<p>Hello All! Good luck with your EA/RD admissions! I thought I'd start up a thread so you can see who is applying this year.</p>
<p>S applied EA & loved what he saw on tour & from speaking to current & former students. Do they release decisions on a rolling basis or all at once?</p>
<p>From what I understand decisions are all mailed out at once basically, around mid-December.</p>
<p>MylesCK - my son heard the week of Christmas. Good luck! You’ll know when SMU sends out their decisions because this board will be streaming! 
What does your son want to study?</p>
<p>My son also found out last year the week before Christmas. Hopefully there will be a nice big red envelope in your mailbox at that time. My son is finishing up his first semester and is having a wonderful time. Likes all of his classes and has made a lot of new friends.</p>
<p>I’m planning on applying.</p>
<p>Sent from my DROID RAZR using CC</p>
<p>NJ, he wants to study business, so the plan is to work hard freshman year to gain entrance into Cox.</p>
<p>Any news on when decisions come out?</p>
<p>Nothing has gone out yet, and they’re in committee this week. Expect it closer to the week of the 17th - 21st</p>
<p>Thanks for the info. Happy Holidays!</p>
<p>Hey John, any update on whether the decisions have been sent out yet or not? Or any update on when they will be sent out?
Thanks</p>
<p>I worked on stuffing envelopes on Monday - I felt like Santa’s nerdy elf. They’re working feverishly and last round of committee is still going on, but packets should go out Friday or early next week. Admits and defers are being mailed at the same time this year, and scholarship offer from SMU (individual colleges, programs, honors, etc are later) will be included.</p>
<p>Thanks a bunch</p>
<p>Smu is my top choice, but it all comes down to scholarship money and program acceptance (BBA Scholar). I’m so nervous!!</p>
<p>John–do you know if the decision will be posted online? We’re going to be traveling early next week til after Christmas and we’d love to know his status before we get back.</p>
<p>John, a lot of schools have an increased acceptance rate with early action… Is this true with SMU?</p>
<p>SMUhopeful, </p>
<p>Acceptance rates for early action versus regular acceptance are roughly the same. However, the benefit of applying early action is that it is typically a more SMU-motivated applicant pool and you get more time to make an informed college choice. Since you don’t have to make a final decision until May, if you apply early action then you have several months to visit SMU, as well as other schools, to ensure you’re making the right choice for you!</p>
<p>We’re a mail-only school, unfortunately. I wanted to know sooner, too, but the packet you’ll get makes the wait worth it! Packet stuffing finished today, and should start being mailed tomorrow.</p>
<p>John,
When you say packets will go out starting “tomorrow”, do you mean mailed Friday or Saturday? Thanks!</p>
<p>Packets should go out today, Friday the 14th–barring any operational catastrophes.</p>