Well it appears that you’ve done a lot of research here which is very helpful for many applicants and their families.
I think it’s important though to be thoughtful with how high school Seniors and parents might take this information in an already incredibly stressful period of their lives.
Does this happen weeks ahead (Dartmouth that is); the requesting of financial aid docs?
between 5 and 20 days before the decisions, typically. But there have been cases of 1 month and 24 hours too
I don’t think there was any sort of astrology like the verification documents last year (at least it didn’t seem widely known).
The most that happened was decisions were accidentally “released” 30 minutes before the official release time due to a bug (accepted students saw stuff like BullDogs Day Registration, T-Shirt Form, etc.). But not 2-3 weeks prior
If a family submitted all the requested FA documentation before the deadline, does that mean those families would NOT receive a request for verification? Or are families being asked to submit documents/verifications which were already previously submitted?
We have not received a request for additional information. And my son’s FA portal has a list of many “received” documents, including the verification form.
Yeah I was hoping this would be brought up. I have never heard of this happening except, the bulldog days, which I saw on acceptance videos.
You’re treating hearsay like it’s fact.
It is the time of year again. It is fairly easy to disapprove any sort of astrology. Outside northeast, there is near zero chance that Yale would take more than one student from the same public high school or non-feeder school. Perhaps your student can ask his/her hs friends whether the same verification form showed up in their portal? I bet we know the answer already.
I got an interview request on 3/1 and my interview will be conducted on 3/9. I have the verification form, uploaded on 2/22. Are these good signs? Am I potentially a borderline applicant?
I was deferred REA and didn’t apply for FA, but the form appeared for me in late Jan/early Feb and disappeared soon after. Does this mean anything for me?
How trustworthy are the polled sources that claim this form is very uncommon among applicants? If we can’t confirm that it is indeed rare, this whole deal is useless.
No one asked you to trust it. We said these are all speculations. Just wait for your decision.
Very impressive! Do you have similar insight for other REA schools :)?
REA schools?
Other schools which did Restrictive Early Action
Stanford, Harvard, Caltech, Princeton? Yes. One.
If the day of submission of any docs changes on stanford/caltech portal, it’s a reject/waitlist
Bear in mind for these schools, if I said something random, like if your last name begins with a G, you will be rejected/waitlisted, I will be right around 95% of the time.
And if I say something random, like if you’re from India you will be rejected, I will be right 98% of the time.
Can you elaborate? The day of submission meaning decision day? What do you mean by doc change? Stanford doesn’t have portal for FA. What about Harvard Princeton?
Thanks