So here we are, just a few days away from our winter break and the New Year. By Monday, December 21, Plan II will have released about 40% of our admission offers for the fall 2010. Since the offers must travel through our campus mail system before going to the US Mail, and we are in the middle of a peak postal season, the freshest bunch of notifications might reach applicants around December 28th.
Remember that the lack of an early offer does not mean bad news to come. We receive a very large number of very strong applications. That high range is the greatest proportion of our applications, and so we wait until a good number have been received and reviewed to make sure that we have a clear picture of the applicant pool before finalizing the bulk of our decisions. We will probably not send denials until mid- to late-January.
We always have all Plan II Honors notifications out long before April 1. In recent years we have had our admissions review processes wrapped up by mid-March. This year we are aiming for March 1, but we may still have a few envelopes (both happy and not-so-joyous) to mail the first week of March.
If an applicant has not heard from us Plan II Honors by March 5, he or she should email me and I will research the matter. Although it is very rare, we have had one or two envelopes (again, they might be happy or not-so-happy) go missing in the mail. If you have changed your mailing or email address since submitting your application, please be sure to let us know. Again, email me directly, even if you have notified UT Austin Admissions.
