<p>unfortunately, idk. But it seems like ED decisions were released around the same time as last year, so maybe RD will do the same?</p>
<p>WashU isn’t a rolling admissions school, so it’s likely that they’ll be consistent with releasing decisions; in which case, less than a week left!</p>
<p>like i said before, washu does seem consistent about releasing decisions but when you have such a high increase in applicants as well as an already overfilled 2014 class, theres no way admissions can make the same decision in the same amount of time for thousands of more applicants for less spots</p>
<p>Okay, just did a thread search and here are online decision dates for the past five years:
2006 – 3/16
2007 – 3/15
2008 – 3/14
2009 – 3/11
2010 – 3/10
So… either they’ll continue the pattern and it will be EARLIER than 3/10, or the increase in apps will make it later. (However there was an 8% increase in apps last year and they still managed to release decisions earlier than the year before, so it may NOT be later. [Applications</a> surge, echoing US trend | Student Life](<a href=“http://www.studlife.com/news/national-news/2011/02/21/applications-surge-echoing-us-trend/]Applications”>Applications surge, echoing US trend - Student Life) )</p>
<p>Yeah 4000 is a big jump in comparison to the previous years. I’m guessing it’ll be later than the 10th.</p>
<p>If they do it earlier they will make many prospective students psyched about attending there. It would work in their favor.</p>
<p><g>, dopp23, you think adcoms are reading this thread? :)</g></p>
<p>Vossron</p>
<p>The review length is not the problem! The time from offer (april 1) to signing day (may 1 ) is too short! Make apps due in DECEMBER and then let us know in March! </p>
<p>As far as Early Decision…you must be rich. My family could not commit to a school BEFORE knowing any scholarship, Financial Aid, etc. I guess I like to comparison shop. Colleges today have forgotten who the customer is!</p>
<p>Right, ED is not for comparison shopping, it’s for those who already have a number one choice above all others. You don’t have to be rich or commit before knowing what money is offered. That’s why this release exists:
<a href=“https://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/docs/downloadforms/ED_Agreement.pdf[/url]”>https://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/docs/downloadforms/ED_Agreement.pdf</a></p>
<p>Beachmom, One can only hope!</p>
<p>Vossron</p>
<p>You are very out of touch…an applicant CANT apply anywhere else during the process. All the BINDING early agreements that were presented to our family REQUIRED that all other apps be withdrawn. Therefore you ARE committing to buy before you know the price. I attended many many admission orientations. 90% or more of the parents there felt as I did, that binding Early Admission is only for the rich, who will pay no matter what. It does not work for the median family.</p>
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<p>Not completely true. A friend applied ED last year and was accepted; however, they didn’t give her enough financial aid or anything for her to attend. They let her back out.</p>
<p>I think you might need strong proof that you can’t pay for it in order to be released from the ED binding agreement. Just speculation, from what my friend told me.</p>
<p>you have made my point. I feel bad for this poor student. What opportunities did they lose out while they were waiting to find out if the ONLY school they could apply to would accept them.</p>
<p>“All the BINDING early agreements that were presented to our family REQUIRED that all other apps be withdrawn.”</p>
<p>Only after you accept an ED financial aid offer, and you’re typically given two weeks to a month to decide.</p>
<p>“Therefore you ARE committing to buy before you know the price.”</p>
<p>No, that’s not how it works. You really should believe the published ED instructions from the Common Application organization that I linked above.</p>
<p>“I attended many many admission orientations. 90% or more of the parents there felt as I did, that binding Early Admission is only for the rich, who will pay no matter what. It does not work for the median family.”</p>
<p>It is so true that many parents don’t understand how ED with financial aid actually works! If you read enough pages here, you’ll see that it works for many median and poor families.</p>
<p>And you don’t need any proof to be released; the schools already have all of your financial aid data necessary to make their decision. It is solely the family’s decision if the offered aid is enough or not. If it’s not enough, you say thanks but no thanks, and apply RD elsewhere.</p>
<p>Imagine for a moment that a student were somehow compelled to attend the ED school she couldn’t afford. Would she then be expelled when the bill couldn’t be paid? Why do we never hear about this? It would be really horrible PR if a school tried to pull this. It just doesn’t happen.</p>
<p>Have a look at this:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/04/education/edlife/strategy.html[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/04/education/edlife/strategy.html</a></p>
<p>My friend told me today that decisions would be out March 15th. When I asked him how he knows he replied “I have my sources” so I don’t know if he means it or not.</p>
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<p>I don’t think it works like that. She applied to other schools even before she heard back and was even accepted to a couple before WashU released ED decisions. She’s now a happy student at another well-established university.</p>
<p>@Rainbowrose</p>
<p>Unless your friend has a parent on the admissions board or is a part of the admissions board, he doesn’t know anything… (no offense)</p>
<p>Vossron </p>
<p>you must be employed by common app to spew such a “party line” For you information, not all schools take common app. ALL of the Binding Early Decision agreements that I reviewed stated that ALL other apps MUST be withdrawn upon submission. A principle must sign off as well as parents. It is a legal binding contract to attend upon admission. </p>
<p>You continue to miss my point though. I will agree that you can wiggle out of the agreement and the school will not raise too much of stick due to poor PR. It is the student who misses applying at other schools that may have offered admission. </p>
<p>I stand by my initial statement. BINDING Early Decision works best for the rich. (note this was exactly stated in my admission briefing at Penn) “if you know you want to go to Penn and money is not a factor, please apply ED”</p>
<p>Plagmah, I’m sorry but I’ve been following this discussion and I just had to jump in now. You are mistaking WHEN other applications must be withdrawn with an ED application to one school. You must withdraw all other applications UPON ACCEPTANCE at the ED school. That way, if you don’t get in, you still have all those other applications out there and you have not missed a single opportunity. All you are missing with an ED app is the ability to compare financial offers at the end, which is why some argue that ED benefits those who are better off. As vossron has also stated, though, most schools are very good about getting your aid where it needs to be if they know this was your first choice school. And if they can’t, you can back out (which, by its very rareness, means that most people have been able to get happy with their financial packages).</p>
<p>All three of my children applied ED. Two got into their first-choice schools and one did not (he was deferred, which means he is released from the binding agreement but may still get in by April 1). In fact, he is waiting right now to hear back from the other schools he applied to at the same time. When child #1 applied and got in ED, he immediately withdrew 2 other applications (where, in fact, he had already been admitted EA). Child #2 only applied to the ED school and held her breath, figuring she’d go into an application frenzy between Dec. 15 and Jan 1 if she got bad news (luckily, not necessary). As I said, child #3 sent in other applications - 4 EA which he got into, the ED where he was deferred, and 2 other RD applications. ALL of this is legal and we have had months to compare the financial offers from the 4 EA schools and will now see what happens by April 1.</p>
<p>Finally, ED should only be used if it is far and away the child’s first choice because the one thing you do give up is the right to change your mind later for other than financial reasons. Please trust me on this - I’ve been through it three times, I am an admissions interviewer at a school, and this is how it works.</p>
<p>By the way, I am appalled that your principal or guidance counselor(s) did not understand these rules or that they did not explain them to you better. There is so much confusion about ED out there but one would think that school officials, at least, would be clear on this.</p>
<p>My original statement still stands …ED works for the wealthy, not the middle class. When someone debates that, I will listen. To defend a flawed, non customer service friendly system is sad.</p>