<p>Thanks, biff, for not naming the school. If you did there'd be a lot of anxiety attacks among others who applied to the same school (who might not have received a call)!</p>
<p>On a more serious note (but not dramatically so), some schools are now going into a "blackout" mode where, by agreement, they will not be contacting applicants. Rest assured that the silence is to quiet down recruiting (which can become almost harassing and is often distracting in the case of some athletes) and it's not because the schools don't want to show you their love. (You can still initiate contact with these schools.)</p>
<p>EDIT: The blackout, at schools where its applicable, covers ALL applicants. The blanket rule is to avoid splitting hairs over where an athletic recruit at one school is an academic-only prospect at another who -- gee whiz, whaddya know -- just later decided to try out for the Pinochle Team he won the U14 Nationals in twice in a row.</p>
<p>I finally completely quieted the mind over this whole acceptance/rejection thing by realizing that the ones who decide our or our sons' and daughters' fate are best equipped to do so, i.e. the admissions committee. I'd rather go by their experience than my hankering. After all, the goal is for our kids to be best situated for a happy and productive high school life. Right!? This newly developed attitude of mine rose from a well of anxiety. I got sick of "fat letter/thin letter", "this school or that school" and certainly didn't want to keep up the torture for another month. But it's true! Hence, k-si-ra-si-ra</p>
<p>A few days before the letters arrived, I was so nervous I told my mom I didn't want the day to come, I just always wanted it to be the day before. She said she felt the same way during her first pregnancy!</p>
<p>now it's seventeen isn't it ?
2 weeks and 3 days !
i agree with chaos . it's like AFTER you send in everything , you realize something you completely forgot to put in or add to your essay , but then it doesn't matter if you left out that one thing , though, does it ? cuz i think ( or hope ) that the schools look at the entire slew of things you mail in , said , etc . and base their decision on what they want to see in students vs. how you would do in their environment .</p>
<p>I came across this problem with one of my interviews. I had an interview in early October where they asked all of my accomplishments and extracurriculars. Then, when I was doing the accomplishment and extracurricular essay in December, I realized I forgot to mention so many things in the interview! Oh, and I have a great essay topic now for Andover's long one. Too late!</p>
<p>I just want to reassure everyone that different schools operate differently. When my daughter applied (she is now a junior in college) several schools contacted us to "check in" after the applications were in. Then, when my son applied, (but to mostly different and more competitive schools,) NONE of the schools contacted us or him. We thought this might mean something, but he was accepted to every school that he applied to. </p>
<p>Also, I know there has been talk about sending out acceptance letters earlier, but I have to say that we did not find this to be the case.</p>
<p>Thank you for the information. 16 days!!!!! Wow, I'm so excited. I'm excited just to hear of my result and let the suspense die out, whether I get accepted or not.</p>
<p>dancer , do you mean excited ? :P
me 2 .
i just want to know the results of my hard work !
whenever i think about what i'm doing next year, i have like my "stay at home " vision and my " andover " vision .
i want to know so i can stop thinking 2 ways . =]</p>
<p>Uh-oh. I was sending some pictures of a painting I had done with the art club and in the title, I spelled a word wrong and I accidentally clicked "send". Should I send another e-mail apologizing for the error? :o Or is it alright?</p>