Dreamy

Thanks for update. Re: watching the site for expedited application, sounds like the standard line. At the very least, they want to keep making money off the application fee (and people's insecurities/hunger). $58k+ for tuition is seriously a lot of money. The course content is like at any other place (and you can read it yourself). But you get the name brand, though I'm not sure how much that helps in a field like education. Capitalism at its finest.

I suspect that for all the programs, they preferred full-timers over part-timers. This gives them a guaranteed tuition stream for 20/21, and it avoids the hassle of organizing online courses for part-timers lingering into 21/22. I bet they want to get this online year quickly out of the way, and get back to normal f2f teaching for 21/22 onward. But they did make a hard sell to get applicants for the online 20/21 degree, almost verging on desperation. In one of their webinars, they directly state that if you are working full-time, then pursue the degree part-time. But on one of their FAQ pages, they say choosing full-time or part-time is a personal decision. Lol. They have an almost 400-year brand on their side, that's what you are mostly paying (a lot) for.

Congrats! Would love to know about any stats/background

There is so much left to conjecture and guessing on our part, about their motivations and the true stats. It strikes me a lot like applying for a job. There's so much outside one's control, and a lot is informed by the politics and agendas of those on the selection committee (and the make-up/demographics of the applicant pool).

Depends what the real situation is behind the scenes. Maybe (like in other schools) re-applications carry a stigma and stand little to no chance. Would love to find out from someone in-the-know (current student, etc) what really happened behind the scenes in this summer round. Were they desperate for more tuition revenue? Did they have only say 10% (or some similarly small number) of spots available, so the competition was very high? Did they have a lot of applications in this summer round? It all seemed sketchy...

Does anyone know why a second round of admission was even opened this summer? Did they have many people admitted this Spring decide not to enrol this Fall (for whatever reason--financial, pandemic, etc)? Were there only very few openings for this Fall, making the competition in this summer round that much more strong? Was it harder to be admitted part-time for this Fall, since they said they admit only a small number for part-time? Just some questions...