<p>For college admissions, there’s even more flexibility in the date of releasing results. Some colleges release them when the admissions office and financial aid office are done, usually a few days before targeted date (e.g., Stanford). Some send “likely letters” weeks or months in advance of the official results date to some but not all of the students they eventually admit, which can crank up the anxiety on those waiting for an answer. So, consider this all practice for senior year! Good luck to those waiting on prep schools right now. </p>
<p>P.S. NMH is a first rate school. I think that their admissible-but-no-FA phone calls must be painful for them to make, as well as for parents to hear, so kudos to them for the personal touch.</p>
<p>Judgments about fair & unfair vary by the person, though teens are likely to take up their parent’s viewpoint if there is prior trust and candor.</p>
<p>We were very surprised to get the email about early decision from NMH and could not tell whether it was Tuesday or Wednesday at midnight based on how it was worded. I thought it was Wednesday and daughter thought it was tonight. I thought she went to bed, but now she’s up. So I guess we’re staying up till midnight!</p>
<p>So we received an e-mail to check tonight at midnight only to read that the decision will be posted on March 10th. HUH?!? Why bother getting us so excited?</p>
<p>Oh, Ehphant and starkali . . . I’m so sorry. :(</p>
<p>@OutofLurkdom - What you saw was the placeholder. Even though it says that your decision won’t be up 'til the 10th, I think what it means is that your decision either is delayed or isn’t going to be posted at all . . . which might happen if you were financial aid waitlisted, but there could be other reasons as well. (Call the school and ask!)</p>
<p>@carolaur - Decisions were definitely posted tonight, so if you guys don’t see one, I’d call the school tomorrow and ask. Heck, I’d call right now and ask . . . maybe they’re there!</p>
<p>As a parent, and my daughter concurs, we didn’t like NMH jumping the gun. We think it’s kind of rude, when so many schools have agreed to a common notification date. And midnight on a school night? </p>
<p>My dd’s letter was unfortunately a rejection and we have days to wait to see other results. Kind of casts a pall…</p>
<p>Even if your child gets an acceptance letter, it seems that NMH wants to hog the glory.</p>
<p>NMH also struck a sour note with us when they sent out a letter dated Feb. 8 talking about how they use financial aid to create a particular student body and they wanted us to have this information when we “evaluate schools for your child and discuss the process and possibilities with them.” Kind of late for that in mid February! We knew some schools are selective beyond financial need in who they give support to; this letter seems somewhat ominous. Did everybody get this letter or was this a sort of “your kid is not looking too promising in the financial aid department” warning??</p>
<p>Also I want to set the record straight. According to NMH’s rejection letter, their acceptance rate is about 14%, not the 31% on boardingschoolreview.com. We wish we had had accurate figures to choose a better range of schools. I think what happened is that when NMH downsized, they continued to get the same number of applicants.</p>
<p>allooknac: As Dodgersmom pointed out, that stat. in your letter does not account for yield. Y applicants for X spots does NOT mean only X number of people are accepted; it means X plus whatever number are accepted but choose another school. That said, I agree with you that their admit rate is likely to be lower this year. </p>
<p>Just speculating, but I wonder if the February letter was sent after NMH realized that they had far more FA applicants than usual. </p>
<p>None of which, I know, is going to make your family feel any better. Those denials are hard. And I agree with you about NMH jumping the gun–go with rolling admissions or stick with the standard deadline.</p>
<p>I agree, this is midterm exams for many students so why send bad news in the middle of a school week? Although the thinking might be that this period is spring break (since it is for many BS campuses) and the applicants are home (which is often not true of public schools). Or that it then allows the committee to relax and go on vacation. I wish, given the substantial application fees, that schools would FedEx packages to students to arrive on the first Friday or Saturday closest to the tenth. Or email stats on a Friday night so families have the weekend to process the information. Many students have a hard time concentrating in class while waiting for notifications to arrive. Going to school the day after declines arrive is a pretty hard process.</p>