<p>Today, I was informed by several people from my school that Wash U has sent out early notice acceptance letters. I believe in addition to one student who was accepted from our school during ED, that would bring the total of accepted students from my high school to four. </p>
<p>I applied ED myself and was deferred, and I am becoming quite nervous because I have not received any information from Wash U. Apparently, one of the three accepted students got a letter in the mail a day or two ago, and the other two got emails last week and yesterday, respectively. </p>
<p>I checked in the mail and online today but there was not any information on acceptance/rejection. I am becoming quite concerned. I was wondering, does Wash U always send out early notices before accepting an applicant?</p>
<p>Friend<minority, for="" those="" who="" are="" curious=""> from c/o 2006 didn't hear till Mar. 15 (or the saturday of that year). Got his letter 2 weeks later. Don't worry. Currently attends.</minority,></p>
<p>I think you both might be mistaken.
I believe some people are notified about acceptance EARLY...and then a bunch of people are notified about acceptance right ON TIME (before April 1).
So just hang in there, don't loose hope!</p>
<p>Okay, an update with the situation. Apparently there's FIVE applicants accepted from our school this year, and we usually get two or three at most...</p>
<p>Most of the accepted students DO NOT get the early writes. And if you were deferred ED, it would be extremely unlikely for them to send you one...</p>
<p>I think that most of those getting early writes are those for whom there is a special weekend (multicultural, Art, Architecture, etc) to which they are being invited to and require an early RSVP. I agree with nngm that it would not be very common to get an early write/invite if originally deferred ED, even though this did happen to my D. In retrospect, I think she was a very strong candidate in general, but had one C on her first quarter grades, which she subsequently improved upon.</p>