Wondering if the two below me (or anyone else) have heard anything? I'm still waiting for a decision, and my inquiry emails have been ignored...bizarre! It's my top choice so I'll keep waiting but, I'm quite frustrated.

Statistics program at UNC sucks. I accepted another offer and emailed the one responsible for "admissions questions"(who never response) that I decided to turn them down. I also suggested that they should use my application fee to hire someone(who knows etiquette).

The stat director is incompetent, he and the admissions staff should take the blame. I cannot understand why the admissions staff doesn't reply. Many told me that they do not care master students at all.

I do not think the director is nice. If he is busy and does not like to reply emails, it is possible that he requested someone to send everybody an email about the approximate timeline of application and some general information, automatically through the application system. It is easy to do it. As a director, he should have known the feeling of applicants as well as the fact that applicants received other offers of admission with deadline of making a decision. Each applicant pays application fee and the master students self-support themselves. If the director does not care the master program, then it would be better for him not to be on the position any longer.

And yes, as far as I know, about 4 or one third seats are reserved for the CUEB students.

Only a small portion of applicants are reviewed each year, ms program receives more than 500 applications each year(admit 10-15; usually 8-10 Chinese from Chinese univ). Only the director does the review. He is nice but doesn't care much about the ms and he dislikes inquiry emails.

Correction: CUEB

To the poster below, don't wait for UNC unless your are from CUBE or you are lucky enough.

Email to check the website, got a rejection

Still no status update........

I agree, UNC stat sucks. The director Ji and the staff Christine never, ever response. Indeed they don't have an ms committee, the director is in charge of everything.

I was an applicant of MS in Statistics at UNC-CH two years ago (I can only choose Fall 2014, actually it is Fall 2013). From March to May, I sent several emails to the director (Ji) for application status inquiry, but he never replied. At last, in mid-June, I received a rejection letter from their department, when I had got everything ready for attending another institution. Maybe a great approach to get a huge amount of money is to create a virtual department/program website and writes as if it really exists. There is no need to hire a staff, an admissions director, or professors. Just create some introductions and photos of people, as well as e-mail addresses and phone numbers. No replies, no contacting, no update, no decision, no admission, but with application fees left behind.

Just wanted to let everyone who wants to apply to stat program know(especially masters): Do not waste your time and money on UNC's stat program(INSTORE is different). The admissions guy(and their staff) never replies email and more than half of the masters students are come from a university that he has connection with. He will retire soon tho.

Does Unc plan to admit master students this year?

UNC is way too slow. Given the fact that most stat applicants are int'l, the immigration stuff also takes time. I just paid the deposit to Cornell and won't wait for UNC.

Finally received an email from the staff, saying INSTORE is finished, while OR and STAT aren't. Won't wait and will be attending UCSB.

I paid 100 bucks but cannot even receive a reply from the one responsible for admissions questions???

I tried to call the "student service" lady at 919-962-2307, and no one answered. OMG, is it a real department? I know that UNC stat sucks and going to toilet within these years due to poor faculty tho.

Same here. Does anyone know what UNC statistics is doing? Are they SO busy?