<p>I thought that everybody receives their decisions online, and then if you want a hardcopy of your acceptance/deferral/rejection, you can request one? </p>
<p>That’s what it is for Stanford anyway.</p>
<p>Is it true that 2000 people are deferred? I didn’t know that.</p>
<p>I’ll bet that they’ve known decisions for a while now and that random adcoms are stalking CC laughing their heads off at our freakoutness…more amusement for them lol</p>
<p>For most kids, yes, they’ve been decided for a while now.</p>
<p>But for “tougher” cases with certain kids, they were deciding until very recently (like a day ago).</p>
<p>^
So they would be the borderline cases?</p>
<p>Yes. Mostly kids who have some extenuating circumstances that seem like good candidates but that the adcoms want to consider further (i.e., a really bright kid who just made some comments in an essay about his or her parent’s death that make the adcoms wonder if this kid will be alright at Yale). Stuff like that.</p>
<p>Oh I always thought that only accepted students got letters in the mail (but I’m basing that statement off of what I’ve read on this board lol)</p>
<p>To Plum: This was hotly discussed about a week ago. I think they send acceptance and deferral letters, no matter what, but only send rejection letters if you haven’t checked your Eli account after 72 hours. (Someone correct me if I’m wrong though)</p>
<p>@ The Government…</p>
<p>what do you mean about extenuating circumstances? i don’t understand your example about writing about losing parents in an essay and why that kid might not do well at yale.</p>
<p>Maybe The Government’s referring to the stability of the kid’s mental state.</p>