<p>Remember that for the EA round this year, the UofC made no indication as to when they would announce results at all. Like a lot of other people, I just assumed that 12/15/2009 was a likely day for results (there was a lot of speculation based on the fact that the admissions office was closing early that day) and then got the news. </p>
<p>The news was good, so I can’t complain, but those were a really anxious few days. I would say to RD applicants that you shouldn’t be surprised if the only thing you hear from the admissions office between now and when you hear about whether you got accepted or not is just that - whether you got accepted or not.</p>
<p>Gotta say, for all the improvements Chicago has had in its marketing/admissions, the actual decision process has been kind of embarrassing. I mean, for EA they released decisions an hour apart based on whether you were admitted or not, and that after never actually nailing down a release time. </p>
<p>I’d think a University would want applicants to like it as much as possible - that whole process left a pretty sour taste in my mouth re: UChicago.</p>
<p>^Agreed. Also, I’m having a feeling that we’ll be getting decisions on Friday. I’m only saying that because if I get rejected, I can just wallow away all my sorrow by watching basketball (March Madness!!!).</p>
<p>heinochus. Spot on. Great mktg but no follow-up, as if the only important thing was to get yr apps and that’s it. Since Jan 3, absolutely Nothing has been recd (am I alone?) or announced, I only accidentally found out one day that Credential Checking was on (suddenly disappeared later) while the cover page still says “credential checking not available” all the time. There were at least some basic info posted on the official blog last yr, but this yr…nothing other than long stories abt Paris, Roadtrip and fun. Great stories, beautifully written, but I refuse to read them so that I won’t get all pysched up until I know I’m in!</p>
<p>@heinochus, most others: sorry to hear that a lot of you were disappointed in the EA round with decision release, but do want to clear up one thing: we released decisions by time zone, not admit/defer/deny, and did have a little (non-Admissions related) trouble with the University servers on our side that had some decisions going out later than others… but the rumor that is going around CC that students denied received their decision later is not true. We had students who were both admitted, deferred, and denied receive their decisions slightly later than other students. But, we’re working on it, and will definitely make sure to square everything away when RD decisions come out (whenever that may be: and rest assured, I don’t yet know when this is, so speculation will just wind up driving you all crazy…).</p>
<p>Motion12345- Exactly! If there’s one thing that could make a rejection feel a little less disheartening is the fact that it’s March-- which happens to be my favorite month full of MADNESS!</p>
<p>@UChicagoPSAC: I appreciate the response, and understand that there will be some hiccups with releasing decisions online. But it really does seem like decision releases were in some way segregated by substance. Looking at the EA decision thread on here, all of the earlier posts are acceptances, and most of the later ones are not. I myself had a similar experience, since I received errors for about an hour after people first received there decisions, and then got my deferred message.</p>
<p>At any rate, people in my time zone who got accepted did receive their message at the earlier time, according to that thread. Understood, an online forum isn’t exactly hard statistical data, but I can’t really just ignore it.</p>
<p>And, really my most important question, since the decision time is more or less a quibble: why is the admissions office so secretive about this stuff? As I recall, there wasn’t any communication from Chicago leading up to the decision itself. I don’t think you guys are debating until the day of decisions; why not tell us ahead of time?</p>
<p>If I sound a bit whiny here, I apologize - but I do want to know!</p>
<p>I just called the admissions office, and they said it’ll be by the end of the month. The lady said there ISN’T a specific date yet, so whatever rumors going around about this week are false. Wish they were true, though. :(</p>
<p>I remember a thread last year where people had called the admissions office on the same day that the decisions ended up being released, and the staff still, even on that day, told them that there was no date set and that they didn’t know. And I might be wrong, but I would guess that the staff HAD known prior to that day. But whatever. It does seem to be that UChicago has this thing where they just don’t say when they’ll release decisions. And while to many of the college-obsessed CCers I imagine this is infuriating, but I have to say that in a twisted little way, it amuses me.</p>
<p>We know it’s going to be around April 1st. Maybe a little before. </p>
<p>Again, this is just speculation. But maybe the UChicago just don’t want to freak everyone out with the “HERE IS DATE WHEREUPON YOUR FATE WILL BE DECIDED” thing. It’s a bit more chilled out. Whatever will be, will be.</p>
<p>Or maybe, just maybe, limited cross-checking and adjusting can go on until close to the last minute, and up until that time the Admissions Dean retains discretion to say, “I don’t feel comfortable putting it out today; we’ll have to wait until tomorrow and make sure we get it right.” And until he’s said “Push the button!” no one really DOES know whether decisions are being released today, tomorrow, or some later day.</p>
<p>Heinochus, I think the whole decisions released at different times thing was due to a technical issue, which is not really the fault of the University. I didn’t receive my admissions decision until an hour after everyone else and I was accepted. There are also plenty of other explanations as to why all the earlier decision posts were acceptances. Who is more likely to rush on to CC to announce their decisions: acceptees or those who were rejected?</p>
<p>@JHS: I remember, though, for EA the UChicago admissions website calendar said that the admissions office would be closed early on the 15th [this about a week before the 15th]. Most people took this as a sign that decisions would be released then, and they were. Apologies if this sounds too conspiratorial, but doesn’t this suggest that Chicago has decisions ready well ahead of the release-date?</p>
<p>@Robespierre: All I’m saying is that a technical difficulty like that is a little embarrassing for a university that’s really been marketing itself a lot more. And I know that an acceptance is more likely to post than a rejection - but looking through the early posts of decisions, a remarkably high percentage of them are acceptances. I’m sure there were some kids who’d post any way it went. The fact that there don’t seem to be any early rejections is a little odd.</p>
<p>No. They released most deferrals around 6:40 if my memory serves me correctly (sometime between 6:30 and 7:00). Acceptances and rejections seemed to be spread out, but most deferrals were released around the same exact time. I know this not only based on the postings of other people who were deferred but also from the fact that all three students that were deferred that went to my high school got their decision at the same exact time as me (and many on this site). The one rejected student from my school got rejected at like 4:30 I believe she said. Decisions were most definitely not released by time zone (not wholly, at least).</p>
<p>Anyways, it doesn’t matter anymore. It isn’t as bad as what Penn State has done. They sent me an email that started out like this: Dear <student’s name=“”>. </student’s></p>
<p>I wanted to send them back an email with the correct code for it but resisted the temptation.</p>