<p>I called the NU admissions office during my study hall last period. The representative said that she wasn't sure exactly what was going on, but that the decisions would probably be posted, in totality, today at 6 or 7. At 6AM EST today, the site said I was accepted to Medill. So, needless to say, I will be quite upset if this was only an error.</p>
<p>arctic, i posted the text of the message in this thread: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=163464%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=163464</a></p>
<p>k thanks ill check it out</p>
<p>Another Northwestern thread on this site, "Official Posting Time," contains a report by cny06 who says Admissions Office told them TODAY admission decisions would be posted "within the next 48 hours" 48 hours? ARGHHHHHH.</p>
<p>i checked mine, w/ no email, @ around 6 50 est, then again at about 8 30 est at school. acceptances up. down now, still no email.</p>
<p>Yeah I checked mine around 8:00 Eastern time this morning and found out I was accepted.</p>
<p>Obviously, the admissions office was mistaken when they said that the window was only fifteen minutes long. I do believe, however, that since they tested its functionality already, they are ready to be released this evening, as numerous statements from the admissions office have confirmed on this thread.</p>
<p>does that mean everyone who checked and didnt get anything at that time in the morning was rejected?</p>
<p>Nothing is for certain except for the fact that if you managed to glimpse your decision earlier this morning, that decision is real. If you didn't, it could simply mean that you missed the window of opportunity. Don't read too much into it. Just wait for tonight. The absolute, hopefully glitch-proof, decisions will be released then.</p>
<p>Well out of nearly 5000 acceptances possible, between 30 and 60 CCers were accepted. You have to know that not everyone is suddenly out of luck. Besides, they were probably working on the system throughout the morning and that was the reason for people seeing the announcements at different times.</p>
<p>Is it supposed to be released tonight at 6:00 central time zone. 6:00 eastern time zone.</p>
<p>sorry or 6:00 eastern time zone.</p>
<p>Central Time. Don't bet on it to be exactly 6 PM. A rep has said that it's between 6 and 7 PM.</p>
<p>Okay so I just called the admissions office and the woman basically had no idea what she was talking about. She said that she didn't know what decisions were posted this morning and that all she knew was that the server was down and they were trying to fix it. It makes me slightly nervous...I didn't print out my acceptance page.</p>
<p>It doesn't make any sense for there to be a glitch that alters decisions already loaded into the system. When they tried it this morning, whether it was releasing all decisions or only acceptances, they were checking the system's functionality. The glitch may be only releasing acceptances, as was the case last year, but to switch people's decisions around seems like a much less likely occurrence.</p>
<p>Also, a woman this morning who seemed to KNOW about the scheduled testing of the system confirmed that all decisions released were real.</p>
<p>okay good, and i just made my dad call for me and he talked to the person who knew about the testing of the system, and she confirmed my acceptance so i'm much happier now. hahah</p>
<p>did she confirm ur acceptance specifically or for all those who found an acceptance this morning?!</p>
<p>IHS, for the umpteenth time, the decisions released this morning are REAL.</p>
<p>phew thats a relief! I havent got a fedex although all other int'ls have got hard copies of their acceptance letters. Thank god the decisions were for real!</p>