviewed the week before Christmas. The Dean of Admissions told us they were aiming to have our decisions out the third week of January. I really liked the school. And people in the admissions office were very nice, especially Lola. But I did get the sense that they aren't very organized with their admissions process this year. I guess the spike in applications, the strike, and the new dean and admissions process is probably making things difficult for them.
 
You never know, I guess. I am hoping that not very many people were accepted for this first round, and that several of us will be pulled from the wait list and accepted after the second round. My guess would be that the second pool of applicants is smaller in number than the first? Hopefully they just did things this way so that they could "take their pick", so to speak, from all of the applicants.
 
Yes I hope so too. I mean, since everyone is talking about how slow they are, I figure they maybe just didn't have time to make all decisions on the first wave. I doubt we'll be notified on the 9th though....
 
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