My friend in thi program told me most of the admitted are predetermined. He was an accounting major but visited UNC for one semester and knew Ji before application, so he was accepted. He suggested me not to apply to UNC since I don't know Ji so I didn't.

Ji doesn't care because every year they receive more than 500 applications even if he never responses.

Chuanshu Ji is ridiculous, if he doesn't want to be the admissions director he can do so.

Lol, calm down bro, the director dominates. This also happened this year, but I think if you know the director you are at a great advantage. I had a chance to talk with Ji 2 years ago. He is not a bad guy.

That's so sad. I know someone who was rejected by their OR program but accepted by the stat coz he knows Chuanshu Ji. This is ridiculous because they only allow applicant to choose on of the three programs.

Basically all 10 acceptances were released yesterday.

They don't respect applicants. I have a friend who is a ms there told me Ji only skims a small portion of applications.

I agree. The director Chuanshu Ji sucks. He even doesn't look all applications, some are just throwed. He is not fair to every applicants. One student there told me if you want to be admitted, you'd better to make some connection with Ji.

My friend from CUEB was accepted today. And I believe it is equivalent to a rejection if no email from them in this week. If you know the director in person before you apply, you will definitely be accepted, he is nice if you have change to talk with him in person( not through email).

Anyone haven't heard from UNC? Do I assume a rejection if haven't heard of anything at this time?

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........