Timing?

[zoosermom]

Do colleges often send out all EA acceptances at the same time? ZG got a yes from a school that a friend applied to EA also. Is the fact that the friend hasn't heard anything cause for her to be concerned?

[mootmom]

Two years ago when my son was accepted EA to MIT, everyone at his school who applied EA had heard except his best friend. Who received his EA acceptance a full week later. They won't always arrive at the same time, no.

[JeepMOM]

They either send them out in ONE batch - or in multi batches - Sometimes they send out the international acceptances first because of distance/time factors - hard to figure - Congrats to your gal tho ZOOSERMOM

[corranged]

MIT actually apologized; they sent out acceptances and a large snow storm hit before the defers/rejects could go out. Getting an acceptance late in that case would probably be because of the particular post office the letter was sent to because of the storm or something like that. One of my friends was on his toes waiting last year; after a deferral, he ended up getting in (there and to every other school he applied to) and is now a happy freshman.

Normally schools send letters close to the same time. Sometimes acceptances are sent first if they're in packages that will take longer to deliver. Some schools (Boston College springs to mind) send letters out over a period of time, accpet/reject/defer mixed together. I know it's a hard and stressful time for friends applying to the same school; I wish both the girls the best of luck. Congrats to your daughter.

[mootmom]

Just to be clear, my son was in the crop the year *BEFORE* the mailing problem with MIT last year. All decisions were mailed the same time, in the same format, that year (no tubes, all paper envelopes), and his friend's acceptance just happened to take a week longer for some reason.

[corranged]

Oh, OK. Got it.