<p>I just recieved my mail for the day and no Vandy letter. I only like 20 minutes away from Vanderbilt. This anticipation is ridiculous.</p>
<p>yeah, just got my mail too, no letter. I’m in Florida though so I wasn’t expecting it today</p>
<p>I didn’t get one either, and I live close too! Did anyone??!! I am EXASPERATED.</p>
<p>I live in philly too, no letter today tomorrow for sure though</p>
<p>Thom,</p>
<p>Thanks for all your posts. I think Vanderbilt needs to look into software whereby on D Day (Decision Day) applicants can enter their SSN, or access code and password (ie each applicant recieves a user or access code and password upon completion of all application materials) and upon logging in will receive either an acceptance notice, deferral or rejection. That way you are not sending out 100s of emails and the students can check as they have time. You can then follow up by USPS mail. I believe either Duke, U Penn or Michigan have this arrangement as do other schools if Vandy wants to investigate it further. Just a thought. This waiting is making folks crazy. I read about students not sleeping, eating or just plain bugging out. How very sad and preventable:)</p>
<p>Princesslucy:
How close to Nashville are you? I live in Hendersonville and thought that my letter would be here today for sure.</p>
<p>this wait is killing me!! good luck to everyone!</p>
<p>What time does the admissions office open tomorrow morning?</p>
<p>8 am central! But I will wait until noon to check mail before I call. Too scary to call :(</p>
<p>This is ridiculous, I can’t concentrate in school because of this! We are the last people to hear and I need to know if I need to be working on a thousand other applications for regular decision! I am going to wait until the mail comes tomorrow if it isn’t there I will call, but that must be the most awkward conversation either way cause it’s like, do I celebrate on the phone or do i cry on the phone???
They should e-mail us today like the international students!</p>
<p>Thom;</p>
<p>Congratulations to you and your colleagues on finishing your EDI reviews. It must have been an extraordinary amount of work. I simply want to share you with you a couple of comments, and I sincerely hope that they are accepted in the spirit in which they are intended….to help Vanderbilt admissions and future applicants to Vanderbilt. I would post this on the Vanderbilt blog, but of course, the blog is down.</p>
<p>I wholeheartedly support the comments made by both Vanderbiltt2014 and North 2South… As parents (I think), they are speaking from the heart, as am I. </p>
<p>There have been spirited conversations in our household regarding why Vanderbilt uses snail mail rather than e-mail or on line postings. I can only presume that there have been similar spirited conversations within the Vanderbilt admissions community. My child could not understand why, with the technology available, that Vanderbilt would use the USPS. I told him that there are often traditions that are not worth changing and that a day or more of waiting is not a big deal. Now that you have announced that international students will receive there decision by e-mail today, any tradition argument becomes ridiculous. I was obviously wrong.</p>
<p>The lack of communication on the Vanderbilt web site since the EDI deadline passed, beyond musings about coffee and football, created a sense of uncertainty for your applicants. This was puzzling because last year, Vanderbilt (along with UVA) were notorious for being awesome in communicating with its applicants via blogs. That is simply the reality. Your response to a bloggers question on December 14 was the only official recent tidbit of information provided to your applicants about timing, beyond the inconsistent answers that a multitude of students, high school counselors and parents received from those answering phones for admissions. </p>
<p>If you decide to go to an e-mail or on line notification, I suggest that you look to Johns Hopkins. They post at 7pm EST AFTER all the west coast students are home from school, giving each and every applicant the same time frame to determine their fate privately in their home. Inviting our children to call during the school day tomorrow, which many will do, is simply inappropriate. I sincerely wish you and your colleagues only the best with EDII and RD reviews. </p>
<p>damabrliomo</p>
<p>Calling during the school day is a no-no: you’ll either be distracted by a yay or a nay. And you should have a parent around to help if it doesn’t work out.</p>
<p>Parents’ calling can be worse: we want our kids to face this, but that might not be practical. Forget the ‘helicopter’ moniker–the reality is that students shouldn’t be calling from school.</p>
<p>Unless Vandy is able to throw resources at it tomorrow (that is, several folks working the phones with multiple call-in lines and easy access to a look-up) the most likely outcome is that you won’t get through to find out, or will waste hours trying. I hope I am wrong on this, but if that is the case, please don’t be disappointed.</p>
<p>I cautioned y’all that FRIDAY was the day. Most will know by then.</p>
<p>I have read all the posts. I understand that Vandy wants to keep their traditions, but I have to agree that allowing the international students to hear their decisions one to two days early is not very fair. Telling the applicants to call tomorrow to find out their decision is very uncomfortable. No student wants to hear about their decision from a totally anonymous person on the phone. What I don’t understand is that if you are allowing students to call on Thursday when no one will have received their mail, then why not post the decisions on line at that point? It seems that there was no point in doing a mailing.</p>
<p>I love Vandy and I have a sister there who is a Junior. No offense to the quality of the school.</p>
<p>I live in metro Atlanta - no letter today for me, either. Hopefully tomorrow!</p>
<p>are you guys thinking about calling? I really don’t want to-i’d rather wait :/</p>
<p>No appreciation for the thrill of an envelop. </p>
<p>Just out of curiosity, besides the loads of anticipation and potential stress, (I key on potential), what are students losing out on by waiting for the letter? You may say you are losing time for regular decision applications, but the truth is, if students are applying ED they should be prepared enough to have their apps ready to go by now.</p>
<p>Chill out! Enjoy the process! Trust me, opening the letter will mean SO much more than checking a stupid update page.</p>
<p>Alpharetta, Ga - no letter today. Unfair that international students hear first.</p>
<p>Damabrliomo, Very well put --Thank you. BTW, the Johns Hopkins system of 7pm Est to allow for the West Coast Students to be home from school is an excellent approach. I do hope Vanderbilt considers this next year or during regular decision if they can convert their system by then. Text message option is also an idea. If students can call in the 800 number tomororw and ask for their results by text, maybe that would avoid the awkwardness of being on the phone hearing a possible rejection.</p>
<p>Waiting is no fun :(</p>
<p>Hi GCN2,</p>
<p>Actually a very real issue is for guidance counselors, who are trying to get things out the door also. Not knowing for them means extra time spent after school has let out. For example, many private schools are out tomorrow. If Vandy notifies Friday or Saturday, then those folks will have to spend extra time with limited staff while everyone else is on vacation. It may make it difficult for their vacations as planned. You get the idea.</p>