<p>Can any parent tell me how Early Decision notification works? My daughter is waiting to hear back. She is supposed to be notified via the mail (not email) on December 15th. How exactly do they send it and how do they know it will be received on the 15th. They dont send it overnight mail do they? </p>
<p>Anyone know?</p>
<p>It varies by school-- you might get the best answer by going on the forum for your D’s particular college (under colleges at left)</p>
<p>Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately her college choice is not listed for College Confidential.</p>
<p>If you feel comfortable, post it here and see if any other parents know anything about the ED notification at the particular school</p>
<p>It was my understanding that my son would be notified by regular mail by the 15th, but he received an email on Friday saying that he would be notified of their decision by email on the 13th or 14th.</p>
<p>FWIW, S’s university indicated decisions by Dec 15, and the decisions actually came out by email on Dec 10 and we received the hard-copy letter on Dec 11.</p>
<p>For the schools that notify only by mail, the letters are simply mailed out a few days early so that they’ll arrive to the furthest point across the country by Dec 15. That means that the students living closest to the ED school often hear a few days early because the letter may only take 1-2 days to get to their homes, rather than the allotted 2-3 days.</p>
<p>Our D is waiting too and the website says decisions on line and mailed on the 15th but when she spoke to the Admissions officer for our region he said to call him personally on the 13th and he’d tell her. This makes me think that it will be e mailed to everyone on the 13th with the hard copy being mailed to arrive on the 15th.
I just know it’s been a long and stressful weekend with a cranky girl!
Good luck everyone!</p>
<p>happy64 - this is pure speculation on my part…if the admissions officer said to call him personally, I have a feeling that the answer is probably positive. Why would he want to give out bad news personally, email would suffice in that case. But I could be totally wrong.</p>
<p>Happy64 - I completely agree with OldFort, sounds like good news. I cannot imagine the counselor inviting her to call without knowing it is good news he has to tell her.</p>