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Dear xxxxxx,
Thank you for your application to Northeastern University!
We are currently in the midst of our Early Action review process and wanted to share a few reminders before the new year:
Early Action decisions will be released electronically no later than February 1.
If you have received good news from another institution and decided to enroll there, we ask that you please withdraw your application by logging in to your Application Status Check.
The university will be closed for winter break from Saturday, December 23 through Monday, January 1. Customer service will be available by phone at 617-373-2200 for limited hours on Wednesday, December 27 and Thursday, December 28. We will resume regular business hours on Tuesday, January 2.
Should you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us at 617.373.2200 or admissions@northeastern.edu. We hope you’re having a great senior year!
i was deferred. this email was meaningless imo
I have a good feeling about tomorrow, but we’ll see. Fingers crossed!
Yeah I thought I didn’t get that email but now I remember it. Just shows how meaningless it was lol. It’s easy to interpret something as a sign when you get in, but remember that you shouldn’t be misleading other people! Admissions wouldn’t release decisions early or give hints to people early that they were accepted. I applied EDII to Tufts and this thing happened in our portals for a day where some people had options to send in an enrollment deposit, and others didn’t. I had that option, and I thought that it was a pretty clear sign of acceptance, so I got my hopes up, but I was deferred. Some people who had it were rejected, some were accepted. Some didn’t have it and they were accepted. If that’s not a sign, then a standard email or the word “accept” being capitalized on your portal definitely are not! :)). I know you’re all stressed out, and trust me so am I, but we’ve waited this long, we can wait another day or two! No more over-analyzing things!! That only leads to disappointment. Good luck guys :).
Guys, I know that the confusion about the release date is heightening anxiety (totally relate!!), but I’m with sciencenerd– speculating about what a 3 month old email means is not productive.
I would recommend taking a day off from CC (or at least until 5pm tomorrow), and focusing on some self care. Exercise, take a bath, catch up on homework, call your grandma. It’s all out of your hands now, so you might as well use all that waiting time more productively. We can get through this!! 
I’m so nervous about this, I’m an international student, my father is a double husky and NEU is definitely my dream school. If I don’t get in, I may never leave my country, and I want to to have new/different experiences. Fingers crossed.
Keep in mind that the most likely decision dates were yesterday, Tuesday, or tomorrow, Thursday. If they had planned on releasing decisions yesterday then they will be released today. If not them it will be tomorrow.
With the school closed yesterday and a delayed opening today I would be surprised if it was today!
On a positive note, it’s so nice to see soon to be students be so hopeful and excited for the decision, whether anxious or not. But I agree with taking this day to do something for you…soon enough you will be headed off somewhere
@anxiouswreck
as a fellow anxious wreck, thank you for this message. i am obsessively looking here and cannot help it. i’m definitely going to try and wait until later and hopefully we will hear today. take care of yourself, y’all. drink lots of water.
Good luck to everyone whether today or tomorrow.
My S17 was deferred at EA with a 35 ACt and 3.9 GPA along with the vast majority of his classmates at a very large NJ High school. A lot of people in the same boat across the country this year all waiting.
@BoroDad I was deferred with a 35 ACT and a 4.3 GPA along with a bunch of quality classmates in a large MA High School. I have a spot on that boat and I really want to get off. Feeling pretty sea sick at this point.
I was deferred with 33 ACT and 104.15 GPA. Being deferred sucks 
When ED and EA decisions were released, a lot of people, including me, were told by their guidance counselors that they received an email saying that decisions were going to be released later that day. Anyone know if their guidance counselor got an email? I got deferred EA and I am soooo nervous about decisions!
@mgnhddd
i asked my guidance counselor and he said he hasn’t receiveda anything.
My D was deferred from EA. She has a 4.3, and has a high proficiency in mandarin after a study abroad in China. Additionally she is a lineage (multiple times over) including having a grandparent who was a tenured professor… I feel like everything we knew about college admissions has changed! She was accepted into UConn with a merit award and their admissions letter said it was “the most talented and competitive applicant pool in UConn’s history”. I’m sure every year the bar goes up, but I don’t think it’s my imagination that this year is off the rails… There are no guarantees, so prepare for the worst and feel lucky if it goes your way as many well qualified candidates will not get a seat on this train. In the end everyone will end up in a place that’s right for them!
All 4 of my possible decisions are capitalized. Before, only waitlist was uncapitalized.
i just checked and the same thing is true with mine @greenfrogmemes
my waitlist is not capitalized