<p>Did anyone else get an email requesting missing information? </p>
<p>It begins like this:
Although the Admissions Committee is still deliberating, the Financial Aid Office is currently reviewing Class of 2017 documents. We want to ensure that when candidates are selected for admission, we will have sufficient information on file to make a financial aid decision. Your application is currently incomplete. Please check online for detailed information.</p>
<p>Is this possibly a good sign regarding admission?</p>
<p>I'm a bit antsy waiting for college decisions so anything that could give me a lead is a red flag. Thanks for any insight you might have.</p>
<p>My heart skipped a beat when I opened that email yesterday and immediately suspected what you’re suspecting. To be honest, there’s no telling - obviously, it could just be that the (independent from admissions office) financial aid office is going over finaid applications and just happened to email you, but there is that slight chance that perhaps finaid applications are only processed after some positive words from the boys/gals down in admissions.</p>
<p>Keep your fingers crossed? Unless people from prior years can make a comment, there’s no telling!</p>
<p>As you can see, we received the inquiry much closer to the acceptance date, and it asked for a specific piece of missing info, not general verification.</p>
<p>^That thread made my night (and possibly life).</p>
<p>But I’m still not convinced yet - your S is just one example. We’d need a string of similar situations to be able to say for sure (conversely, just one example of someone getting rejected after having gotten that email to disprove it).</p>
<p>Regardless, thanks for your response. We can only hope for the best!</p>
<p>JoBenny, many of the admission decisions have already been made. They are just not released yet. I’m with Consolation on this one. This could potentially mean good news for the OP. There is no way Dartmouth (or any school) starts working on financial aid packages until they know the applicant has been accepted. There are just way too many applications. If you search threads from past years, this has come up a few times. Each time the OP did end up accepted. Personally, I wouldn’t get too excited until final word comes on March 28. But if you think about it, it makes sense that if FA received your file, it probably means good news.</p>
<p>^^^ Yes, that was pretty much my point. If a school is pulling in over 23,000 applications, I can’t imagine why, especially if they claim they are need blind, they would start FA review on students unless they’ve been accepted.</p>
<p>At the very least, OP should be able to assume s/he’s not in the rejected pile. As between accepted and still-being-discussed, it’s anyone’s guess.</p>
<p>BU sent a similar email with the preface “Do not interpret this email in anyway as a sign you have been admitted”. I think the FA office tries to keep up to date with data so that when acceptance are finalized they are not scrambling. IMO the email does not indicate in any way you are more likely to be admitted.</p>
<p>@dob103: You are probably right. Which is why I’m managing my expectations carefully, and staying calm. Not stressed, and not pumped. At this point, I’m just relaxing and waiting for official results. </p>
<p>However, I don’t know about other colleges, but historically speaking, the correlation between these messages from Dartmouth and likely letters/acceptances is too staggering to ignore!</p>
<p>It’s been over a week since I got that email and no likely letter. Sigh.</p>
<p>From what I’ve gathered from the other threads about this, getting it early in February usually meant a likely; getting it in late March means a normal RD acceptance. </p>
<p>Hopefully something comes my way! What about you, John12w and OP?</p>
<p>The exact same email was sent to me (not that I would expect them to personalize it). I’m in the same situation as you guys. I’ve sent in FAFSA and CSS profile, but I haven’t sent in IDOC yet. Hope it’s good news for us all!</p>