<p>I’d rather them just keep it at Tuesday tbh</p>
<p>SpoolMan: They apparently made the decision to alter the announcement date this week. They likely finally resolved all of the prior Common Application website / document delivery issues.</p>
<p>So it’s now the 16th?</p>
<p>dsondock: Yes… Yale told us today Dec 16th, 5pm EST. But I guess that could be subject to change yet again.</p>
<p>Whoooo! The earlier, the better in my opinion :)</p>
<p>Was there an email sent out that the date got changed?</p>
<p>WWWard - I think most of the recruited athletes come through SCEA so about 160 kids out of a class of 1,300 which is about 25% of the early admits. Legacy and URM percentages are probably not nearly as high.</p>
<p>FlaWless007: No… people have been actually speaking to Yale Admission Staff Members.</p>
<p>keesh17: OK… thanks.</p>
<p>So if I go on the website and find out that I was rejected, I never get an actual letter sent to my house? This might sound weird but if I’m rejected, I kind of want a letter.</p>
<p>@apkid
I think that if I’m rejected I’d rather not have the physical evidence of my failure…</p>
<p>Ack! The 16th? The earlier the better I would say BUT on the 16th I won’t be able to check my decision until super late because of work… I’ll be nervous the whole day.</p>
<p>I can’t believe we made it this far, guys! For many of us, it will either be extended agony (deferral), for some, a painful end (rejection), and for the most lucky of us, a wonderful singing bulldog congratulating you. Honestly, if I’m deferred, Yale will still be my first choice, but I will definitely consider other school just as strongly.</p>
<p>@apkid: that’s how it works for RD rejectees. Perhaps it might operate differently for SCEA.</p>
<p>Is there any chance that the deadline gets moved forward again? This is so painful, especially considering the fact that columbia’s (and many others’) are posted on December 12.</p>
<p>I also wish the decision came out December 11 or 12th because Duke, Columbia, Penn, Harvard etc. are all coming out before Yale. It’ll just stress me out if other people announce that they’ve gotten in and people start asking me about my decision.</p>
<p>To hopefully lighten your tension, I will provide you current year applicants with an example of a truly stressful week regarding decisions. Back in my day, pre-Internet, all correspondences to and from colleges was of course by mail. Back then, we had to actually get up, go outside and make the daily trip to the mailbox to see if there was a thin or thick envelope waiting for us. </p>
<p>In this particular week… I was first rejected from Harvard. So my first choice was gone. A couple days later, I received the thick envelope from Yale, my second choice. I had been accepted. And of course I told EVERYONE. But alas, the very next day, a mere 24 hours later, I received another letter from Yale explaining that there had been a terrible mistake… that I was not really being accepted and that I was supposed to be wait-listed. Ugh… so now I had to recant and explain to everyone what Yale had done to me. I have never heard of this happening to anyone else, but it certainly made for a miserable week. </p>
<p>The next week I was accepted to Hopkins, my 3rd choice, and that is where I ended up attending.</p>
<p>So you see… things could be worse. Imagine getting in… only to have it taken away. </p>
<p>But that was many years ago, and hopefully they have seldom if ever made that mistake again.</p>
<p>Good Luck… I hope all you CCers, including my daughter, end up hearing the Bulldog sing on Dec 16th :)</p>
<p>Spoolman: Since I’m known to be one of the smartest kids in my class, people constantly inundate me with questions about where I’m applying. I’ve tried to keep everything sort of a secret but it’s hard, especially since my closest friends basically told everyone -.-</p>
<p>Also, every time I reread my CA essay it seems to get worse and worse lol. It’s probably due to the anxiety but does anyone else feel like this? I’ve been rereading past rejection letters to condition myself for the worst case scenario, whether that happens or not.</p>
<p>Just replace the dates, your address, your name, and Brenzel with Quinlan and bada-bing-bada-boom; you’ve got a homemade rejection letter. 
<a href=“http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/college_guide/college_guide/images/Rejection1.jpg[/url]”>http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/college_guide/college_guide/images/Rejection1.jpg</a></p>
![http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/college_guide/college_guide/images/Rejection1.jpg[/url]](http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/college_guide/college_guide/images/Rejection1.jpg%5B/url%5D){kind=link}
<p>^ ahhh the rejection letter…all the hopes and dreams… :D</p>
<p>I made it a personal policy to never NEVER reread my common app essay. Can’t change it, and there is no way it’ll make me feel better. :P</p>
<p>@WWWard I’m sorry to hear that you were the unintentional victim of false hope. That does seem like the worst week ever. Hopefully nothing like that EVER happens again. I heard UCLA had something like that happen two or so years ago. </p>
<p>@Marioandluigi Not sure if reading that rejection letter will help, but it’s good to know what one looks like so you know right away if you see it.</p>
<p>@whisper12 Good policy. I reread mine and found a grammar mistake :(</p>
<p>Welp, I reread my Common App essay a few days ago and I had the same feeling… I thought it was good when I submitted but now it doesn’t feel like it has my voice in it.</p>