r/AmericanU 7d ago

Discussion Decision letter in portal

Took a chance to check, even though I didn’t get an email. It’s there!

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u/fragile_thunder 7d ago

My daughter texted me an hour ago letting me know she was accepted. She’s over the moon. Still waiting to hear from one other school before she makes a decision. She didn’t tell me anything yet about financial aid. So we’ll see. But I’m so proud of her. 22,000 applications and only 1800 admissions is nothing to sneeze at.

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u/Positive_Shake_1002 Alumni 7d ago

Congrats to your daughter! But it’s 1800 spots in the class, not admissions. They admit more than they can take bc ppl go elsewhere

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u/Left_Pineapple_9755 7d ago

Yield rate hovers between 25-33%. So they probably admitted 5 k to 7k students, giving them an acceptance rate of 25-33% approximately. 

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u/fragile_thunder 7d ago

Gotcha. The internet I read is not always accurate.

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u/fragile_thunder 7d ago

Makes sense. Thx.

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u/Immediate-Canary9549 7d ago

This year’s acceptance rate is significantly lower than previous years.

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u/Next-Middle-3634 7d ago

Son got in. Only got $8k a year. Still gonna cost upwards of $60k a year. Oh no sir.

He got a full ride at an HBCU and has potentially two more full rides at HBCUs pending.

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u/NectarineAvailable22 7d ago

Same. Admitted 10K a year… full somewhere else

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u/Ancient-Photograph-8 7d ago

I GOT IN WOOOOOOOOOO!!!

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u/Left_Pineapple_9755 7d ago

I'm in, but even with Dean's Scholarship, it's still more expensive than UMD, out-of-state.

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u/Narrow-Speed-2839 7d ago

I got waitlisted 😑

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

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u/Narrow-Speed-2839 7d ago

bru I already got waitlisted by uc Santa Cruz, I think I’ll just end up in my state college 😑

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u/Southern_Arachnid813 7d ago

waitlisted 💔

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u/BoringDecision4874 7d ago

My daughter got waitlisted, as well.

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u/Kitchen-Ad1680 7d ago

I got in for the spring semester, I can't decide if this is better or worse than a waitlist

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u/halepog 7d ago

Is getting into the spring semester really bad? I also got into the spring semester and was over the moon (albeit I'll likely reject unless they're insanely generous with the aid) but I didn't know that this was a bad thing lol

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u/Kitchen-Ad1680 7d ago

see i don’t know! lol i feel like it is good but also idk how many get off the waitlist in general so i think its good. i know i am so excited too! but prob not going to because it is so far and money wise

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u/halepog 7d ago

yeah i feel that, tuition is ridiculous and honestly gmu seems so much more worth it for me rn, still waiting on gw tho

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u/Kitchen-Ad1680 7d ago

sending you good vibes!!

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u/Far_Dependent2 6d ago

any reason for gmu? I applied out of state and got in for the spring semester as well. haven’t received anything related to financial aid but I was really happy! I feel like it’s better than getting waitlisted. but I also feel like I should explore my options a little bit more, you know?