I’m grateful that my decisions are projected to start with the least likely ones. I don’t think we’re going to know tonight though.
I’m also not feeling tonight, honestly I don’t think this year follows the norm whatsoever so it could be literally any day
@Ali2343 I’m inclined to agree the guessing games are kind of cruel.
Honestly, it’s bad enough that in a sense a small group of people are essentially deciding an aspect of our future based only on short essays and statistics, the least they could do is not make us guess when we will hear about something that is potentially life changing. I don’t think I’ll get in, I’ve come to terms with that, but I still want to know…
there is no reason that I can conceptualise for the ambiguity of the transfer decisions release date (by June 1st???) like choose a day and stick to it haha
I’ve thought about the transfer process too, and how unusual it is compared to ED/RD. My guess is that a lot of low-income people apply through the transfer program (and are encouraged to by the colleges on their respective pages) and so this is where the idea of “need aware” comes in, because they do have budgets and constraints that they have to work within… and some of those numbers might not be readily available or rely on multiple factors that are known at different times.
I have no evidence to back up my thoughts, or any idea really… but I think they probably have good reason for it.
I received an email today from college board saying that i have to submit the IDOC information for Harvard. My parents refuse to spend another dime on the college board, but i thought that it was no coincidence that they emailed me that today during the anticipated release date. I was almost certain we’d get a decision today.
Hmmm, that is definitely interesting. My CSS/IDOC was done a while ago, but I noticed that Harvard was the only school listed in CSS that posts their ‘award letter date’ which stated 5/6… I’m thinking this might mean decisions will come then.
@Ali2343 “I will as a side note just say that the ambiguity of the transfer applications and decisions is cruel compared to the standard application I went through last year. Like why is there no set date and time that everyone sticks to?” They wait as long as they can to see how many students withdraw, go on leave or take a year abroad so they have a better idea of how many spots they have available.
@sproutedchiapet YOO!! I noticed that on IDOC too. But I forgot what date they put on there. I feel like I remember seeing 5/3 . Are you sure it said 5/6 ?
You can double check your CSS/ IDOC if you’re unsure.
When I log in all I see is the 3/1 deadline 
Maybe you could only see it during initial school selection…?
Oh it was on CSS not IDOC. It does say 5/6 award letter date. Harvard could at least send an email like Columbia if they were going to break schedule… but I can’t imagine them sending out admissions decisions on a MONDAY. Maybe it will be today, then.
Sidenote: @sproutedchiapet Isn’t Harvard need-blind for transfers?
Why would it be today?
It would be exceedingly odd for them to release decisions at the beginning of the week, and if the CSS profile says 5/6 then 5/10 would be odd as well.
Then again, it could also be my sheer impatience.
Does anyone think they have a shot at finals clubs? Man I would love to join fox or porcellian. Just thinking about it makes my body tingle. #gocrimson
What if the CSS profile is just spitting out the same date from last year? It’s possible it just didn’t update either. Although may 6th last year was on a sunday.
I’m not sure. The dates for Boston University (found out 4/8 instead of 4/15 like it says) and Tufts (5/15) seem pretty accurate.
I thought it was more need aware than need blind- because every student who applies for aid gets the aid that their financial situation calls for.
I’m not sure it would be possible for any institution who does that to be 100% blind to the needs of their applicants, then again i’m only speculating based off of what i’ve read from across the Ivies.
@sproutedchiapet: NEED AWARE means a student’s financial need is a one of the factors used to determine their acceptance. That doesn’t happen at Harvard, which is NEED BLIND, meaning a student’s file is reviewed and a student is accepted prior to the financial aid committee determining a student’s financial need. That’s true for both freshman applicants and transfer students. This article is five years old, but it’s worth a read: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2014/02/kenneth-griffin-makes-largest-gift-in-harvard-college-history/
Given Kenneth Griffin’s donation, Harvard has the largest financial aid endowment of any ivy league school, so they can afford to be 100% need blind without worrying that it will ‘break the bank.’ See: https://college.harvard.edu/financial-aid/how-aid-works