<p>"Looks like there are several questions about today's decision release for Early Notification applicants. Let's see if I can address all your concerns.</p>
<p>First, we did have some issues last year during our regular decision release when about 6,000 students were checking their decision at 5pm. That was the first time we released decisions online, so we think we've learned some lessons. We've been working with our technology support staff to make sure the system is prepared for the volume that we expect at 5pm. However, we can't completely predict what will happen when 3900 anxious students hit the system at the same time. If there are issues, rest assured that your decision will be there when you get through.</p>
<p>Second, everyone who applied by October 1 who file is complete will receive an admission decision today. This decision could be an admit, defer or deny. We have denied less than 5% of students who applied in this round, giving students the benefit of the doubt whenever possible.</p>
<p>Finally, students who are deferred will receive a decision with our Regular Decision round on March 15th. This allows us to view deferred students within the context of the full applicant pool, obtain first semester senior year grades and add any additional test scores.</p>
<p>The most important thing for deferred students to remember is that a defer is not a deny! All deferred students will be considered again, and last year we ultimately admitted **80% **of students who applied in our early rounds, including those admitted early and those who were admitted after being deferred to Regular Decision."</p>