<p>I know they are working on filing applications right now.</p>
<p>But when do they first review the RD admissions?</p>
<p>My CMU tracking page says folder pulled, committee read. Dated Jan 11.</p>
<p>They started reviewing mine on the 9th, with no transcript thus far(they're probably working their asses off sorting the thousands of pieces of mail sent!).</p>
<p>i went to Penn's admission office on Jan. 2, and the two women at the front desk (adcoms, i'm assuming) were flipping through someone's common app...</p>
<p>That scares me. I may already be rejected.</p>
<p>"review" is vague.
"they" is also vague.</p>
<p>Schools vary in methods. I know MIT has at least two officers read each app until mid-Feb. Then they meet in committee and make decisions.</p>
<p>I think Harvard reads apps until late Feb and then meets in a huge committee of everybody to make decisions.</p>
<p>Yale reads, then meet in regional committees to sort out apps and to determine the relative strength of apps across a region, then meets in big committee to make decisions.</p>
<p>For schools that send likely letters, the strongest apps get pulled out during reading (before committee) and probably sent to the dean for review.</p>
<p>If you mean "review" like "start reading", then Harvard claims they've started reading since early December. MIT started reading last weekend.</p>