I’m guessing B-B-C all release this Friday! I hope they can bring me surprise!
Bates has already announced that they are releasing this Saturday, same as last year. So Bowdoin and Colby will probably also follow the same schedule as last year and announce on Friday.
does anyone know what time of the day decisions typically come out?
Bates is releasing on Saturday.
It’s usually Friday at 7 pm ET. But I’ve also seen a Saturday at 10 am ET release.
It can be any time Friday and Saturday
No email yet from Bowdoin. I though but we’d hear today if they were going to send decisions on Friday. Last year someone said they sent an email two days before. It’s almost 5:00 est
I know I’m like a broken record and I’ve mentiones it on other threads for other schools, but do your portals look different? Like they’ve been stretched with the date next to each application item way over to the right of the computer screen now? s19’s changed to be like this a few days ago.
Bowdoin has been consistent over the years in sending that email and posting the announcement of the imminent release of decisions two days in advance of that planned release date… . The absence of news today (Wednesday) would suggest that the schedule has slipped by at least a day . .
@homerdog yes, mine looks like that as well
My D19’s portal has changed appearance too. Doubt that means anything. New IT guy doing some extra design work ?
@EganAg Mine doesn’t show any changes. Is that bad news?
The portal changing does mean something but I’m not sure what. A friend who knows the system most schools use (Banner) found out that when FA is enabled then the format is stretched. The thing we don’t know is if it’s eventually enabled for all applicants if the school is need blind. What I can say is that it doesn’t signal denial because the schools S19 have been admitted to so far have “gone wide” before he received his decision. I know - reading tea leaves. But thanks to those humoring me and helping with my little experiment. We shall see if there’s any correlation eventually!
If you guys are curious, check your other portals. Some of the other NESCAC school portals have changed like this for S19 as well. :-SS
@homerdog can you post a screenshot/image? I have short term memory & cant even remember what my portal use to look like.
@Milo321 cC doesn’t allow us to do that. I can tell you that, when I look at the portal on my laptop, the dates for each item (supp essay etc) are all the way to the right side of the screen. It wasn’t like this at first. You can’t tell on your phone. You have to be on a computer.
@Zeylanite I don’t think so. I think they must have updated the design. I work for a big corporation that hires using online applications etc and many of those subtle changes applicants stress over doesn’t mean a thing!
@Zeylanite you’re international right? FA might be different for you. So maybe the process is different and you woud not see the stretch. I’m not making this up. It’s not an updated design. Look at your other portals. Many of S19’s 11 portals look stretched when they did not just a few weeks ago. And we did find out that it has something to do with FA entries. It could be just that all FA docs are submitted and complete and not mean anything having to do with chance of admission.
@homerdog IC! I remembered that I’m not qualified for FA.
@Zeylanite us neither. Didn’t fill out any forms. I still think FA sends a “package” if you will that states the costs.