<p>You guys need to calm down and stop trashing the school. They’re obviously not making you wait for entertainment so just relax.</p>
<p>got into prelaw my second choice. just call them, thats what i did.</p>
<p>House of London, I’m calm. But, as someone stated earlier, Syracuse really dropped the ball. This is really unprofessional, and what I said earlier I still stand by. I concede that Syracuse is a wonderful school. I applied after all. But let’s face it, Syracuse is nobodies Harvard, Princeton, or Yale to be waiting this long. My sister was on the waitlist for Yale until June. <em>That’s</em> a school that you wait for, not Syracuse. As you can see, there is a significant number of people that are loosing interest due to the wait. I’m betting a few of these people would wait longer if they felt it was a school worth waiting for. I’m not saying it’s a bad school, but it’s not tier one. That aside, even Ivies wouldn’t do this because it would tarnish their good reputation. As someone stated before, it wouldn’t have been too much for them to begin processing early, hiring a few more people, enlisting the help of students…but making the final decision. I KNOW they have the money for it, the schools $50,000+ a year. It’s very unprofessional for them to exend the deadline, when most school deposits are due May 1st, and many of us could miss them bc of their lack of responsibility. Have you even noticed, that they haven’t even mass emailed all their applicant’s to explain the situation? I would not be complaining if they emailed me…and I’m betting most ppl feel the same. But the sheer fact that we have to take to CC to get some ANSWERS bc we all think we’ve been rejected or forgotton…THAT is dropping the ball. The fact that when a fellow CCer called that the secretary produced what seemed to be an snippy reply to email the office. We have 23,000 applicants to complete. I would call THAT dropping the ball.
Brown University received about the same 30,000+ applicants, a sharp increase from the amount they had before. They went out April 1st. It’s obviously not for entertainment or to be funny, but they must think I’m joke to run around during the last 2 months of school, prepping for graduation, having NO clue where I’m going, if I’m accepted, any of that. I’m already happy with my first choice, but I paid $50+ and I should atleast know if I’m accepted or not. I just feel bad for some of the ppl who applied here thinking it was their top choice, and finding out that they have to wait much longer…</p>
<p>Congrats Liljoe!</p>
<p>inconspicuous, nicely put, and i think just about every word of that was quite on point.</p>
<p>I agree: a very reasonable response.</p>
<p>Amen… … .</p>
<p>@ inconspicuous. Amen. </p>
<p>I’ve called the admission department three times. First in February, asking when decisions would be released - “Mid-March” they said. When Mid-March rolled along, they said any day now, before April. I called yesterday, to which they replied “in the next few weeks.”</p>
<p>I’ve given up.</p>
<p>I submit for your consideration that Syracuse is actually reviewing each application; thoughtfully reading essays; and not just drawing a line based below a specific SAT score. The commonapp has resulted in a tremendous increase in the volume of applications (for instance BU had 42,000 application and NE had 38,000), I suspect many institutions have been so overwhelmed that their reviews have become increasingly statistically oriented.</p>
<p>Lets say a school gets 40,000 application . . . and there are 60 work days between the Jan 1 application deadline and April 1. Now lets say a particular school has 25 admissions officers reviewing application for 8 hours a day. Thats 3.3 applications an hour. </p>
<p>Now yes it would be great if Syracuse had planned a little better . . . but if they are actually reading every application; comparing High Schools; anaylzing activities and community service . . . plus looking at GPA and SAT/ACT . . . then I salute them.</p>
<p>“This is really unprofessional, and what I said earlier I still stand by. I concede that Syracuse is a wonderful school. I applied after all. But let’s face it, Syracuse is nobodies Harvard, Princeton, or Yale to be waiting this long.”</p>
<p>Syracuse, Harvard, Yale, & Princeton are different schools with different practices. So why should it matter whether SU is an ivy? Based on this based, you’re telling everyone that if it were the Ivy leagues, you wouldn’t mind waiting for this post which shows me that you’re not that serious about your anxiety. You are in HIGH SCHOOL and are in no position to call a University unprofessional. Know your role.</p>
<p>“but it’s not tier one.”</p>
<p>A Tier one school is a school ranked in the top 100. I dare you to argue. </p>
<p>“<em>That’s</em> a school that you wait for, not Syracuse.”</p>
<p>This is really a ■■■■■■■■ post. </p>
<p>“Have you even noticed, that they haven’t even mass emailed all their applicant’s to explain the situation?”</p>
<p>And you think mass e-mailing would speed up the job of making decisions?</p>
<p>“As you can see, there is a significant number of people that are loosing interest due to the wait.”</p>
<p>No ones loosing interest; rather they’re ****tin’ in their pants wondering about their decision.</p>
<p>“Brown University received about the same 30,000+ applicants, a sharp increase from the amount they had before. They went out April 1st.”</p>
<p>Why do you keep comparing Syracuse to the Ivy league schools? How much does it take for you to realize that these schools are different on many levels.</p>
<p>“It’s obviously not for entertainment or to be funny, but they must think I’m joke to run around during the last 2 months of school, prepping for graduation, having NO clue where I’m going,”</p>
<p>I’ll leave you to point out the contradiction in this post.</p>
<p>“having NO clue where I’m going,”</p>
<p>You sound like someone who wants a decision just to brag early amongst friends.</p>
<p>“Now yes it would be great if Syracuse had planned a little better”</p>
<p>How do you know that they didn’t plan effectively? Do you work for admissions. I wouldn’t speak on behalf of admissions unless I worked there if I were you.</p>
<p>I think that none of you high school students are in no position to make claims about how fair the University is in releasing their decisions. You’re still in high school while they are working in the admissions office. You have absolutely no clue why they are releasing decisions in this manner so if I were you i’d just quit complaining and wait. Whether or not you matriculate at a University based on how long you had to wait for a decision only goes to show nothing but weakness. Not being a d*** or anything but someone needs to give these high school students a reality check.</p>
<p>Wow House of London. Take a seat. It’s not that big of a deal. You don’t need to take this so personally.</p>
<p>Live your life and we’ll live ours.</p>
<p>I am not a high school student but rather a parent who has been out of college and law school for over 30 years. The issue here is not whether Syracuse is compared to an Ivy. The issue is Syracuse’s notification process in comparison to other schools that have gotten the same number of applicants as Syracuse or more. Tulane claims to have received 44,000 applicants. All the other schools with the same amount of applicants or more appear to have notified all those who applied by April 1. The reason colleges choose an April 1 deadline is to give students a month to sort out their decision before the May 1 deadline. I do not think giving high school students a month to sort out a big decision is too much to ask.</p>
<p>I agree with wsd41356.</p>
<p>I have to agree with House of Lodon.</p>
<p>Look at Binghamton. That is a STATE school who still havn’t sent out notifications whether it be rejection or acceptance.</p>
<p>@House of London
It’s very easy to sit and logically deconstruct someone’s argument. But there’s a way of doing so without coming across as someone with a chip on his shoulder. I’m not one to judge others, but if I were you, I’d be a little more diplomatic about what I say and how I say it. And it seems a tad unfair to generalise. I’ve been out of ‘high school’ for 3 years now, and I’m in the same situation as all those applicants (albeit transfer app) and going strictly by your statement, none the wiser.
Just saying.
I’m not one for verbal volleying, but I wish our ‘sense of reality’ wasn’t clouded by our jumpy nerves.</p>
<p>And no I don’t think mass e-mailing would’ve helped them speed-up the decision making process. But it would certainly have saved them the headache of attending to application-status queries from every tom, dick and harry with a telephone, myself included.
And it would certainly have saved me my nails, because I have a 10.5 hour time difference between Syracuse and where I am, and I religiously log into my email every 5 minutes in the wee hours,every Saturday morning to check if I got an email. Knowing a date by which my application would have been reviewed, no matter how far in the future, would certainly get me a more sound sleep.
And no in saying this I am not ‘pronouncing’ a judgement on the University, or how it handles its affairs. I am not even advising them or saying that I am losing interest.
I am merely expressing myself, which I believe, I have a right to do.</p>
<p>“The issue is Syracuse’s notification process in comparison to other schools that have gotten the same number of applicants as Syracuse or more. Tulane claims to have received 44,000 applicants.”</p>
<p>You (and others as well) seem to be forgetting that unlike these <em>other</em> schools some of you keep mentioning, SU takes much longer because students have the liberty of choosing 2nd or 3rd option programs. Not many schools offer that. So do you really think it’s that easy of a process? There are many factors that play into the admissions process and many of you just aren’t aware of that. This is why it’s so easy for some of you to throw flame due to restlessness. So again, stop comparing. We are not Tulane, Harvard, Columbia, Brown, LSE, Peking, St. Andrews, Oxford, NYU, UCB or Amherst. Get it now?</p>
<p>“But there’s a way of doing so without coming across as someone with a chip on his shoulder.”</p>
<p>No chip on the shoulder here. Just giving a <em>much</em> needed reality check.</p>
<p>“And it seems a tad unfair to generalise.”</p>
<p>Where have I generali(z)ed that isn’t valid?</p>
<p>Believe it or not Syracuse is not unique. Indeed if you read their literature they indicated that a reply to an application will be received by April 1. When do you propose Syracuse should let students know of their decision given the universal date of May 1 for deposits? Is Syracuse moving that date for those who have not heard?</p>
<p>Syracuse, Harvard, Yale, & Princeton are different schools with different practices. So why should it matter whether SU is an ivy? Based on this based, you’re telling everyone that if it were the Ivy leagues, you wouldn’t mind waiting for this post which shows me that you’re not that serious about your anxiety. You are in HIGH SCHOOL and are in no position to call a University unprofessional. Know your role.</p>
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<li>Excuse me, but Harvard, Princeton, Yale and Syr may be different schools, but I’d argue the different practices portion. You and I both no this argument is flimsy…check the US News rankings. The rankings speak for themselves. Just giving YOU a MUCH needed reality check. I concede that perhaps, I shouldn’t have compared Syracuse to an Ivy league school, but even so, for you to so rudely attack me on the basis of one word? You do sound like someone whose just a bitter person. Know my role…I’m just in high school? We’re all entitled to our opinions, and mine is no less important than yours, even if I am in high school. I don’t think I’m unfairly asuming that you mean my opinion doesn’t matter because in high school…</li>
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<p>“having NO clue where I’m going,”</p>
<p>You sound like someone who wants a decision just to brag early amongst friends.</p>
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<li>Um, House of London, if you’d checked my earlier post you’d see that I’m going to Wellseley College. Liberal Arts colleges have a huge name recognition issue…I wouldn’t have applied if I needed something to brag about. Especially in rural texas, nobody KNOWS what Wellesley is, let alone Syracuse…they only know UT Austin and Rice and Harvard. Also, I must admit, your not helping your case by taking pot shots at me…someone you DON’T EVEN KNOW, and making gross generalizations about how I feel and my intentions. This aside, getting into Syracuse is great, but my school has ppl going to more recognizable Univs all the time, my sis included. I can’t compete, so why would I try? </li>
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<p>How do you know that they didn’t plan effectively? Do you work for admissions. I wouldn’t speak on behalf of admissions unless I worked there if I were you.</p>
<p>-An email would suffice. I’m not going to repeat myself for someone who is clearly not listening, and spell checking ppl on the internet “generali(z)e” instead of making valid points.
Me, a high schooler, knows that it’s in bad taste to not contact someone when you’ve passed a deadline…so if Syracuse University doesn’t understand that, and they’ve been around for years…then I have NOTHING to do there.</p>
<p>And honestly, you and I both know it’s mostly about the name, or else none of us would be on Cc. I don’t want to make a gross generalization, but most ppl on CC want to end up somewhere good…or they wouldn’t be on here. And you basically negated your argument and fell right into my lap. It is precisely BECAUSE Syracuse is not Harvard, Princeton and Yale, etc that they cannot afford to mess up like this. They may have a few amazing colleges, but that doesn’t speak for the University as a whole. Syracuse is an up and coming University and it’s mess ups like this that will tarnish their reputation and ruin their good standing in the future.</p>
<p>End of rant.
Now, personally, I’ll apologize if I came off as rude earlier but that doesn’t mean what you said was warranted. I’m sure you’ve more than insulted a few ppl on this thread…</p>
<p>…housed</p>
<p>i just want to say how ridiculous it is that Syracuse has yet to accept a full freshman class and is still holding accepted students days. i, personally, am a little disappointed that i have yet to hear. unfortunately syracuse is still high on my list and is restricting me from finalizing my college plans. i hope to hear within the next week. if not its either lafayette or providence. :/</p>
<p>Just imagine if you’ve been rejected to all but one of your schools, waitlisted to that one, and still waiting on Syracuse…</p>
<p>Oh wait, that’s me.</p>