My daughter applied to Indiana University last week. Does anyone know when she may here about a decision?
Can she tell in the portal if IU has received all pieces of the application? The only required piece that isn’t in her control is the HS transcript. Letters of rec aren’t in her control either, but they aren’t required…did she assign recommenders to IU?
The IU website says they will begin releasing decisions in early October. Deadlines: How to Apply: Office of Admissions: Indiana University Bloomington
The season has barely opened and it’s to everybody’s mental health and well-being to do everything you know how to do to bring down the thermostat! As @Mwfan1921 pointed out IU’s general timeline is on the website, which is common enough.
Note that within a general timeline there can be a lot of variation, which applicants often try to parse (friend applied on Day X and got an answer on Day X + 22, but I applied on Day X and it’s Day X + 30 and haven’t heard yet- what does that mean?!), ratcheting up the anxiety levels.
You can help your daughter by tamping it down: it will come when it comes / trying to figure out what a fast (or slow) response means is as effective as reading tea leaves / there are lots of administrative elements that affect how and when answers go out that are completely unrelated to your particular application / etc. Encourage her to do things that are physical, and/or that are useful to other people- use up the excess endocrine activity the anxiety is creating, change the focus from herself to somebody with tangible needs.
This matters for you too! I hope that you have a smooth admissions season- but for most of us it’s a bit of a roller coaster…
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Check the portal now. My son’s seems to have changed from “Applicant.” Not 100% clear but fairly certain it’s positive sign
My daughter’s portal changed also… there is no status at all now. Just her application information. Not sure what that means, but we are waiting a few days to see if it changes back or again.
My daughter got her acceptance this morning. So I think they may be starting to send them out.
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