<p>So, I applied Early Decision I to Vassar, receiving notification of them recieving my app about a week ago.</p>
<p>However, Vassar sent me an email yesterday saying that I had not sent in an ED Agreement letter. Apparently, Vassar requires a letter that states the student and his/her parents and counselor are aware of the commitment of ED, etc etc. It requires the signatures of both parents, myself, and my counselor. (I honestly don't understand why this is necessary, when the common app already has students, parents, etc sign)</p>
<p>My problem? When I received this email yesterday, my counselor is out of town. I can't get my mother's signature until tomorrow and I have my father's now. I told Vassar all of this, and they seemed to want both my parents signature with the letter faxed ASAP with my counselor's signature on Monday.</p>
<p>I told Vassar I would do this, but now it just feels...I don't know, impractical? They apparently cannot read my ED app until they receive ALL of these signatures. I could easily fax each signature at a time, but I don't really think these admissions offices are open on weekends.</p>
<p>So, even though I told them that "I will fax the signatures as soon as possible," would it be okay if I just waited till Monday and sent them all in at the same time, on the same sheet of faxed paper? </p>
<p>Also, does this AT ALL affect my admissions decision? This question comes merely from my paranoia (lol) but I'm worried that my admissions decision may be affected since I..</p>
<p>1.) Did not send in this agreement letter
and
2.) Since I may not send it in until Monday.</p>
<p>I had a similar experience just the other day, only instead of the ED letter it was SAT scores! The most frustrating part was that it was COLLEGEBOARD'S mistake, not mine! I had my scores rushed but CB messed up and they never got there...so I ended up faxing a copy of my online scores until my official scores come in. Soo stressful. Luckily, the lady I talked to on the phone seemed to be really understanding. </p>
<p>I think Vassar is flexible with this kind of thing. Hopefully you can get it in as soon as possible and all will go well!</p>
<p>Don't be too worried. My first term grades (and best term grades, sadly I didn't work until I figured out it would matter) were finally sent on thursday. I doubt there will be any real problem with the timing of the agreement. The admissions office never seems to be in that big of a rush. .. </p>
<p>I know exactly how you feel with the paranoia. I play jazz to relax. Do you have any hobbies which you can pour yourself into so the whole process is far from your mind?</p>
<p>One of the reasons Vassar (and others) don't notify students until "mid-December" is because there are always one or two (or three or more) students who have one or two (at most ) items not received by the Nov. 15 application deadline. They MUST have first quarter grades, signatures for ED form, SAT's etc. Those who have EVERYTHING will be decided first, while those who are missing one or two items (as long as EVERYTHING else was previously received in a timely manner) get decided last. Since ED decisions are generally made against a standard (rather than against other applicants as is the case with regular decision) it will not hurt the good student.</p>
<p>Once ALL the students' items are in and they finish accepting/rejecting EDI they can prepare the letters to go out. So...get those signatures in ASAP so as not to hold up the final mailing of the letters to everyone!</p>
<p>NativeNJ, I was curious about your comment: "Since ED decisions are generally made against a standard (rather than against other applicants as is the case with regular decision) it will not hurt the good student."
I was not aware that ED's and RD's were made differently, except with regard to certainty of enrollment of the accepted applicants. Would you mind filling us in @ this? What kind of "standard" do you mean, esp. as regards Vassar?
Thanks!</p>
<p>Most everything I've read (this does NOT apply to the Ivy League schools) talks about ED being "is the applicant qualified (whatever that means) by GPA, SAT, rank, coherent essay or EC's" to get in the school. If so, they get in ED. Since there are MUCH less applicants, it's unlikely they have 3 tuba players or 4 lacrosse goalies with similar scores to compare against each other - which is likely the case for regular decision. Don't know if Vassar does this, but I would think it's more likely than not that students are viewed against whatever last year's stats were, etc. and either taken or not. This means if 3 people from the same school apply ED it's not terrible vs if they all apply in January.</p>