<p>I just spoke to someone in admissions. Although I can't verify if what she said is correct, I was told that acceptances went out earlier than rejections. If " a student doesn't hear by Tuesday, they probably weren't accepted."</p>
<p>Sorry folks. Again, I wasn't able to verify how correct this statement was. For all I know, I could have been speaking to the Janitor.</p>
<p>My online decision says I was accepted,but I still haven't recieved a package. Either you were talking to the janitor or I've been the victim of a cruel joke.</p>
<p>Well, did you get your mail yet? Maybe your letter was lost in the mail, which is a distinct possibility.</p>
<p>what do you mean hear by tuesday.....
postmarked by tuesday....?
mail received by tuesday...?
decision online by tuesday....?</p>
<p>"Hearing" by tuesday isn't really saying....</p>
<p>I just talked to a rep, she said that the decisions are sent out randomly, and in no way are sent accepts, then rejects</p>
<p>You could call 5 times and get 5 different answers.....don't put any stock in anything you get from the people answering the phone in admissions.</p>
<p>Last year acceptances were still arriving in homes as late as the week of April 15. I don't mean to give anyone false hope, but please, the women who typically answer the admission dept. phones appear to be the adcoms' mothers, who seem much more interested in their next hair appt. than anything else. I think they've been hired to simply make the phones stop ringing....not necessarily to provide any reliable info.</p>
<p>Hey luckyboy! "Lolzor?" Speaking of get a life...</p>
<p>Hey guys. On my admissions tracker it says General Correspondace on 3/15, and nothing about if my decision was sent out. What does that mean. Did I not get accepted?</p>
<p>lol beachy...not great quality control there</p>
<p>beachy or any other cc: can you guys please post the link to last yrs admissions decision thread. I cannot find it :(</p>
<p>if not, go to cmu.edu, then search for admission statistics in the search box. its the first search result.</p>
<p>2331...you cannot imagine...! Last January I amused myself wandering about campus a bit before picking up D after she sat in on a class during her portfolio review/sleeping bag weekend. She had asked me to go to admissions and pick up some paperwork for her, which gave me an opportunity to observe these women dealing with some other applicants.</p>
<p>Apparently, CMU's mail dept. is notoriously slow - its rep is known far and wide around campus - outgoing mail can languish there for several days before someone gets it organized and over to the post office. One of the students asked the ladies at the admissions desk about a piece of mail she had been expecting for quite a while, and without hesitation, the older women snapped at her that the date posted as the piece having been mailed on the girl's "Where Am I Now..." site was actually only the "date it left our hands here in Admissions," as in 'out of our hands...not our problem.'</p>
<p>Now, why on earth would a kid care what day it left admissions, if the staff knows very well that the mail isn't going to leave the campus for another couple of days?? Why not allow for the delay and post the later date on the site, so it's more informative to the student the site is intended to help??! The woman said this with a completely straight face...and a rather annoyed tone. The poor girl thanked her and left with that 'deer in the headlights' look about her.</p>
<p>Now, I have to say that D's experience with the admissions process was pretty mild....the reps she spoke to were very helpful and knowledgeable and her site was updated (somewhat slowly) as her scores, etc. arrived....but these women at the front desk......yikes!! I'm sure they get pretty frustrated at this time of year with kids calling them left and right asking the same questions over and over, but still their only goal would appear to be to pick up the ringing phone, say anything to get rid of the kid, and then get back to their own conversations!</p>
<p>I guess we'll know within a week. However, if they do send out acceptances prior to rejections, they need to change their system.</p>
<p>totally agreed^, it is absolutely absurd if it is the case.</p>
<p>I just received my Official Fat Letter in the mail today, though I saw that I was accepted online on Sunday.</p>
<p>"I just received my Official Fat Letter in the mail today, though I saw that I was accepted online on Sunday."</p>
<p>That means that your letter was sent out the same time all the other letters were sent out. perhaps the letter got tied in the mail. For us, however, the letter hasn't even been sent.</p>
<p>lol again beachy sounds like they oughta hire some ringers to catch these biddys in the act (of being useless)....too bad you only get one first impression of a place...and who knows how many these poor old things have turned away from a great school!</p>
<p>I agree, if they're gonna send out acceptances first then be honest about it----the whole thing's stressful enough without playing games. I wonder what's their reason for this??</p>
<p>I hope some rich applicant files a lawsuit, it's ridiculous to do it this way, calling CMU's admission process random is lieing.</p>
<p>i totally agree with you guys... everybody in the admissions office and AcceptedAlready keep on saying that they send out letters randomly... but then how come there arent any rejections so far?? huhh?? i mean i COMPLETELY understand their point of view about sending acceptances first.. especially for internationals because they are trying to compete with other colleges for students and so they HAVE to let the accepted students know as soon as possible.. but then cmu can at least tell the applicants about their system STRAIGHT UP instead of lying.. </p>
<p>i hope im wrong and they are actually telling the truth about sending the letters randomly because i havnt heard...</p>