<p>Everybody knows of the fat envelope acceptance and thin envelope rejection indicator, but does anyone know if it's true that people who have been accepted generally receive their letters before the rejections. i. e. your friends already know they got into a particular school, but you're still waiting for a notification. Thanks for your help</p>
<p>Unfortunately, yes.</p>
<p>yeah, i kinda figured... but this girl i know said she got an admissions letter 2-3 weeks ago, and another group of ppl just got theirs friday, and all of them were regular decisions... how much hope is there for the hopeless?</p>
<p>A lot of schools use some variant of rolling admissions so you have a chance until the very end.</p>
<p>Well, some schools do early writes. I was accepted to Oberlin regular deicison a few weeks ago, but the rest of the RD kids won't hear back until some time this week. So don't get your hopes down TOO much. Just wait and see what happens. Good luck!</p>
<p>It depends on the school really. And plus, it could always be a waitlist letter!</p>
<p>And it also depends on the US Postal Service. Three girls from my d's high school (including her) applied to a particular school. Two heard on Tuesday - one accepted, one rejected. D hasn't gotten anything yet. It obviously doesn't mean she's rejected.</p>
<p>I don't think it necissarily means anything. At my school 6 kids applied to NYU early. 4 of them heard on the same day, and the other two didn't hear for almost a week...and both got in! And that was early: I imagine with RD there is even more of a chance of a gap because there are so many letters being sent out around this time.</p>