UMD J-school rej 追问原因后得到的回复

zaryUID: 2566552

我申了11fall UMD J-school 的multimedia 专业，以为这个专业相比什么political journalism的竞争要小很多，而且学校综排专排都不是很拔尖，前几天收到了拒信，还发现貌似他们家的J-school没招过中国学生。我就追问了一下被拒的原因，得到的回复如下：
Dear xxx

I am sorry that the committee was unable to offer you admission to the program for this year. I am not a member of the the committee, so I am unable to say precisely why they were unable to offer you a spot. I can say that they were only able to admit 36 students (of nearly 300 who applied), so admission was extremely competitive this year.

Taking a brief glance at your application, I can say that there is room for improvement in your GRE and TOEFL scores. The average GRE score of admitted students is 600 on the Verbal portion, 600 on the Quantitative, and 4.5-5.0 on the Analytical Writing. As for your TOEFL score, we do not typically admit students who score below 115 (and the average for admitted students in 117). Your speaking score could be significantly improved over the next year, should you decide to apply again.

If you would like a member of the committee to provide you with an official response to your inquiry, you will need to mail a letter of inquiry to Associate Dean Kathy McAdams at:

1100 Knight Hall
College Park, MD 20742

Please be sure to address the letter to her attention.

If I can be of additional assistance to you in any way, I hope you will not hesitate to let me know.

Best,
xxx

看到T的average有117的时候，我瞬间崩溃了。。。UMD不是个好惹的学校，之后申请的童鞋们要注意啊！

chinamzjUID: 2711286

马里兰的传统。。
最早就是听说他们不招中国人 直接没申