<p>Email notification has its pluses and minuses as my S found out. Got his email acceptance from his 1st choice school and was very excited until 5 days later when a waitlist letter came in the mail. It took several days and phone calls by his school counselor (who had to track down his admissions rep who was on vacation) to confirm that he was in fact accepted. Despite this fiasco he will be attending this school in the fall.</p>