Odd Macalester Letter

<p>Applied regular decision. I did apply for financial aid but called them just this morning saying that my IDOC would be in late but ASAP.</p>

<p>Last week we got a letter saying they got her updated transcript and her app was now complete (this after several letters reminding us they needed her final grades - her semester didn’t end until mid February and the guidance office took a week to process). Any idea how long it should take to get a decision?</p>

<p>Prozack, the letters are due to go out by April 1.</p>

<p>Lots of schools say that, then send a week or two earlier. I was poking around on this site trying to figure out when last year’s letter’s started arriving, but couldn’t really find anything to help…</p>

<p>On last year’s thread someone who lived 20 miles from Mac got theirs on the 17th. So most likely mid-march they will go out.</p>

<p>Searching through the archives, dates of first posted result:</p>

<p>Admit year: Date
2012: 3-17
2011: 3-21
2010: 3-19
2009: 3-17</p>

<p>Thanks. I saw the recent posts about admit letters and started wondering. Of course, that pretty well describes the entire last 3 months!</p>

<p>My daughter did not get that letter…and she just got her rejection letter…so…maybe it does mean something??</p>

<p>child got the odd letter. despite no FA need. To us it read like a warning 1) expect that FA will not match need and 2) that many more qualified applicants than spots. Possible intent: manage expectations?
for #1) called FA office to clarify & make sure they did not think child erred in marking the NO FA box. Spoke to senior FA staff who knew nothing of the letter, said they had not and would not send anything like that; confirmed they knew of no need AND was extremely rude & cutting. (that interaction could have been the “warning sign”: she probably already knew outcome. )
for #2) nothing to do - child with 1500+ cr & math. 3.0 gpa from “top” high school relies on multiple choice tests, regurgitation, scant reading/writing (child’s strengths).
Outcome: rejected
On to other places.</p>

<p>by the way, URM, flooded with mailings from MAC since taking PSAT as sophmore</p>

<p>secondround–I feel your pain. Son goes to highly competitive Catholic high school, gpa is 3.1 on a 4.0, 1470 SAT, approx. 25th percentile. Almost noone gets the high 3 gpa’s that seem like they are a dime a dozen on CC, the kids that do go to MIT and Harvard. At the drastically less rigorous public his siblings attended he would have cruised to top 10% and something in the high 3’s for a gpa. But he got a much better education. While have not heard yet, expecting rejection.</p>