<p>It’s an email with a link to your decision! It gets sent at 5pm Chicago time, but often the site ends up crashing for a while (I know this because my brother went through it a couple years back)</p>
<p>What happened two years ago was unusual. Last year, overall, was fine.</p>
<p>We have two kids who have been through this (Go Cats!!), and one thing that happens every year is that a LOT of the NU decision emails get lost in people’s SPAM. When decisions start arriving (I’m guessing Thursday or Friday evenings) remember to keep an eye on your Junk Mailbox. Also - try to set up your filters NOW to allow any mail from northwestern to be delivered to your inbox. I’ll try to see what the “from” addresses looked like our kids’ years (one was last year).</p>
<p>The other thing that seemed true in past years was that the emails arrived in batches.</p>
<p>Ok… here are the addresses notifications came from both our kids’ years, so you can add these to your “Safe” list in case they use the same this year:</p>
<p>2013 Decisions email: Northwestern University Office of Undergraduate Admission [ug-admission=<a href="mailto:ugadm.northwestern.edu@emailcampaigns.net">ugadm.northwestern.edu@emailcampaigns.net</a>]; on behalf of; Northwestern University Office of Undergraduate Admission [<a href=“mailto:ug-admission@ugadm.northwestern.edu”>ug-admission@ugadm.northwestern.edu</a>]</p>
<p>2010 ED Decisions email: Northwestern University [<a href="mailto:northwesternu@c.422x.com">northwesternu@c.422x.com</a>]</p>
<p>The subject both years was: Northwestern Application - Status Update</p>
<p>Fingers crossed for all of you!!</p>
<p>Thanks, and fingers crossed</p>
<p>Thanks!! @momcares
Kinda mad that NU doesn’t tell anyone what day they’re releasing decisions @<a href=“mailto:.@”>.@</a>. CC is left to discuss and argue over what day it’ll be lol</p>
<p>hopefully the agony that they’re putting us through will be worth it! ;-)</p>
<p>Anyone know if the amount of applicants increased or decreased this year? </p>
<p>when will NU decisions come out? What date?</p>
<p>@MrHopp they increased by 1.3%</p>
<p>@LanaHere 5pm Chicago time this Thursday or Friday!
Good luck to all 
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<p>Good luck everyone!</p>
<p>For decisions do they have a portal we need to login or it comes in an email ?</p>
<p>They send a link on an email and that takes you to the letter.</p>
<p>Thanks jcrush18</p>
<p>Omg this is just like waiting for and extrapolating nmsf cutoffs haha</p>
<p>I applied for arts and science. So excited, less than 5 days. @jcrush18</p>
<p>wait, are decisions released today?!</p>
<p>@rtv2014 where did you hear that?</p>
<p>no i was just confused reading this thread, i read it wrong!! sorry!</p>