Do you think decisions could possibly be released either tomorrow or Wednesday since they have released it on Tuesdays and Wednesdays for the last three years?
I’m hoping…
Tomorrow seems unlikely. Seems early. But maybe Wednesday. According to last year’s CC feed, there was no email to prospective students until the portal was updated. So, no heads up a few days prior to decision day like some schools do.
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I put a call in to the school yesterday regarding some other questions but I got the chance to ask a lady from admissions about the early action release date. She said they were still reading through the last ones and no decisions had been sent out yet. She said probably mid month. So could be as late as next week I was thinking.
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Still reading through apps? Seems late. Maybe they had more apps than usual. Would not be normal timeline if they don’t send decisions until next week. That’s a week later than recent history. Most schools seem to be same as last year or even a little early!
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Yes I agree. She probably just didn’t want to tell me too much.
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anyone else check portal multiple times a day just in case?
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Everyone thinking it could be today? Looks like last year, emails were sent around 5:00 PST to let kids know their decisions were up. I’m just assuming that time based on the thread from last year when it seemed decisions started to be posted at that time. D doesn’t even know. She’s swamped with school work. Next Friday is the end of the semester. I’ll have her check her email at 7:00 our time!
on the website I think it says notification in late december for EA despite that historically it has been closer to the front end of the month. I feel like they are intentionally setting expectations for later so that they can exceed them.
I guess none of us really know. They could have put that language on their website six months ago and maybe it says “late Dec” every year. Plus is says “decisions will be mailed” which is odd because decisions aren’t mailed so I don’t think that verbiage on that page of their website means much. History shows decisions come this week and it’s been like that for at least three years. Doesn’t seem like any schools so far have swayed from their typical decision date (except for U Mich that let everyone know that EA decisions moved to Jan from Dec).
Anyway, I guess we will know soon enough. I’m just a little stressed since it’s D’s first decision.
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Ah. Maybe they do “mail” decisions and send those out on the same day they update the portals. 
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Not that it matters here, but UMich has stated a response is guaranteed “by end of January.” IMO, they haven’t eliminated the possibility of releasing during the same timeframe as prior years. We’re all just assuming there will be a delay.
OTOH, while I hope SCU will release decisions today, as they have in prior years, my gut feel is that they will delay the release. But I hope not. D21 has so much work to do for school and EC, I don’t think she’s even thinking about SCU’s decision right now.
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Actually I did call out Michigan (maybe on another thread?) as one that pushed their date out but they get tens of thousands of apps and have had a hard time in the last two years reading all of them by Dec so I’m not surprised that they’ve changed their date. And same with D when it comes to school. Super busy and has no idea she could hear from any school this week.
The “Michigan can’t read all their EA apps” is a theory floated for as many years as I’ve been watching these threads. I personally don’t subscribe to it. UMich receives roughly 40,000 EA apps and accepts somewhere between 7,000-8,000 students in EA, which is about their overall acceptance rate.
UMich has the 8th largest endowment in the US (+/-) and computer algorithms really do most of the work for a very large admissions staff.
@SingingBusDriver (UMich insider) used to post on the forum prior to the EA release, but likely got scared off a couple years ago when some students decided to go after him/her for a delay of a day, IIRC. He/she gave some great insight, including stating that the “can’t read all the apps” myth is just that, a myth, but not reality.
Anyway, enough UMich. D21 has no interest in applying there. She doesn’t want to follow D18.
SCU would be a nice “get” for D21, but it’s not in her Top 2, at least.
praying they come out tonight I cannot deal with the waitingggggggggg
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I’ve been checking their Instagram but no one filling envelopes yet. Lol.
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do they always post on their story the day of
great looks like it’s not out
Right. We just have to sit tight. Will be interesting to see if it comes tomorrow or Friday which would be similar dates to the last few years, just different days of the week…or if we need to wait until next Wed. D has two other decisions coming next week. Was kind of hoping to get this out of the way this week!
Oof S could use good news this week!
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