@javascript Hey, I think if they ship the mail on Monday, it should arrive on Tuesday. Here is a map provided by the USPS which estimates expected delivery times based on location:
https://ribbs.usps.gov/prioritymail/map/printable_maps/map_print.html?zoomlevel=3993168.2030539466&ZIP=605
Naperville is inside zip-code zone 600, so shipment from Aurora should take 1 day. Although, if they do not count the little bit of Monday as a valid piece of time used for delivery, then yes, the mail will arrive on Wednesday. By the way, does anybody know why they mail decision letters? Why not just post it in our application accounts? That would be faster and more reliable than mail.
I think it’s more due to tradition than anything else since I think most colleges also mail decision letters.
@romalex4 I am sure people in Naperville area will receive their mails by Tuesday, but I am 3 hours way from Aurora , in the middle on nowhere…
Yes, they want you to shake and sweat opening your decision mail, just like colleges do … :-SS
@javascript Sorry, I thought I read that you were from Naperville. However, I hope the map is useful. On the side note, I hate when colleges (or prep schools) sacrifice the efficiency of the internet for the sake of some tradition. I really hope that mentality goes away. Plus, I am sure it costs them a lot of money to mail everything, money that could have been spent on something more useful.
Hey guys!
Acceptance letters come out right about now,
and I hope all of you get in! I’m a sophomore right now, and it’s been exactly a year since I was accepted. Feel free to ask me any questions about getting ready for IMSA. gmail: mhendrix@imsa.edu ig: meghanidc
@megegg Hi, I have a question about 8th graders which have been accepted to IMSA. On average, do they perform higher of lower than their 9th-grade peers? Is there a social separation between them and the rest of the community? Is the “shmen” steriotype real? Sorry for a lot of questions.
Hey guys, thought I should step up and say something. Isn’t there a mail policy where you can only receive mail on weekdays? Correct me if I’m wrong. I’m also a IMSA applicant for class of 2020, so good luck to my fellow applicants!
@captain1929 I think that now they deliver 6 days a week, Sunday is one of them.
@romalex4 Oh ok, so then it’s very possible for those Chicago Surbaban residents to receive theirs tommorow.
@captain1929 Maybe even by today. There if a rumor that decision letters have been mailed early. If that is the case, then we might get our decisions today. But, in any case, they are arriving the week of May 1st.
@romalex4 Your right. I’ve been following this thread for a while now and hearing all these things have made me even more anxious. If you don’t mind me asking, are you an eight grader?
@captain1929 Yup. I think I have said that earlier on this thread. I don’t think I am getting in, but I am pretty confident I am going to get an interview. Maybe.
@romalex4 Sorry, I didn’t know. That’s good that your confident. I don’t know about me, I only have two things that increases my chance; my grades and essays. I honestly don’t really talk about this but my moms death from cancer was what I wrote about and how it influenced me to change the world. I really hope this would help me, because I’m not some genius like you guys.
Well actually, I am good at science, but then again, I’m not a prodigy.
@captain1929 Man, I so sorry. I cannot imagine living without my mother. The thing is, if you are a 9th grader, then essays are probably the most influential part of your application. If, however, you are an 8th grader, like me, then the most important thing is GPA and SAT. Again, I am so sorry for your loss. I had experience with my grandparents dying, but I would imagine a death of a mother would be orders of magnitude more sorrowful.
8th graders tend to do better or around equal academically, as acceptance is more competitive for shmen and you are only accepted if the application committee is pretty much 100% sure that you can handle it. For the class of 2019, we had a larger than average amount of people drop out, but none of them were shmen. There’s no social separation or major stereotypes about shmen since people at IMSA are friends regardless of grade level. The only real thing you may face is a few jokes about how “young” you are and assumptions that you are really smart :).
Hi, this question is for current IMSA students. How has IMSA affected your GPA? Has it gone down or stayed the same as the GPA you were able to maintain in your prior years?
Thanks, and good luck to everyone.
@junebee The answer to that question can vary a lot. For me, my GPA went down a little if you compared my sophomore grades to my freshmen grades, but if you compared my sophomore grades to my 7th-9th grade grades my GPA is around the same (mostly As with 1-2 Bs). The classes are harder so it’s harder to get As; thus, a lot of people have lower GPAs than when they came. However, it’s still very possible to have a high GPA, it just takes more work than it did for most people before.
@romalex4 Thanks, I appreciate it 