I went to a virtual accepted student event with my D today. They said that some honors decisions will be rolled out before Christmas (but we knew that as CC readers 
) but most would be in January.
In terms of scholarship, they said they are using a new formula to determine merit but that everyone who is in honors will receive some merit award. SAT this year is no longer being used to determine merit and they have a new place on their website to estimate merit which will be based on their recalculated GPA.
They also said that initial scholarships will be mailed before the end of year for kids accepted two weeks prior or more. We will receive scholarship information first by snail mail (will be mailed by 12/21) and through the portal in Jan. If you were recently accepted, your aid package will generally be sent two weeks afterwards. Need based financial aid will also be lumped in the same packet.
Admissions said they will be closed from this Friday opening back Jan 4th.
For those interested in World Scholars, they said that they will still offer it but obviously when the kids will go overseas will depend on the pandemic. If it weren’t for uncertainties related to the pandemic my D would definitely apply.
They also anticipate kids being back on campus in the fall.
It was a great presentation.