<p>Is it possible to call and get your decision before the saturday release date? Especially if you are going to be unable to access it after they release...</p>
<p>No it isn't.</p>
<p>Nope. I'm fairly sure that you can call and receive your decisions anytime after about 3 days AFTER the release date, if you've been unable to retrieve it before then.</p>
<p>Ok, thanks!</p>
<p>BTW, the reason I asked this was because someone I know called admissions a few days ago, and the person in the office asked for the student's SS number and Name. The person in the office then proceeded to say that a decision had been made, but would "rather not tell, just in case something changes."</p>
<p>Is this an orthodox practice? And why would the admissions rep. ask for the information and then be unwilling to disclose the decision</p>
<p>And your friend willingly gave out his SS number over the phone, without checking first to make sure that the caller wasn't an identity-stealing impersonator? Oh dear... :p</p>
<p>LOL -- but seriously?</p>
<p>dude im pretty sure that kid got in</p>
<p>why? (10 char)</p>
<p>because the lady said she didn't want to say anything in case something changed. translation, "I don't want to get your hopes up in case something happens", anyone???</p>
<p>I see what you mean....anyone else interpret that the same way ?</p>
<p>No, that assumption is completely wrong...It's a completely neutral statement. She could just as well have meant "I don't want to tell you you got rejected just in case it might change."</p>
<p>In reality, she probably was trying not to tell him he got rejected, and that was the excuse she came up with.</p>
<p>I see what you're saying, but I wouldn't make any sense that she would care if the decision changed from a rejected to an accepted...I don't think the applicant would be to worried about that.... It does sound like a completely neutral statement..</p>
<p>Also your assumption is also fallacious, however it has an 88% chance of being right (or whatever 100 - "MIT admit rate for 07" equals)...</p>
<p>Colleges won't give decisions over the phone--way too much to deal with (crazy people arguing, etc.) Too much trouble to make an automated phone system anyway.</p>
<p>yea, but we're trying to evaluate, if the admissions rep's answer would in some way indicate a particular decision...</p>
<p>The people who answer the phone this time of year in the Admissions Office aren't admissions officers (who are busily completing selection, if they aren't already done with it, in which case they're supervising the mailings). It sounds to me as if, were this conversation to have taken place, the person answering the phone gave the standard reply that they can't tell anyone any decisions over the phone, one of the standard reasons for which is that they wouldn't want to have told the caller the wrong thing on the off chance the decision is changed at the last minute.</p>
<p>No hints, nothing nefarious: a standard reply at a stressful time. This is one of the many reasons given in past years for not revealing decisions over the phone. End of speculation.</p>
<p>Breathe, people: all will become known in a very short time. (Except for the waitlist....) Best wishes to everyone.</p>
<p>(And PS: MIT stopped asking for SS# a couple years ago as a recognition of privacy concerns. They would ask for birthdate if anything. Perhaps your friend's report was not quite accurate?)</p>
<p>I called and the person I talked to said I was accepted, unfortunately I had dialed the wrong number and was talking to a pizzeria in Cambridge.</p>
<p>You never know man, that pizzeria could have been delivering to the admissions officers during decisions time and heard your name as on the accepted list.....wild and crazy perhaps, possible definitely.</p>
<p>It might not have been SS number, but the idea was that the person asked questions to indentify the applicant.</p>