Admission Problems?

Admission Problems?

When I applied for uni we got a big envelope with a ton of papers to fill out. I accurately did what was written on the form in order to prevent something from messing it up. Check check double check, before running to the postal office before 5.  After a week I got it back with the message that I forgot to put in a copy of my passport. Really weird cause I was pretty sure I put it in.  I felt like I lost about 10 IQ points and decided to postpone everything that was going on (luckily laying on my couch didn’t have a high priority) and take care of this immediately. So yet another trip to the postal office it was.

Times change and 2 years ago the wonderful world of ‘SAP/SLM’ and ‘Studielink’ was introduced. Almost everything could be done online. No more hassling with forms (a relief for the chaotic messy types and the environmentalists). A lot of time saved because everything was to be found online. No more going from that place to the other. Everything could be accessed online. Hallelujah..

and *snap*…. welcome back to the real world.

Several students have indicated having problems with their admission. I can stampeed on and on about whose fault it is. Is it the system? the Student Service Center? The faculties? The executive board? However this doesn’t help you out with your problems. I think that a lot of the problems can be solved by helping each other. A lot of you have the information (or unfortunately the experience) with admission problems. So let us hear your thoughts

Are you facing problems? If so, what kind? Where do you think it goes wrong? Feel free to comment your thoughts on it.

 

Joep van Agteren

I was born and raised in a town called Geleen, sited between the hills of the Dutch province of Limburg. I'm a 25 year old Psychology Master student and a member of the Erasmus Student Network (ESN). I will enjoy shedding my critical light on life itself and share it with you while I am at it.

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9 thoughts on “Admission Problems?”

  1. JMCQ87

    I had some problems with MyUM and SAP SLM, but they were sorted out eventually… still not really happy about it. A bit embarrasing if an university teaches about SAP implementations from the management perspective – and then the own one is still botched!

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  2. Rany

    Well, my problem was that my “beschikking” paper wasn’t sent out,
    I didn’t discover that, until 15th July when I couldn’t get the draw results for my program of choice from DUO.
    Well, it took quite few emails, and expensive overseas phone calls (I live in the Caribbean). And just last week UM Admission informs me that they sent out my beschikking. and they were “sorry for any inconvenience”
    Now, the trouble is, it is cutting it too close to the start date, I gave up practically on going to school this year, how could I find housing, and settle in Maastricht, etc.. I do not have my admission letter AS YET!
    I wonder if it is possible to postpone my start date?

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    • Joseph

      I don’t think you can postpone your start date. A lot of introductions are obligatory. However last year you basically could go to uni and fix all admission stuff until the end of the month September. The faculty has to put in some effort but it was doable.

      Did you get your papers yet? I think housing should still be possible to arrange even though it will become more difficult towards the start of the academic year

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  3. Claudia

    The application procedure for my master’s course was not really smooth. The main problems were that Studielink kept on sending me emails stating an update was done on my admission when in fact nothing had been changed. Also, the myUM portal did not show the current updates to my admission until very late. I was a bit shocked about the lenght of the application process. I thought the University should give students more notice about their acceptance as many people (like me) would need to make arrangements before leaving their jobs, signing a rental contract, move to Maastricht and so on. I also found confusing the fact that on all the communication sent out by the faculty, it was stated I was not officially admitted yet. I did not receive an official acceptance letter yet and my course will start in less than 3 weeks. I find this quite upsetting. Besides systems issue, I think communication should be clearer.

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    • Joseph

      well I guess the confusion lies in the difference between admission and registration. Most students think that being admitted is the same as being registered. Btw I had the same with the Studielink notifications. Every time I got an email stating something changed I became very excited. I went eagerly to studielink like a kid in a candy shop to discover all the candy to be fake. However, studielink is a national system and basically has nothing to do with the uni.

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  4. Gyan Kwaku Moses

    I am Ghanaian wanting to applying to study in Maastricht to study Marketing-Finance, but I do have problem with my application. About a week now, any time I log on to myum.unimaas, it tells me my password is wrong. please verify for me

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  5. Gyan Kwaku Moses

    I have problem with my applicaation. any time I log on to myum.unimaas.nl, it tells me my password is wrong. please verify for me to be able to continue my application.

    or may I know if the website also has problems.

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  6. Massi

    Hello,

    I recently got an e-mail according to a questionaire by Pontifex Survey. In the mail it was told that I still had to fill in this questionaire but I cannot remember ever getting an email from Pontifex Survey before. It says I need it for my application procedure but I have already send my pass photo, I.d. and grades list and those were already accepted and checked by the university.

    Also in the mail there is no link to this questionare. Could you send me this link to this questionaire?

    With kind regards,

    Massimo Beckers

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