<p>I read on a thread in Stanford's section that though emailed decisions are supposed to come out a certain time, people often get them hours later, due to a lag or perhaps because they send them out in waves... Has this happened before for Harvard's decisions?</p>
<p>This will happen unfortunately. It is impossible to send all 27k emails at once, so it will be dribbling down in waves.</p>
<p>yeah...when i did the test, it took a few hours. i assumed that the actual email will be the same...</p>
<p>tintin, your choice of imagery is revolting.</p>
<p>how about "discharging in several spasms"</p>
<p>I like that. It's good.
"Ejecting in unsavory barrages" just cinches it better, though.</p>
<p>LOL.</p>
<p>They will be coming out in dollops. Take it as you will.</p>
<p>Don't assume that the earlier ones are rejections or acceptances, or that they are sent out in some sort of alphabetical order. It appears to be random.</p>
<p>it took about 1 and a half hours for my email from rice to come. I'm expecting the same length</p>
<p>the test email took 12+ hours for me. oh jesus.</p>
<p>What test email? Can't we just check our decisions online at the site?</p>
<p>Nope...it comes via emails.</p>
<p>So not cool.</p>
<p>Yale's ED decisions were posted on a website, and 45 minutes before the 5 pm time they had given. I wish Harvard would do that, because 5pm Harvard time means 11pm here, and I can't wait until Tuesday morning, that's just sick.</p>
<p>Oh, they're coming in emails? /totally uninformed</p>
<p>Well, when I got my rejection email from Stanford, it didn't come for five hours..so yeah, could be a while.</p>
<p>My test email from Harvard didn't come until 15+ hours later. Not a good sign. D:</p>
<p>Does anyone if the other Ivies that are releasing decisions the same time are also sending emails? Or are they posting online?</p>
<p>Now I need to decide if it's worth staying up late...</p>
<p>princeton and brown (the other two to which I applied) are both posted online...those are the only ones I know about.</p>
<p>Test email for me was half a day...woah?? I'll be getting my decision in the early morning probably.</p>
<p>If I get an acceptance, I'll not care if there is a lag or not.</p>
<p>Oh crap... my test email came about a week after I requested it... at that rate, I may as well wait for the mail.</p>