<p>So, this is the waiting game for regular decison applicants. As parents, we recently got an odd letter in the mail letting us know that 3/13 was the mail-out date and that our student shouldn't feel obligated to commit anywhere until May 1. Anyone else get that one?</p>
<p>Yes, we did.</p>
<p>We did too.</p>
<p>I'd not want to read too much into it, but ...when our student was waiting to hear from DU (and they responded precisely when they promised they would, btw), there was substantial pressure from 2 other highly selective schools being applied to make a commitment to in advance of when DU and several other schools would notify of admission decision. When we discussed this w/ our Denison counselor, pleading our case to know the DU decision, that a fair choice might be made, we were told (rightly), that we were now seeing the unethical and unfair side of competitive admissions, i.e. say "yes" to one before having options from others. So ...I only wonder if this letter might be in response to our experience, which is surely not at all unique or isolated.</p>
<p>In one narrow sense, it's all about getting the best for the least.</p>
<p>We received the same letter and were concerned that it almost seemed "desperate" in its tone-- as though they were anticipating a low yield due to economic conditions.</p>
<p>That may be. These are definitely unsailed waters for colleges and universities. Still, DU was the only LAC I institution among the top 10 FA awarding institutions the past 2 years, and while this is definitely going to have impact for all institutions, I'd anticipate that DU will get its share. They've already noted that this is the 3rd largest pool of applicants in school history. So the issue'll not be student numbers, but rather quality measures, it would seem.</p>
<p>Of what significance in the admissions process is the Student led interview?</p>
<p>What's a student led interview?</p>
<p>My aunt works at Denison and I went through the student led interview. I know that they do let the admission counselors know how it went, and it has some importance in the admissions process. A student led interview is just as it says. DU picks students who know the school very well to talk with prospective students. It's a good way for the admissions team to know if the prospie will be a good match. After all, who would know a school academically and socially better than a current student?
As for the current economy and it's effect on DU: DU has invested it's money very well, and it has a rather large amount to give in FA so it isn't affecting as much as some other schools are being.</p>
<p>Ah. We're on the west coast; haven't visited the campus yet. D interviewed with an admissions officer here.</p>
<p>I hate the waiting game... nine more days! =D. Except whose idea was it to mail the letters on a friday? No one will get them until monday or tuesday! ugh.</p>
<p>I'm an international applicant from India. I wonder when the letter will reach me..</p>
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<p>The admissions director who's going on spring break come monday. :cool:</p>
<p>Good luck to all.</p>
<p>hellogoodbyby ...your post made me chuckle about an old sacreligious Saturday Night Live skit featuring one of your introspective mahatmaghandian-countrymen ...his monologue always pondered the deepest and most far-reaching of life's great questions and he always started his monologue ..."Have you ever wondered ..." :confused:</p>
<p>I suspect if you call or email DU in the absence of a timely response, they'll confirm your status. Bon chance! Have you been to this lovely campus yet?</p>
<p>Dear Zetesis and hellogoodby5015,</p>
<p>Noticed that you haven't had the chance to visit Denison's campus--just wanted you to know that it's beautiful, and that Granville is quaint and inviting. Both have a New England LAC feel to them.</p>
<p>Wishing everyone the very best results--we're thinking we should hear by a week from tomorrow.</p>
<p>Do you think they'll put the results on the website Friday, also, or just mail them out?</p>
<p>univcoil ... you note ...</p>
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<p>Your observation would make Granville's Massachusetts/CT Presbyterian settlers who were sent out on a missionary trek to found just such a place as you've described, proud. You validate their success centuries after the fact.</p>
<p>While it's often been discussed here and other forums about the upsides and minuses of Granville as a home to a stellar national LAC I, few deny or disagree with the postcard beauty of this spectacular New Englandi-looking college community. Indeed, it's somewhat like a Sturbridge Village transplanted to the rolling hills and cornfields of midsouth Ohio that are rapidly becoming bedrooms for upper-end execs employed in Columbus. Four (and more) of the prettiest churches one could imagine w/in spitting distance of each other (ok, you'd best be a tobacco-chewing, tractor-driving pro for this one); a wonderfully wide main street bustling with boutiques, eateries, stores and solvent-so-far banks; several of the neatest inn/B & B/tavern stops one could imagine with both upscale restaurant(s) and burger joints; and of course one of the greatest custard joints on the face of the planet...REALLY! The connecting street between village and the U. on the hill, is closed on Saturdays for the local farmers market, a really convenient, cool tradition. While students might not drool over Granville, their parents love it, and they will too as soon as they enter the alumni phase/can't wait to get back to DU phase of life ...which lasts alot longer than the 8 semesters on the hill.</p>
<p>Unless one is enamored with the noise, crime, and toxicity of the city, Granville might be viewed as about as idyllic as it gets for those embracing the perhaps anachronistic vision of what a great many college campuses and communities were intended and hoped to be.</p>
<p>And the pragmatic good news is that it's just a couple gallons of gas in and out of a million+ metro scene or if one feels need to sample an urban metro campus like Buckeye U. If not the best of both worlds, pretty sweet for each.</p>
<p>We are also on the West Coast, DD is a sophomore and couldn't be happier. You must visit, you won't regret the trip.
I was born and rasied in NE Ohio so when DD only applied to schools in Ohio, PA, & MA I was a little surprised. I took her on a tour of her prospective campuses the last week in January during a sub-freezing week. Visited Kenyon, Wooster, Denison, etc and even with the freezing cold she fell in love with the campus.</p>
<p>Nice to know, plhdad. We are on the west coast, visiting in April. I think D is increasingly anxious about being so far from home, so the visit will be important for us all.</p>