When do we hear about UMD EA?

[Anonymous]

The website says by 1/31...I'm curious if anyone with past experience can weigh in on that - is it a firm deadline or do they report early? I'm finding it terribly difficult to be patient!!!

[Anonymous]

No. It means that there will be radio silence before that day.

You will only start hearing on or after that day. Firm deadline. They do not report early. Acceptances and rejections go out the same day. It is two batch process. Mostly emails.

Letters will roll in within a week. (unless there is bad weather etc).

[Anonymous]

I have a friend who applied and got in last year. It was posted on the last Fri. in Jan. at 4:45 p.m. in the portal. (so it was Jan 28, 2022).

Pace yourself.

[Anonymous]

Wow. So not so "early" after all...ok, thanks for the reality check.

[Anonymous]

So it's not certain that student receive an email, they have to check the portal?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow. So not so "early" after all...ok, thanks for the reality check.

It is early compared to the regular decision deadline.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The website says by 1/31...I'm curious if anyone with past experience can weigh in on that - is it a firm deadline or do they report early? I'm finding it terribly difficult to be patient!!!

It's usually been the last Friday in January - so I would guess 1/27. If you follow UMD on social media, they have the #NowATerp Tour where they hand deliver admissions letters to a few students the week before decisions are released. https://omc.umd.edu/work/nowaterp/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow. So not so "early" after all...ok, thanks for the reality check.

UVA "early" notification is mid February. Guess it's better than March.