<p>We're waiting to hear from eleven schools. Should we expect eleven snail mail envelopes to be coming in at once? Or eleven emails? Or do we have to sit at the computers hitting refresh until 3 AM? Or is each school different and we have to figure each one out?</p>
<p>many schools will notify a few days before the deadline.</p>
<p>The ones that post decisions on line will have them usually on line first (with an envelope to follow)</p>
<p>You should be able to figure out each notification method from the school websites or the individual school forums on CC. In several instances, we found out when letters or emails were sent by reading CC. There are surprises each year, too - some schools will tell you they mail responses on April 1st and you receive a letter from the dean a week or two earlier about a scholarship you weren’t aware of - that’s a nice one! 
Best of luck to you and your student.</p>
<p>I’m surprised with 11 schools you haven’t heard from at least one yet! </p>
<p>Moral: always apply to at least one rolling admissions school. ;)</p>
<p>But yeah, they probably won’t all wait until the very end of March to send out those envelopes.</p>
<p>^^Didn’t mean to imply that, my son has been accepted at both safeties via EA. Definitely agree with your suggestion.</p>
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<p>So this seems a little more complicated than I expected. Sounds like we have to check with each school and hope we get the right info. Maybe they think it’s not stressful enough.</p>
<p>I have been surprised at how accurate the college boards on CC are! That’s why I stayed up late Friday night, logging onto one admissions site every 15 minutes or so. At 12:15 am, I was rewarded with a “Register for Orientation” message for my son, and an acceptance into his first choice major.</p>
<p>Will I continue to read CC obssessively once all the admission decisions are in and he’s made his own decision as to what school to attend? Or will I move on to some other internet time-suck?</p>
<p>^^Well, if you want to make yourself miserable, there’s always this:</p>
<p>[Transfer</a> Students - College Confidential](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/transfer-students/]Transfer”>Transfer Students - College Confidential Forums)</p>
<p>LurkerDad, if you don’t want to get sucked in, be sure NOT to check out the “Parents of the class of 2010” thread! Once you get in there, you’re stuck for good. :-)</p>
<p>^She’s right…there’s a reason that thread is over 20,000 posts long</p>
<p>ML, you say that as if it’s a bad thing.</p>
<p>Lurker Dad:</p>
<p>My two are in college, youngest is a freshman. I still ■■■■■ CC, not really sure why, although I took a big break between the oldest (now a senior) and the youngest applying and getting accepted. </p>
<p>It’s an on and off thing. Also, my kids ended up at the same college so I am somewhat obsessed with that college and like to read the scuttlebutt about it on CC.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Yeah… once you have learned what you need to know for your particular student, leave this website and never come back! timesucktimesucktimesuck</p>
<p>ZM - Oh, no, it’s wonderful if you don’t mind being tied to your computer! LOL.</p>
<p>Hmmm… our younger one is in 8th grade, so I think I’m stuck for now!</p>
<p>LurkerDad: I don’t think there’s a thread for the HS Class of 2014 yet; you should start one ;)</p>
<p>Wow, that would be early RobD!</p>
<p>Hi. My name is BengalMom, and I am a CC addict. But really… I could quite any time I want…</p>
<p>Wow. Let’s not forget who is going to college. It’s not us (parental units = “PU”). Let offspring check websites or wait for the mail (whichever the kid prefers). </p>
<p>It is so hard – it is hard not to “know” – it is hard not to open Junior’s mail. But it is SO important that somethings belong, truly, to the kid. You are excited and hopeful and full of visions of the future. Meanwhile, kid is suddenly faced with leaving life long friends and a well known home and school. They may not be as fervent as you and that may be a good thing. </p>
<p>Actually, now is a really, really good time to minimize April 1. Try to be nonchalant. No matter where DS or DD attends, you love them. Make that clear. Make it clear, too, that you admire them for putting it all on the line and trying for some reach programs. </p>
<p>I remember the Barcelona Olympics. A young black man was running in a track event. As he neared the end, he ended up with an injury (pulled hamstring?). He hobbled on toward the finish line. He wasn’t about to quit. He had no chance, at that point, of earning a medal. His father came down, out of the stands, and wrapped his arms around his boy’s shoulders and, together, they hobbled over the finish line. Winners? You betcha. That kid clearly had trained and gave it his all. His father was there WHEN HE NEEDED HELP – but dear old Dad did not run the race for his son. </p>
<p>Let your kid have the joy or the anguish of knowing about the college before you do. It is his or her race. Then help them take the next steps, whatever that may be. </p>
<p>Rant over. But please don’t steal a moment and call it “sharing.”</p>
<p>I was reading one of the college newspapers that had an article about this year’s admission activities, and it mentioned that they would be sending out notification on March 16. So, I suppose, if you REALLY wanted to, you could dig around each colleges website and find out when they are letting people know. </p>
<p>Several of D’s colleges sent a note when she applied ‘your application is complete, and you should be hearing from us by Christmas’.</p>
<p>Oh, I should note that we didn’t hunt down the dates the replies would be sent out, as D figured they would let her know when they were ready.</p>