Hi everyone, I know we have a while until decisions come out but here is just a page where people can share their thoughts
Hello everyone
Time is definitely dragging until decision day
Let’s get stirred up: so March 31 is the decision date? Is that the final date by which we will hear or the absolute date?
I think that is the latest date we will hear by. A lot of schools post their decisions earlier and I’m really hoping Macalester is one of those schools.
Have you visited?
What are you doing over spring break?
A letter I got from Mac says that most of the regular decisions will come out March 20.
@Lizardly I sadly have not had a chance to visit yet but I hope to over spring break. What about you?
Son did visit. He went on a January day which sounds insane except that we live in a warm climate so for him it made sense. He had a great time and couldn’t stop talking about it.
We are going to stay here and twiddle our thumbs over break.
We live in Minnesota. I will say that winter in Minnesota is tough from January to end of March. Quite frankly, its very manageable, and the key is to dress warm and enjoy the amazing Twin CIties. From April through the rest of the year it’s a fantastic place to live. Great restaurants, theater, culture, low crime, and an incredibly vibrant business environment. In fact, if I’m not mistaken the Twin Cities is in the top 10 markets for headquartered Fortune 500 companies (Target, Best Buy, Cargill, US Bank, General Mills, etc.).
Actually just checked. The Twin Cities is ranked 5th in the U.S. for the number of headquartered Fortune 500 companies.
Will there be likely letters? Scrolling through past years’ threads, there used to be.
@Lizardly , it seems the last thread about likely letters was made in 2013. Maybe they didn’t send them out last year (and won’t this year)?
We will see! I don’t want to freak anyone out, just generate some conversation.
So…anybody got spring break plans?
Just got my admissions decision and I was REJECTED 
Just accepted as a DeWitt Wallace Scholar!
@ammo96 so sorry! Hopefully you will wind up a great place for yourself. Did you get the decision via the portal or snail mail?
@Dawnpaige aw thank you…I got it through the portal…this is actually my 2nd rejection, first one being UChicago which I thought was understandable considering the fact my results were not the highest and my writing supplement wasn’t the greatest either but I had my hope in Macalester and then BAM!..welp, I have 5 more choices so there’s still little hope
omg!!! i was not expected Macalester to post decisions under March 30… that e-mail got me by surprise.
well…let’s see what the decision is