<p>lkf725 asks,'Do you think they are stringing some kids along, perhaps waiting for some responses from the first wave of mail?"</p>
<p>Response: You may be right. However, I don't think that it is the reason. They are just too cheap to hire enough admission reps to be able to get out all the mail in a timely manner.</p>
<p>cmu is now the only decision that I have not yet received. wondering what will happen tomorrow with the servers...</p>
<p>since you have till May 1 to reply, waiting for responses from the first mailing wouldn't tell them anything.</p>
<p>Agree they ought to try to get everything out at the same time...April 15 is too late, it only gives you 2 weeks to decide.</p>
<p>Fat Envelope for my son arrived today. So much for the original premise here.</p>
<p>so it is somewhat random :)</p>
<p>Stoneterrain- I would assume it is the same as last year, which is not exactly random. All the ones sent out early were acceptances. The ones sent out later were a mix of acceptances, waitlists, rejections.</p>
<p>Maybe it has something to do with how may colleges within CMU a student applies for, as not all may have their decisions ready at the same time. This may account for students who get multiple acceptances (or a mix of answers) later in the mailing period.</p>
<p>Son applied only to HSS. I think its random. CMU was the last college he heard from. Now its decision time. He was rejected from Brown (first choice :-( ) Accepted at JHU, Bard, Brandeis and waitlisted at Columbia. It will likely come down to Bard, JHU or CMU for creative writing.</p>