<p>If Lubin is having accepted student open houses tomorrow, then why is the admission's office claiming that they are still sending out acceptances and that they are not doing it geographically? Seems to me that if you live in the greater NYC area you should have heard in time to attend this reception. I find this pretty cruel. Just send all the local area results at once. The accepted kids in my son's school heard last week. So now they are all going to this open house and my son is still not told his fate. Really tacky Syracuse.</p>
<p>that does seem very odd and something syracuse should have thought about earlier...not a great move on Syracuse's part....totally agree with you</p>
<p>I totally agree, everybody in my school heard from Syracuse last Friday except for me. I'm almost positive that I should be accepted based on past statistics. I did not hear from them this weekend either. The accepted students day is April 1 and I don't even know if I'm in yet. It is ridiculous and I'm starting to think about going to uconn.</p>
<p>D was accepted and some of her friends haven't yet heard. I, too, thought that having an open house for accepted students before all the students have been accepted was a terrible thing for Syracuse to do.</p>
<p>BTW, D did not attend the open house.</p>
<p>I'm sorry to hear about your son listening to other kids talking about the open house. I haven't heard either, but despite trying to remain positive, I had a feeling the first weekend, and even more this weekend that I'm probably either waitlisted or rejected. </p>
<p>They should be like other colleges and just send an email a day or two before so you know when to expect it, or post it on the website. I can understand the logic of wanting to do it over time or do it geographically (which would avoid the situation your son is in), but weeks and no word when others in the same school are hearing...come on, SU.</p>
<p>I live in New Jersey and have not heard yet either.</p>
<p>Yea, I applied as a transfer and they told me I could here anytime til May if they need spring transcripts. And that sucks because not only do I miss the NYC open house I miss all the ones at Syracuse as well..</p>
<p>I went to the open house in NYC today. I think they will probably offer more in the coming weeks. It was only about an hour and a half. They had local alumni speak. It was very good but not a huge dog and pony show so I think they will be able to do more in the near future.
PS It helped my daughter make up her mind in a huge way!</p>
<p>I have to agree with you about this. I am so disappointed with SU, and I am an alum. I always have been so proud of Syracuse and wear my orange faithfully with pride. My D has not heard yet and this is her last school to hear from, as well as her first choice. All her other schools sent out letters or emails when they said they would and with in days of each other (like Northeastern). We would like to plan our spring break, but can't until she hears from Syracuse (if we need to use that time to go back to other campuses). But to hold accepted student open houses before everyone has heard is tacky and I am embarrassed by my beloved university.</p>
<p>just a quick question...where did you hear that accepted student's day is April 1st. i was told there was four days in mid-April, so I figured I had plenty of time to find a day.</p>
<p>Yeah I thought it said April first, but I just looked it up again, the spring receptions are right here...
<a href="http://admissions.syr.edu/admittedinfo/pdfs/pdfs/2009/Spring-Reception-Invitation.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://admissions.syr.edu/admittedinfo/pdfs/pdfs/2009/Spring-Reception-Invitation.pdf</a></p>
<p>Cathy1~ thanks for the link...
S in New Jersey still no news..
Good Luck everyone!</p>
<p>outofstate, your son was probably Denied. Get over it! Calling the University cruel over that situation is way overboard. Yes, they should have sent your son his decision before the event takes place but you have absolutely no right to call the University cruel. Syracuse is one of the classiest institutions in the country and as a current student I find your remarks quite offensive. You don't know what goes on within the University. There will be 1 or 2 more admitted students open houses at Lubin House and other places etc. before the school year begins so get off your high horse and just wait patiently.</p>
<p>Best of luck to your son.</p>
<p>^^ you're an ass</p>
<p>outofstate - here's another thought. Lubin house was pretty small. If they had all of their admittees there at once, it would have been chaos and very unproductive. Besides, from what I could tell it was just Visual and Performing Arts Students.
Just logistics really, I think.</p>
<p>House of London-It's great to support your school, but you need some sensitivity-training. Your response to outofstate is needlessly harsh. Every large school is a bit bureaucratic and sometimes some oversights are made. They are unfortunate. I do believe there will be other open houses available to those who are admitted in the next round. I think there is a multi-college information day in April, as opposed to the individual school ones being held now. Hang in there outofstate and all others still waiting for a response.</p>
<p>It makes sense for SU to hold an 'early' reception for accepted students in New York, since that is where many of their BFA Drama and MT majors come from. And it may very well be that the April 1st accepted day was geared specifically for BFA students (without actually saying that), since SU is vying with many other colleges/universities and conservatories to 'cast a class' of about 20 students that can work together as an ensemble. I have the sense that those whom they want badly in the BFA program are offered admission during the first 'wave' of letters and emails. An early reception day gives SU the opportunity to 'sell' the school to those students, before they finalize decisions. It's a different process than regular admissions because (a) the incoming classes for BFA Drama and MT are very small in comparison to the others; and (b) they really need to attract kids of different looks and talents to make the ensemble work.</p>
<p>^^ I agree, if that is what the reception was for and all the MT and BFA students had heard of the acceptance or declines. I was under the wrong impression it was for all students.</p>
<p>Looking back at my post, I feel that it was indeed a bit audacious but outofstate chose the wrong words to call the school out and she most likely doesn't know much about how the school operates. Posts like the OP's leaves an impression on prospects which is why you shouldn't just throw any statement or remark out there.</p>
<p>Browneyes and researchmaven, I agree with both yor logics. In addition to the multi-college day you mentioned, there is also the Multi-cultural Spring program in April for admitted students to stay for approx. 3 days and get a feel for what the school is like.</p>
<p>Thank you so much for those kind words, London. I had no idea that school spirit at Syracuse was so strong that a comment about the admissions process would create such intense feelings from a student. Wow! Can't even say how much I hope my son has the opportunity to join your ranks. </p>
<p>I did not attack you, London. I commented on an admissions policy. You need to be less defensive or, despite that orange peel wrapped around you, you will not survive. </p>
<p>For the record, it is perfectly doable to send out admits geographically. And, some schools (the Ivies for example) seem to have no trouble sending out tens of thousands of answers on ONE DAY via a website that one logs into. Syracuse certainly has the finances to set up a website and do the same. It is simply unkind and unnecessary to send out acceptances to a particular high school student body and hold rejections or wait listings for weeks, no matter how many receptions Lubin holds.</p>