@astudentguy Thanks for the bit of cheer during this waiting period!
We are waiting here. What do you think of my chances:
34 ACT
4.0 GPA; Grades are inflated at my school.
EC: 2 sports per year (baseball, golf) Honor Society, My school does not offer clubs. EC are either sports or band (music)
Hispanic male
Live in Michigan
If you check the website they just posted saying decisions will be posted for regular decision on March 20th at 9:00 pm
holy crap. I was thinking it would be more like the 22nd. Exciting!!!
Wow! The waiting is almost over!!
D received the admission today!
@singingbear wow! How? Via email? Her portal was updated?
@singingbear did she win one of the scholarships and that’s how you know? Congrats!!
Email - subject line: Congratulations and Invitation to Visit Campus. Portal not updated yet. Kind of surprised because still the portal shows the decision will be posted on March 20.
@singingbear what does it say in the email?
Just normal admission letter. I was looking for any offer of a small scholarship, but at least this email doesn’t talk about it.
Congratulations! To honor your strengths, achievements, and contributions in high school and in your community, I am pleased to offer you admission to Davidson College. Davidson is proud of your many accomplishments thus far and is convinced of your potential for significant impact on our community.
In addition to your admission, we invite you to participate in Decision Davidson, April 3-5, as our guest. Throughout the program, you’ll have the opportunity to interact with current students, attend classes, and speak with professors in your areas of academic interest. We hope that you will gain a deeper understanding of the many characteristics that make Davidson such a special place - including our Honor Code, close personal relationships between students and faculty, and our dynamic living and learning community - and that you discover a strong sense of Davidson’s place in your future.
To confirm your participation in Decision Davidson, Allen Rigby, Senior Assistant Dean of Admission and Director of Diversity Initiatives, will contact you promptly.
@singingbear nice!! As our guest? Meaning they will pay for you to visit? Director of Diversity. Hm. Is your D a URM?
I’m not sure what the definition of URM is … I am an Asian, but she was born in US.
Edit Based on this definition, she is not a URM.
URM Definition. At UCSF our working definition of an underrepresented minority (URM) is someone whose racial or ethnic makeup is from one of the following: African American / Black. Asian: Filipino, Hmong*, or Vietnamese only.
@singingbear under represented minority. I only ask because Davidson doesn’t usually do early writes unless a student is getting one of the special scholarships and I noticed in your letter than the Directory of Diversity Initiatives in the person who will be contacting your D. Congrats again! Did you guys visit before applying? Did you guys like it?
Congrats to your D @singingbear !!
My D is a first-year at Davidson and is a very happy Wildcat! Feel free to PM me any questions you may have!
Wow! Congratulations @singingbear!!
We haven’t visited. I heard Davidson is a great school. If school pays for my D’s travel cost, she may want to visit. However, if Davidson doesn’t offer any scholarship (probably), I may want her to pick a different school? 
@singingbear last year Davidson had 6.8 percent Asian versus 8 percent AA and 9 percent Hispanic. I think they are definitely hoping for more Asian Americans. And if it helped at all then awesome!!
@homerdog I’ve seen you posting in many different places … just curious how do you know this kind of detailed information? I’m not sure if Asian helped her admitted, but in many cases Asians experience, what we called, reverse discrimination to be admitted.
@singingbear not sure what you mean. What do I know? It took me 30 seconds to look up the minority stats at Davidson. I was curious because I hadn’t heard of RD kids finding out before the decision date so I assumed your D had to be in some special group that it important to the school.
If the director of diversity programs is the one contacting you then your D getting this early answer has to do with diversity. It doesn’t mean she’s not super qualified. It just means she’s getting this early info because they really want her. They have been trying to get more diverse.