<p>Whatever happened in the past, isn’t it still nice for A to notify at 5 PM instead of 6 AM on a school day?</p>
<p>I don’t think enough people are looking at it from the side of the admission office. I don’t think they all got together and said “Let’s make these kids who wasted our time wait longer, and send their denials using a lower-class system just to show them what they mean to us.” I’ve read that one reason they send denials and waitlists a few days later is to ‘soften the blow,’ assuming that those applicants would have already received at least one acceptance letter. </p>
<p>@rjackloski, seriously? You honestly think that it’s “softer” to keep kids stringing along longer? I doubt it very much. </p>
<p>Clearly this is an economic decision only. Admits are worth the cost of FedEx, and rejects warrant a stamp. That’s all. </p>
<p>Sorry, should have said “was” - I’m sticking with the optimistic belief the new process is an attempt to correct the inequality.</p>
<p>I’m not saying I agree with it, I’m just giving my opinion. </p>
<p>+1 to Parlebane 8:48 post. I’m staying out of the nice/not nice debate, but it was absolutely painful to watch kids who didn’t hear on the 10th last year hope against hope that THEIR acceptance was just taking an extra day or two-- which was certainly theoretically possible. And Andover wasn’t the only school to do this (acceptance by some express delivery, rejections and WL by snail mail). Whatever their reasoning, I’m just glad they’ve changed it, and I hope all the schools do. </p>
<p>@rjackloski, sorry - I didn’t think you were endorsing it, I am just very skeptical that softening blow was a viable motivation for Andover AO. </p>
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So getting a WL/Denied via Fedex means you’re not a second class citizen?</p>
<p>Did everyone get the line “admission decisions are best received when surrounded
by those who have helped” in the email? Or did only some people get it?</p>
<p>yes got it</p>
<p>We all received it, it seems. </p>
<p>That does sound rather foreboding. The fact that they’ve had record applications is kind of making me nervous. </p>
<p>“admission decisions are best received when surrounded
by those who have helped” </p>
<p>DD got that from more than one BS. It makes sense. 6 am may be early but it means family still around to be supportive. 5pm is hard bc kids go through their school day stressing then have to wait for parents to get home from work before getting word. For those who want to stay home from school that day, I understand, but really-go to school to get your mind off it.</p>
<p>Hotchkiss comes out at 4:00 AM where I live. I’m still gonna be up and probably wouldn’t have slept. Not that I’d be tired if I got in…</p>
<p>How would you think 6-am notification be more considerate than 5-pm one? The majority of applicants will receive bad news, and the whole family would get so distraught that they might not be able to get anything done for the rest of the day.</p>
<p>I think you just find out 11 hours earlier. That’s better, IMO. Kills off the suspense earlier.</p>
<p>If I was diagnosed with some disorder, I’d rather find out sooner than later.</p>