<p>So when does Rice announce its decisions for RD candidates? Surely last year the decisions were released before April 1st.</p>
<p>I think they were…
Hey! Someone ought to make a Rice RD countdown thread!</p>
<p>I just looked it up. Last year, the first wave was March 23.</p>
<p>First wave? Rice has pseudo-rolling?</p>
<p>It might be a volume thing. Some people posted they got word on the 23rd; others said it was the 24th. Didn’t look beyond that.</p>
<p>Okay. Thanks!</p>
<p>Rice releases all decisions at same time ± some minutes.</p>
<p>How, email?</p>
<p>and when??</p>
<p>Well last year the 23rd was a Monday, so this year could we expect it to be this monday?! (22nd)</p>
<p>I think so!! a Monday!! good luck you guys!(and me too) :D</p>
<p>I hate to rain on this parade… but I’m pretty sure Rice isn’t going to release decisions until very close to the 1st this year. I called inquiring about the date because I’m traveling to Dallas next week and was wondering if there’s any chance I’d hear in time to potentially schedule a trip down to Houston, but the representative to whom I talked told me that the unbelievable amount of applicants Rice received this year is forcing them to withhold decisions until around the 31st. I’m hoping this was misinformation, but the fact that Rice didn’t send out likely letters also suggests that last year’s precedent is not being followed this year.</p>
<p>Because I’m obsessive like that, I looked at past threads and they said the same EXACT thing that because of greater applicants, it would be later. However, they still ended up releasing decisions early. </p>
<p>And U of Chicago, even with a 40% increase, still could release decisions by yesterday! While WashU followed the early March date they did last year. </p>
<p>So here’s looking for Monday/Tuesday!</p>
<p>We did a similar thing with ED this year, looking at past threads to see decision dates, but it ended coming out on the 15th at 5:00, the latest possible time. This is despite the fact that last year, they came out on the 12th. So, if I were you guys, I would expect a 31st or 1st decision date, and be pleasantly surprised by anything earlier.</p>
<p>“Unbelievable amount of applicants”… That really stinks, haha.</p>
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<p>haha yeah i was one of the EDers this year hoping it would come at least 10 minutes early, but it actually came 30 mins late for me :P</p>
<p>Anyone got the statistics for % application rise?</p>
<p>I heard 5% increase from someone on another thread, but I don’t know how accurate that statistic is.</p>
<p>THIS JUST IN!</p>
<p>So this is speculation, but I just heard (like, literally 2 minutes ago–I’m obsessed!!) from a friend that she was called by Rice (they left a message I believe) that decisions were <em>supposed</em> to come out today but due to the increase in applicants they will be coming out much closer to April 1st. Also–and I’m not sure if this is what they said or her speculations–it might be the 31st.</p>
<p>So I guess we’ll just have to continue waiting…</p>
<p>Darn, I was hoping for some news this week.</p>