<p>The electronic decision will be posted before we get anything by snail mail, right? Or could we possibly be getting the snail mail beforehand?</p>
<p>From what I understand, they e-mail decisions the same day they send out the actual letters- so you'll get the e-mail first.</p>
<p>so does anyone actually have a rational reason for why decisions might come out a certain day?</p>
<p>well it should be on the website...after you submitted your application you could activate your account, and mine says that soon they'll be posting application results</p>
<p>so does anyone actually have a rational reason for why decisions might come out a certain day?</p>
<p>GAH! Daggerman, don't do that again!! lol, my heart skipped 5 more beats when I read your post. I'm just going to keep on checking cc then this whole entire week. I'm sure that once decisions are up, there'll be a thread in less than 2 minutes.</p>
<p>they want to let everyone know on the same day and save people from wondering: "why did they get their letter, and i didn't? i DID press the submit button on my application, right? ahhhh..."</p>
<p>Hey guys,
I'm a Columbia-EDer, but I just wanted to say that I received an email saying that my decision would come on Thurs, Dec 11 at 5.
I don't know if schools usually send decisions out on the same day, but I decided to share that info anyway, just in case you guys wanted to know.
Anyway, good luck! =)</p>
<p>My admissions counselor said its probably not going to be this week:</p>
<p>"We don't know yet. Probably not this week is about the best I can tell you right now. We'll send you an e-mail once the decisions have been posted online."</p>
<p>Columbia has a history of coming out with decisions earlier than many places. When my daughter was applying, she got her kinda-bad news from Columbia a full week before her good news from Chicago. Not a happy week! Anyway, that year, and the next two as well, Columbia was the first big ED college to come out with its decisions, by several days at least. Chicago . . . usually one of the last, sometimes after the 15th.</p>
<p>Did anyone else open their email, see an email from "University of Chicago" and flip out, only to realize it was not the decision? LoL.</p>
<p>Ugh they need to be faster...last year they got it out the Thursday before the 15th, and there was a 15% decrease in applications this year! Come on, they should have decisions by tomorrow!! Though that's just wishful thinking on my part :/</p>
<p>I would have if I had not read your post first.</p>
<p>That's weird, I didn't get an email from them :(
I've received their emails before. What was this email about?</p>
<p>yeah UChicago seems to send emails to some people and not to some others.</p>
<p>Yeah not exactly sure what their deal with emails is... I just got an email asking me to evaluate my visit, and I visited in the middle of October lol.</p>
<p>What was on your email? Mine was about Chemistry and Classics...</p>
<p>I called.</p>
<p>Couldn't get more than "mid-December". :)</p>
<p>Why must Chicago be so ambiguous? Even if they do take more time than others to post their notifications I would just simply like a definitive date because I cannot concentrate on ANYTHING (well I wouldn't be able to even if I did know the date).</p>
<p>Guys. I have a confession.</p>
<p>If we don't find out by Monday, I might cry.</p>
<p>OMG, they sent this f@cking email TWICE. And made me flip out TWICE. Argh.</p>
<p>I think it's a "personalized" email just providing some more info on what topics you indicated you were interested in, and the types of opportunities that Chicago provides with their programs in these areas.</p>