<p>I have heard that college counselors hear before-hand whether one of their students has been admitted/deferred/rejected from a school. Is this true of Yale? Is it possible that our counselors already know? (not like they would tell me anyways...just curious)</p>
<p>Admissions decisions are announced to students, not to schools.</p>
<p>Not that I know of (though I admit, I don’t know very much). My counselor has been bugging me to make sure I tell her once I get an answer, so I would assume they get it even later than we do.</p>
<p>yeah, I know that a school does not have access to the accounts that let us know whether we are accepted or not, however I have heard of some cases of admissions officers calling counselors and strongly implying that the student has been admitted a couple days in advance</p>
<p>for example, a girl from my class who got accepted to dartmouth this week told me that her counselor had known the decision for 3 days before the official decision release date. idk if this ever happens for yale. </p>
<p>you’re probably right though, most likely we’ll be the first to know</p>
<p>idk but your interviewer might know!!</p>
<p>^ Very true, at least for some of Yale’s peer schools. My good friend’s mother is a Harvard alumna/interviewer and sometimes she hears about the decisions before her interviewees. Of course, though, she can’t say anything about it.</p>
<p>i’ve heard of colleges call asking about one particular student and maybe the person’s tone is an indication of the decision, but in my school GCs do not know the decision unless students tell them</p>
<p>The only instance where an interviewer might have any indication is in the scenario that peachsnapple described above – where Yale queries us back in the field or at the HS for info and the tone is indicative of an approval. However, I’ve never known of any official notification given to an interviewer or regional coordinator before the official notice date. </p>
<p>There are the few likely letter recipients and QBridge matches which are out of the ordinary. Of course, we know what’s in store for these lucky few.</p>
<p>In 20 yrs of interviewing, I’ve never gotten advance notice on any admittee. It’s just not done and would be very poor policy given the potential for mistakes.</p>
<p>As a matter of fact, we interviewers won’t know the decisions for 2-3 days after Dec 15. For the April 1 notification, we are barred from contacting admitees for 3-4 days to ensure that they have been notified and to comply with any NCAA rules (in terms of athletes).</p>
<p>By and far, applicants know way before the alumni network knows.</p>
<p>i have to agree with peachsnapple. thats the only way i think a counsellor might guess.
other than that, nope. Its law</p>
<p>It’s almost sadistic if a counselor did know and keeps the info to himself…lol</p>
<p>"It’s almost sadistic if a counselor did know and keeps the info to himself…lol "</p>
<p>Which is exactly why it’d be gigantically stupid for Yale to inform them in advance of the official notification date. Logical, no?</p>
<p>Exactly. :)</p>
<p>No, counsellors do not know. Don’t you think at least one out of the thousands would tell their student, and then the secret would be out. No.</p>
<p>yes, yes, very good points everyone. thanks for the answers</p>