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<p>Back in the day, we had to wait until April 15th for many college decisions. And think how many more kids are applying to college now; I’m amazed they get the decisions out as quickly as they do. That said, I think it would be smart of UD to have some sort of rolling admissions in place.</p>
<p>Looks like another “first” for UD this year-Announcing (in advance) that they will begin to send out notifications on Friday. I guess the new Admission’s Director continues to make new changes. I wonder when an applicant’s portal will change to reflect this. It would be nice if it also was on Friday or the weekend. I guess we shall see. Good luck again to all applicants.</p>
<p>Also IM’ed the chat on Delaware, this is the exact answer I got: We are mailing out admissions decisions at the very end of this week into next week and we plan to update the portal at the same time that decisions are mailed</p>
<p>My friend got a letter in the mailing saying that he’s getting his decision on March 17th…</p>
<p>MikeBM3 what state are you from?</p>
<p>New Jersey. Does that mean everyone in NJ will be hearing back on or around the 17th? I never got a letter or e-mail.</p>
<p>I don’t know I didn’t get a letter like that either. I’m from New York also</p>
<p>Yes, more applications are being remitted than ever before, but that is an issue being dealt with universally among colleges and universities. UDel’s process has been long in comparison to that of other large universities from which we awaited word. Son submitted his UDel application by the original early December application date and we live in Hurricane Sandy territory so the revised deadline of mid Jan was a bit of overkill to us. Other schools had given an extra week, give or take, not 6 extra weeks, for applications to be submitted.</p>
<p>Also, it seems as though they do do a rolling admissions of sorts, considering they release instate decisions considerably earlier than out of state decisions, then honors and scholarship applicants often receive earlier notice. Part of our frustration w UDel is trying to guess why others have qualified for early word.</p>
<p>The fundamental problem with the large universities that take so long is that the safety schools, who rendered decisions much faster, are left holding the bag for months, having no idea what their returns will be. </p>
<p>I don’t have any solutions to offer. Just wish we knew already.</p>
<p>My NJ daughter is waiting on UDel, but already got into others she applied to with scholarship $. (Except Boston and Bucknell who don’t send decisions til April!) I think the long wait affects decisions… if UDel had sent decisions earlier it would have been her top choice. My daughter is now seriously considering TCNJ.</p>
<p>Reading this thread and hearing people got letters, emails, and changes to their portal makes me think UDel is not interested in her (3.8 unweighted/4.5 weighted GPA, 1640 SAT (biggest negative on her app), class President, AP and honors schedule, NHS) as she hasn’t received any communication.</p>
<p>Many of her friends have already started committing, makes her anxious to do the same and have the decision process behind her. UDel had been her #1 but this long wait has given her time to think and possibly reconsider.</p>
<p>emeltr:
With your D’s GPA and rigor of HS classes I would be very surprised if she were not accepted. The extent that the emails, letters, portal changes were sent out is very unclear at present so I really would not read much of anything into not getting them. UD probably is still in the process of making decisions so I would advice your D to hang in there a little longer as it looks like decisions will begin to be sent out Friday. I have known many students who felt “pressured” to make an early decision who later regreted it. IMHO UD is worth the wait. She should hear soon from UD (and I suspect it will be good news). Best of luck to her wherever she decides to go.</p>
<p>emeltr, we are in the same boat. UDel has been DD’s #1 choice since we visited last summer. But the stress and anxiety are getting to her (and admittedly, have gotten to me worse). She’s gotten into 3 really good schools (with substantial merit scholarship) that it’s taking all we can to not make a decision without all of the information before us.</p>
<p>I realize we’re OOS and priority is given to in state, but this process shouldn’t take so long (application was sent in early November). Our portal has been updated from time to time but bottom line, it still doesn’t give us a clue as to the final decision.</p>
<p>There are many schools that don’t release decisions until April 1 so to me, waiting till mid-March doesn’t seem too bad. There is no perfect system. People complain when the school has rolling admissions and they are among the last to hear. Delaware takes a very holistic approach to their applications, probably resulting in the longer decision making process. With two happy kids at Delaware, I’d say it’s very much worth the wait!</p>
<p>Good things come to those who wait…
As the father of a happy frosh d, I will share our experience. My d knew from her junior year she wanted Udel. She waited patiently and anxiously while she got eight other acceptances first. She never waivered, and is now so happy she trusted her judgement.</p>
<p>Lastly, our kids live in a time of instant gratification. From instant info on your phone, to constantly communicating with friends, and never wanting to wait a moment to answer a text. They live with their heads down in their phones and computers, missing the world around them. They have short attention spans, little patience, and it is not so good. Perhaps the wait is somehow a good thing. </p>
<p>Don’t worry, it all will work out in the end.</p>
<p>Well said, socialdad. It’s also nice to read all the positive comments about UDel from the parents on here.</p>
<p>One of the problems with late decision dates is that it allows too much time for other colleges to lobby their accepted students. While students have been waiting for their U Del decisions, they have been doing overnight visits at other colleges, attending accepted student days, getting merit aid offers, communicating with possible roommates at other colleges, etc. Meanwhile, U Del has been quietly under the radar for many.</p>