<p>So, with all the travel email chaos going on, I was just curious...
Why doesn't NYU just come out and tell us we are accepted? Is there a purpose to sending highly suggestive emails rather than just saying "Congrats!"? They clearly have already made their decision and they want us to visit. </p>
<p>What do you think?</p>
<p>I wonder the same thing - and I wonder how many phone calls admissions received from people asking about the email!</p>
<p>Well honestly, there wasn’t much of a point to calling. I mean really, how anal do you have to be to get confused about a college pretty much telling you to make travel plans. DO you know how much trouble they would be in if they turned out not to be acceptances, and a bunch of students had already booked flights?</p>
<p>yeah, i was wondering that, too : P</p>
<p>Good question and I was wondering the same thing so I did a little research. What I found was that it appears the Ivy League schools and some of the prestigious east coast schools have an agreement not to accept RD applicants until April 1st. So to let these students know that they are interested and not to accept another school’s offer they send out “likely” letters. Pretty stupid if you ask me.</p>
<p>^Hmm, well I think that makes sense if they want to abide by the April 1st date!</p>
<p>^ Yeah, but at the same time, is it really worth it? They could at least send a clear likely, which almost all the Ivies do!</p>
<p>I would rather have NYU be straightforward and just give us the decision than sending these weird emails. It just seems like less hassle for them - from what I understand, they must be getting a billion phone calls.</p>