The Early Action/Decision Waiting Thread

[emberjed]

I've applied to three schools, all under Early Action.

Does anyone actually get a decision significantly before the date when the college says it will give a decision?

[chinablue]

Are you starting on your regular decision applications or taking a break?

[CSIHSIS]

Most of my other applications are pretty much filled out except for the essays that I haven't started.

[CSIHSIS]

So we're told decisions are on/whatever December 15. Assuming Sandy did not cause a disruption, which I'm sure it did, when exactly-ish would decisions come out? Do you get an email at midnight? Mail during the day? Email?

Is 12/15 just an "around this time" day? Can you get it earlier? Later?

[pinklemonadeNE]

It depends on your school, some might send it earlier or later than the 15th. But as far as them announcing the day, or people just finding out the day, that it is released, I believe it is at different times of the day for different people (goes by region, maybe?) but usually like afternoon of that day from what I hear.

[pandamic]

All of my Early Action colleges are academic safeties, but I'm worried about what scholarships I will get. I'm in the sad middle class, so I need some good merit money ;D.

I'll get really nervous when letters start coming for regular decision schools. I REALLY want to go to Rice :l

[rickdust8]

Gooooooood get me out of this purgatory. I'm basically sold on Georgia Tech, and I'll most likely go there if I get in...but I have to wait to find out for so long. So long. And I can't get my hopes up too much because you never know, I mean I've gotten good signs (they invited me to a football game for free for their president scholarship thing) but still...I HATE HATE HATE not knowing, and I still have more than a month left.

Gaaawd. High school is beyond pointless right now. Just doing enough to make sure that I get all low A's, or at least only one B, just in case that I get deferred. Aimlessly googling stuff about GT is getting kind of boring...nothing is fun anymore. I can't take it anymore!

[MilkShaikh]

CSIHSIS, I've seen you around the Georgetown forum a lot! I'm in the same situation, waiting for my SFS decision. To your comment above, I'm pretty sure Gtown is old school and sends letters, but they should still be ready to send them on time.

[CSIHSIS]

For what major? IPOL <3 Foreign Policy and Policy Processes <3

[irenles]

I keep psyching myself out and reading old Accepted/Deferred/Denied discussions. It's the worst mental torture out there.

[MilkShaikh]

IPOL too! Probably with a focus on the Middle East. Are you applying anywhere else EA? I'm doing UChicago.

[benfster]

I'm doing my best to stay away from Yale's. But so tempting...

[CSIHSIS]

Irenles, I keep doing the same thing too. I'll read one post with similar stats get accepted and I'll get excited, and then the next one with a 2300 SAT get rejected and I'll get scared.

MilkShaikh (LOL, because my friend JUST made a joke that he wants to name his son Milk, different spelling though) - I would get a certificate in Asian Studies xD

And I was planning to do UChicago EA but I decided that since G'town is my first choice I'd rather spend all my time on it. Also "Where's Waldo" is too much for me to think about right now.

*Actually I might just get Binghamton over with now because they extended the EA deadline until like the 29th and I can just copy and paste my essay.

[MilkShaikh]

Hahaha, nice. Another weird coincidence is that we've got REALLY similar stats (I checked out your chance thread).

[aomame]

Dum de dum. All of my deadlines are November 15th...quite the waiting game indeed.