I see that almost all of the colleges’ website say that the RD decision letters comes out on April 1st. Do the seniors really get all of their replies on the same day?
No. There’s a thread called “notification dates 2015” or something like that. Search it and go to the last page of the thread.
Also, they tend to say “by April 1” rather than “on April 1”
They do, if they havent heard earlier than that. Some schools start releasing answers days earlier.
As you can see from the above, the answer is no, they are a little spread out. But there is no question that the end of March/first couple days of April is a more interesting time than usual!
A bunch usually come out in one day. There is Ivy day, for example. They are grouped in odd ways-probably strategically for schools that vie for applicants. MIT and CalTech are usually paired with one a week earlier than the next or some such.