Harvard SCEA: When are decisions released?

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Hello all–

I applied to Harvard SCEA, and on the admissions portal the date for the release of decisions is by December 15th; I searched around on CC and I’ve encountered a few dates in which decisions are “actually” released. Are they released on December 10th or 11th, and how do you know? Will Harvard Admissions send out an email notifying the official release date?

Thanks!

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Harvard was December 11th, for the class of 2019.

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@trackcoach79 thank you!

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How will decisions be released? Will applicants receive an email or will we need to check the Harvard applicants portal?

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@WTylerL They will be released via the application portal, however, an email will be sent out to notify when decisions are available. (https://college.harvard.edu/admissions/application-process/application-timeline/email-notification)

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@schroscat thanks for the info!

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Also–what is the general time decisions are available? Some schools release them around 3 in the afternoon; does Harvard have a set time like that?

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@schroscat While I’m not totally sure about this, I remember them coming out in the evening for most people last year? IIRC the email notification arrived around 5pm but many came later than that because of the sheer amount of students getting notified in one day.

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When my sons applied, they were able to access the decision starting around 5 pm, Eastern Time. But the portal was very busy at that time, and it took a while to get in.

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@notjoe Do you by any chance remember how your sons found out what the actual day they’d be notified was? Was there an update of the notification date on the portal (changing from “by December 15”), did they call admissions, was an email sent out…?

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My sons applied RD and the decision date was well-publicized in advance, as each year,regular decision date is the same for all the Ivies.

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The earlier the better. The waiting is killing me!

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I called admissions and asked.

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I empathize with your suffering @SteadfastSoprano.
It’s hours and hours and hours of staring into blank space wondering whether they think you’re good enough…

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Harvard was December 13 for the Class of 2018. Students with Likely Letters know the date as it is included in that letter.

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omg hi @schroscat

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Decisions come out TOMORROW at 5pm.