<p>Sorry, I’m a tad bit critical of myself as far as my scores go; I only took the ACT once, and I totally botched the science section, so that’s what I mean by it’s not terribly incredible. By all means it’s not a bad score, but I am confident that had I taken it again, it would be a 34.</p>
<p>Edit: In the broader context though, the rolling letter only comes by mail. Even though it’s dated March 1, it seems as though they mailed them on Friday, so it may still come in the next few days. It’s a single sheet of thin, watermarked paper in a pretty nondescript envelope. And they don’t update the online status check, so don’t fret if that still shows “has been forwarded to the admissions staff for review”, at least mine still does.</p>
<p>I still do not understand. If people are admitted based off of what majors adcoms choose to admit, then why aren’t all ILR students notified if it’s under one major…? Do they admit by region or high school then? or is it completely random?</p>
<p>@MJG Rolling admissions are generally given, to the best of my knowledge, to the students the Adcom feels are the strongest and may be tempted by other schools. In this way, these letters come as a sort of really strong likely letter, since ILR, etc. aren’t constrained by the Ivy Notification Date, so instead of just saying you’re highly competitive and most likely going to be granted admission, an actual letter conferring it is a major tool the adcom can use in tweaking yield. However, they still want to have as much time as possible to make their decisions, so for the apps which don’t blow them out of the water, they hold off on giving their decision until the common Ivy date anyways, just out of habit.</p>
<p>It’s the applicants who have made it through the system as accepted by a set date. If this were true, you would not have those who were deferred early decision receive notification.</p>
<p>I wondered if FA factored in as well. If they’ve decided to admit, and there’s no FA component, I would think it would be a quicker process. I understand it is need-blind, but I assume they decide on admission, then decide the FA package. Did any of the kids accepted rolling require FA? I have no actual information, just wondered if people think this might have an effect.</p>
<p>The admissions readers have no idea whether you’ve applied for financial aid or not. Need blind means they are reading blind to this. Financial aid has nothing to do with whether you get in rolling.</p>
<p>There is no specific date or whether you’re really smart. they are chose at random. not a lot of people get in through rolling anyways. let’s just wait :(</p>
<p>Sun^ They are NOT chosen at random. They are applicants that are viewed as very strong, even if they were deferred from ED. Initially they might not have looked strong, but now do compared to the RD applicants. This is esp. true for hotel that only accepts 30-40 ED applicants. Congrats to those who just heard. To those that are still waiting - only a few applicants are notified before March 30 & it doesn’t mean anything that you haven’t heard yet. You just need to hang in there a little longer! Good luck!!</p>
<p>Doesn’t “Rolling Admission” mean that applicants are reviewed in the order of their application submission? If I was deferred in ED and sent my additional materials around mid January, how is my order? Am I reviewed earlier or later than RD applicants?</p>