@“Rutherford’s Stamp Collector” , do you have a link? Not doubting you, but I cannot find anything via Google about these updates. Do you work at State?
@jms1822 Notifications come out until 5:45ish, right? I wouldn’t give up yet!
@USCWolverine , Rutherford is on the applicant student chat groups and is getting first-hand reports from students who have received notifications.
@lalaji53, if I’m not mistaken, my daughter got her notification last year after 6pm CST, or just minutes before 6. So yes, notifications can come out at any time. And frankly, I have never seen reports of notifications coming out during the school day before, so I think all bets are off in terms of timeline and how things have worked in the past.
Thanks, @sapmom. I presume Google searches wouldn’t pick up such chats…
Things looking badly for my son then, but it is what it is.
@USCWolverine, don’t give up just yet. Rutherford happens to be my kid. Last year, every single Arabic summer student was notified and posted in the group chat and she had nothing. We had given up. It was almost two hours after people were first reporting receiving their letters when her notification showed up. She’s a semi-finalist for Arabic year this year.
@xncc332, it’s my understanding applicants could not “choose” btw Taiwan and China. Someone more in the know can correct me if that’s inaccurate.
Basically, since the timeline (and time of day) of notifications is so different this year, I wouldn’t start to lose hope on anything until the day is out and there are no cities left to be announced for your program.
@sapmom, congrats to your daughter! I actually wasn’t joking when I thought she might work at State, bc often college administrators, hs counselors, test coaches, etc., actually post on CC.
Thanks for your encouragement. My son spent HOURS on his essays, received a stellar LoR from his Chinese teacher, has the grades, community service, sports, etc. Only question mark was his interview, bc he’s not a chatty kid at all, so who knows how he was graded. We shall see…
Any word on arabic?
It seems these are dribbling out instead of going out all at once by city since Rutherford’s mentioned Xiamen was released last night, but I just heard a few minutes ago. So, hang in there, these seem to be still going out as we speak (or type).
Looks like Xiamen coming out right now.
Thanks for updates and your respective more nuanced input, @JustWaitingHere and @sapmom!
@JustWaitingHere I don’t think Rutherford mentioned Xiamen yesterday.
Yeah, I just asked her. She says she did not see Xiamen mentioned until just a while ago.
You might be thinking of Xi’an? I believe Xi’an was one of the two cities released yesterday.
Previous theory about notifications and second choice languages is not correct. Hindi acceptance here in early March even though Chinese was first choice. Also, all Hindi acceptances were not emailed on the same day.
Honestly, after looking at how things trended over the last 3-4, even 5 years, I think all bets are off this year. Nothing is going the way it has in previous years at all.
I believe all Chinese summer acceptances have been out. I just been notified that I am selected as an Alternate for Chinese Summer 2019
Well, it’s 5:30p ET, so unless they’re working late, my guess is notifications are done for the day. Just purely a guess…