to the UNC poster asking below, which portal are you looking at? I got on their website to look at my application status but it just says complete, is there another portal to log into?

Fell into middle ground where I was good enough to be admitted but not good enough for TA. Had a late offer at RAship when another student turned them down which I didn't take.

UNC stat is ridiculous, they only admit a very limit amount of students(usually 12) and then regardless how many accepted their offer (usually one half to 75%)they won't admit more. How lazy can the adm director be.

I agree to the post saying that UNC never reponses, and among all programs I applied to, Michigan, UCSB, UC Davis etc. were most responsive, whereas UNC and Cornell MPS were the least. I believe this partially reflect how they value their master programs.

I am sorry. It should be "former", not "formal".

I am a stat student at SUFE, a classmate of mine with GPA 81/100 was accepted. He told me that he has a good friend who is currently enrolled in that program and he asked his friend to talk with the director about admissions stuff. He believes this helped a lot.

Their class size is ridiculously small. The ms class ADMITS(not enrolls) 12 per year. For simplicity purpose, the director may just need to admit the one he knows so that no more reviews are needed. Everything can be done within a week or so.

UNC stat sucks. As an admissions director, Ji should be fair to every applicant. He should be blamed for his incompetency. I strongly suggest that applicants in later years NOT apply to UNC stat if you do not have some connection with Ji.

To the poster below, I think it is just because of the fact that Ji is responsible for everything of admission. If you could have some connection with him, you are most likely to be admitted despite the GPA, maths background, ..., and everything. It is ridiculous. Universities should admit students based on merit, not "guanxi"! UNC stat sucks!

UNC stat has a rather strange criteria, I know two accepted with low GPA(3.1-3.2) from ok college(SUFE and Xiamen) but some rejected ones with better grades(e.g. 3.5 from Fudan, 3.4 from USTC, 3.6 from Shanghai Jiaotong, etc.) Don't know what Ji is thinking about.

UNC is the worst school I've ever applied to! Ji sucks and the whole department sucks! just go to hell! They're not responsible at all!

Frustrated, U Minnesota undergrad. Will attend UC Davis or UCSB.

I just called the admissions manager, and she told me the admissions process is complete. No more acceptance will be made. I am firmly confident that they did not reveiw my application and just throwed it. Ji seems only review applicants from Chinese Universities(I am a senior at Maryland). My RUC and SUFE friends received rej a week ago through the portal though.

To the poster below: now it's May and I know someone was accepted, so I think The chance is quite low. UNC sucks.

Don't get me wrong, the reason people don't know Ji can't be accepted is due to their limited quota. They only ADMIT 12 students each year.