On Feb. 1, the waiting game began for 13,740 applicants who hoped to become BYU students during the 2017 fall semester. On Feb. 10, BYU admissions sent an email informing them that while admissions decisions were usually made the last Friday of February, the fall 2017 decisions would be made the first Friday in March. On March 3, admissions decisions were received and the wait was over.
While it was rumored that delay was the result of receiving more applicants than usual, university spokesman Todd Hollingshead told BYU’s student newspaper, The Daily Universe, that it was “simply a matter of needing a little extra time to give every application a thorough review.