<p>When do JES finalists get notified? I heard January?</p>
<p>What's the envelope look like? Thick or thin?
If you're NOT a finalist, do they still notify you with a letter saying that they'll be putting you under regular decision or something?</p>
<p>JES Notification
For Fall 2006, merit scholarship applicants started getting their letters around Jan 9th, 2006 and JES weekend started Feb 9th.</p>
<p>For Fall 2007, merit scholarship applicants started getting their letters around Jan 8th, 2007 and JES weekend started Feb 8th.</p>
<p>So for Fall 2008, merit scholarship applicants might start getting their letters around Jan 7th, 2008 and JES weekend starting Feb 7th?</p>
<p>If not a finalist you will get a thin letter. Not sure about the thickness of the finalist letter.</p>
<p>Being or not being a JES finalist isn't the same as applying ED or Reg decision. If you applied ED I you will find out if accepted, rejected or deferred on Dec 15th, if ED II on Feb 15th and if Reg Decision by April 1st.</p>
<p>I'm assuming that if you're a finalist, you're accepted, yes?</p>
<p>I would assume so, but if the Fall high school grades went way down I guess there is a chance that the student would not be accepted.</p>
<p>what's the definition of way down?
because junior year i got a 4.0, but this year so far i have an A-, a B+, and 4 A's.... semester grades might not be a 4.0- is this bad? it's not that i'm not trying, it's just that for some reason this year's classes are really difficult than usual or my teachers literally don't teach.</p>
<p>I would say anything that shows a dramatic down trend would be cause for alarm as far as admission goes. I don't think a couple of B+ grades would be an issue. If you are applying regular decision I think they get the fall grades and also the counselor sends in an updated report based on fall. So if the counselor doesn't say there is a different in their recommendation based on fall performance, I wouldn't worry about it.</p>