All of the people I dealt with regarding my recent application are real UMPI staff. I did not deal with the marketing/salespeople that call themselves "Enrollment Specialists".
The Barb that I dealt with is this person: https://www.umpi.edu/campus-directory/barbara-lambert/ She appears to be UMPI staff.
I agree that the pushy marketing people need to go. I also agree that the actual UMPI staff is completely overwhelmed. I don't think they have any malice toward prospective students. I think they're just drowning in applications to process in a short amount of time. When applications fall through the cracks, they just tell the student it's too late, and most probably don't question it. I find it curious that the student that applied two-months before the deadline (cerich67's wife), and myself (who applied nearly one-month before the deadline) are the ones that fell through the cracks. I wonder if the newer applications that came in after my app just buried mine in the pending queue. It makes sense. As new applications come in, the older ones get placed at the bottom of the electronic queue.
I don't know. At this point I could speculate endlessly about what may have gone wrong.
There seems to be some positive response from the Chancellor, so I hope it all gets resolved. Thanks again everyone.
The Barb that I dealt with is this person: https://www.umpi.edu/campus-directory/barbara-lambert/ She appears to be UMPI staff.
I agree that the pushy marketing people need to go. I also agree that the actual UMPI staff is completely overwhelmed. I don't think they have any malice toward prospective students. I think they're just drowning in applications to process in a short amount of time. When applications fall through the cracks, they just tell the student it's too late, and most probably don't question it. I find it curious that the student that applied two-months before the deadline (cerich67's wife), and myself (who applied nearly one-month before the deadline) are the ones that fell through the cracks. I wonder if the newer applications that came in after my app just buried mine in the pending queue. It makes sense. As new applications come in, the older ones get placed at the bottom of the electronic queue.
I don't know. At this point I could speculate endlessly about what may have gone wrong.
There seems to be some positive response from the Chancellor, so I hope it all gets resolved. Thanks again everyone.
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