2018 Notification Guide

I mean do they send out on march 10 or do they arrive on march 10?

Just took out the Andover portal part…last year it crashed anyway…

NOTIFICATIONS

Andover: M10 on Gateway portal @ 9am,

Berkshire: M10 on portal in the am

Blair: M10 email 9 am

Brooks: M10 online admission portal by 5 am-> email sent out one week prior to make sure everyone can log in

Cambridge School of Weston : paper mail on M10

Canterbury: M10 email-> Followed by a letter

Cate: Email on M10 → Followed by a letter

Choate: M10 3:00 PM EST on GoChoate ->Followed by a letter

Concord: Email on M10

Cranbrook: M10 Email @ 12 AM

Deerfield: M10 email between 6:30 and 8 AM EST → Followed by a letter

Dana Hall: M10 @ 9am on Ravenna

Emma Willard: Email M9 @ 4:00 pm ET

Episcopal: M10 9:00 AM (email)

Exeter: Email on M10 @ 6:00am ET/Exact time frame from email-> Letter/package to follow

George: M10 email and through admission portal

Governor’s: Online @ 12 noon (or 10 am)-> mail sent on M10

Groton: M10 online portal @ 8:00 am> Followed by letter

The Gunnery: M10 @ 6am via online portal

Hill: M10 online portal @ 8:00 am

Hotchkiss : M10 @ 8 am portal → Letter arrive on M10

Hun: M10 @ 6 am on portal

Kent : M9 Online (email) @ 5:00 PM EST-> Postal letters will be mailed to arrive on March 10

Kimball Union : M9 email 6:00 pm

Lawrence Academy : M10 on Portal 8:00 AM EST-> Letters Mailed on M10

Lawrenceville: M10 @ 9:00 AM EST through Lawrenceville Admission Portal

Loomis Chaffee: M10 @ 8:00 AM through Explore_Loomis (Send an Email with link and time earlier)

Masters: M10 3PM

Mercersburg: M10 @ 12:01 AM-> Letter M10

Middlesex: M10 @ 9:30 AM

Milton: M10 @ 7am on portal

Miss Porter’s: Online on Portal on M9 @ 18:43 (6:43 pm)–> letter mailed M10

New Hampton : M10 or (I am not sure what this means but) → electronically notified today (3/7) at 6pm

Noble and Greenough: M10 @ 9:00 AM through admission portal

Northfield Mount Hermon: M10 @ 12:01 portal

Peddie: M10 @ 12:00 AM (email)-> followed by a letter

Pomfret: Online @ 12:01am on M10-> M10 snail mail

Princeton Day School: Mailed on M10

St. Andrew’s (DE): email M10 @ 6 pm. Accepted US students receive package via mail, also on M10. Accepted international students to receive package at later date

St. George’s: emailed at 12:01 AM on M10

St. Mark’s (MA): M10 email @ 6am-> website says mailed M10 (send email to students one week prior to confirm email address. Parents and student emailed acceptance video at 6am for 9th grade)

St. Paul’s: M10 @ 3:00 PM online, instructions sent on M1-> Followed by letter mailed onM10

Suffield Academy: M9 (late evening) via email

Tabor: email & acceptance letter on M10

Taft: M10 through portal @ 8:00 am (they might send it out at midnight)-> letter follows M10

Thacher: email on M10 @ 4 PM PST

Thayer Academy: Portal. M10 @ 9 am

Tilton: letter M10 (Tilton has link to get text notice on M7)

Webb Schools (CA): Log in on M10-> followed by email-> Followed by letter

Westminster: M10 portal after 6 am ET

Westover: USPS parcel

Williston Northampton: Email on M7-> letter M10 (Email came in at 5pm)

Woodberry Forest-> M10 6 a.m. email-> Followed by parcel about 1 week later

Worcester: Online M14 or M10@12:01 am posted online

@latinrules generally, the FedEx package is mailed to arrive M10. Andover normally would have a 5pm notification time, so the package (if accepted) could arrive prior to the portal opening. But, since this year the portal opens at 9 am, you’ll most likely get the electronic decision first.

@buuzn03 Do you happen to know if anyone received an email to an Andover portal, or did all emails refer applicants to Gateway?

I ask because I read yesterday about the Andover emails to their “portal”. Just before DC could email them about the fact that we had not received an email about how to access decisions, we got one from them referring us to Gateway. DC was OK with it, but DH insisted it meant DC will be rejected. As parents, perhaps we took the rejection worse (DC was hearing our conversation and just laughed!) or maybe it’s just that we have been under tremendous, unrelated stress (think health, etc) lately…he actually went out at 9 pm and got me some wine. We don’t keep any at home due to the health reasons, but you know what, I just needed some last night and indulged. Ah well, que sera, que sera!

@Winter2018 from what I can tell (we are not applying this year, so I’m not privy to the emails from schools), Andover is now using Gateway as its notification portal. Last year they gave the option of Gateway or their school portal. The school portal froze and many had to rummage up their Gateway sign in information to access their decision. I remember this vividly because we were in the car driving 6 hours to hockey playoff games for DS. He hadn’t brought his computer which had the Gateway sign in info and it was a tense few moments with under breath mutterings in the front seat while back seat passenger was scrambling trying to remember a password he hadn’t used in two months.

I am trying to modify last year’s notification list as students are getting their emails. It is a guide and not the Bible, but I’m trying to be as accurate as I can with the information given to me. By all means, drink a glass of wine because after this process, you should. But let me be quick to warn you…do NOT read anything into anything on CC regarding winterkid’s results. You’ll just deplete the liquor store’s inventory. Lol.

Hugs to you and I hope the other issues in your home are resolved and there is a speedy recovery!!!

LOL!!! There’s so much good information here, that I didn’t even question it until this morning. But thank you for putting my mind at ease. No more wine until Saturday, but all bets are off for that one day.

It must have been a nightmare if you and DS were driving and could not access his decision. The things we go through for our kids – I have never minded a rejection for myself, and I was glad to see DC reaction yesterday.

Note to self: Stay home on Saturday so you can access the decision online, and pray that Gateway does not crash!

^No kidding!!! It is so much harder to get a rejection for your kid than yourself. Hang in there!!!

Your posts are very helpful for newbies.

I think I would lose it if Gateway crashed

Guys you don’t know how desperate I am. I’m literally looking through the decisions element on the websites and trying to look if there is a secret decision letter under the M10 timer. One website had written in it’s code that decisions are not saved locally on the website!

Gosh people are checking the html for secret decision?! Lol

There isn’t

You should assume that any backdoor that a ~ 13 year-old can think of has already been thought about by the older and more experienced website guru. >:)

Good try though.

I think we need a mini M10 intervention for our industrious snapchat…

Don’t know if anyone applied to Winchendon, but they posted on social media that they mailed their “envelopes” yesterday and some people might have received them today.

@skieurope I looked a little closely and actually found one letter in my ‘searchings’. Not going to name said school though, but I guess it’s a mission success :P. Maybe I’ll try social engineering next for the rest. The wait is killing me!

@vwlizard I haven’t received any Winch mail today except advertisements for my dads parking ticket.

I haven’t gotten any fedex texts/emails and now I’m scared I didn’t get in anywhere

@snapchat now you’re killing me, wish i had that skill!!

@FunintheSun1211 two years ago we knew of our first acceptance but it was at 8 pm on M9 so it is very early especially if you are looking at one of the TSAO schools who have committed to no notifications before M10. This would be a Friday at some point situation.

This snow storm in New Jersey should bring extra luck for our kids…for 3/10/18.(smile)

Although our news just said the snow will be so bad in our area (not far from many of the BS) that packages could be delayed. If today was mailing day, things could get ugly. Hopefully, all schools that mail great acceptance letters will also have portals or email announcements.