RD Notification timeframe?

<p>Hi, The website says that students will be notified by April 1.
So traditionally, has it been right at April 1st, or even right after OR do they start mailing sometime in the second half of March? I tried to check last year's admission threads and haven't been able to find when their notifications went out.
Just wondering.....</p>

<p>I was on a service trip in New Orleans in mid-late March when I got an email from Rice regarding my admissions decision. I heard that the generally tend to release their decisions around then, and that the April 1st date is a “latest day possible” type deal.</p>

<p>The emails went out March 22 last year.</p>