When do I find out whether or not I'm accepted?

Applying to College
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<p>Nine out my eleven schools say that they will notify me by April 1. Does this mean that I will receive a letter on that day or is there a good chance that it will arrive in the mail a week before. Are they ever late? And do most schools post the decisions online the day of? </p>

<p>Here are the schools I applied to RD in case only a few notify through email. </p>

<p>BC<br>
Cornell<br>
Fordham<br>
JHU<br>
Rochester<br>
Swarthmore<br>
Tufts<br>
U of Maryland-College Park<br>
UPENN<br>
Wesleyan</p>

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<p>For the schools that send likely letters you could know in Feb. For the others it will be close to the first of April.</p>

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<p>What are likely letters?</p>

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<p>Does anyone know?</p>

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<p>They are letters sent to candidates a college intends to accept, kind of an early read, saying wink, wink, we are going to accept you. All colleges do not send them and those that do don't send them to everyone they will eventually accept.</p>

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<p>^ Would they send one and then reject you?
As for the OP, after looking at the ED/EA results that other CC members posted regarding their schools of choice, it seems that the results MAY come a day or two early, but never as early as a week, but they're only late in odd cases (when they're late for only a few unlucky individuals).</p>

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<p>It's almost always an athlete thing, so you would likely never get one and then get rejected. At that point, the school is usually fighting for the kid, not the other way so.</p>

<p>Likely letter, that is</p>

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<p>Likely letters are not an athlete thing in the RD round. Most of the athletes were accepted in the ED round. Likely letters are a way of colleges showing the love to their top candidates who they know will also be accepted by colleges they compete with. If you get one, you're in.</p>

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<p>Wow, it looks like I'm in for a long wait. Thanks for the information?</p>