<p>The school says in its literature that you will have your ED II decision by 2/15. On 2/16, son called the school, gave his name, and was told that, yes, your decision had been mailed on Monday, 2/14. Last weekend son saw the coach, the coach asked if he had received his decision and son said no, not yet. Now, this was 5 days after he had been told it was mailed and we live 3 towns away. On 2/20, coach called to say that he had checked with admissions and that his decision had been mailed at the end of last week. (hmmm, but son had been told it was mailed on the 14th) The envelope and the letter we received today were both dated 2/22. That was yesterday. What do you think? Did someone drop the ball in admissions or is there something going on that I don’t know about? Or should I forget the whole thing and just do a little dance because my son got into his first choice school? :D</p>
<p>Just break out the champagne… and congratulations!</p>
<p>Just pity the poor new employee who has to answer the phones when 330 people call and say “this letter isn’t dated the 14th.”</p>
<p>My guess is that they thought they had the letters ready on the 14th and something went wrong and they had to review them all. I’d say–let it go.</p>
<p>It’s the old issue of what happens WHEN the stuff left admissions. Did it go to a central mailroom who metered the mail? Delay. When did they take it to the PO? Delay. Did it go to a contractor who sorted it in order to get a discount? Delay.</p>
<p>Please don’t be too hard on the admissions office. Some of this stuff they can’t control.</p>
<p>BTW, the Post Office can be even worse. We had some acceptances so delayed by the USPS last spring that my D found out over the phone.</p>
<p>A lot of the staff in admission offices are actually work-study students. We were greeted by a very personable sophomore at Yale. I agree with newmassdad. The adcom may think that once a decision is made, that’s it; it goes out right away. In fact, it takes some time just to stuff enveloppes and meter them. </p>
<p>Last year, there was a real brouhaha at Berkeley because 36 students had applied for Fulbright fellowships. Their apps were supposed to be picked up by Fedex, which did not do so. By the time the oversight was discovered, the deadline was missed, and the Fulbright selection committee would not budge. Much more consequential than getting good news with a bit of delay. Enjoy the good news and let the rest go.</p>
<p>See, this is why everyone should give up on snail mail and do things over the internet.</p>
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I remember that one. Didn’t Fedex offer those students a scholarships in reparation. Lol. The only thing in common, is both start with the letter F.
A similar admissions snafu happened to us on Feb.22. My D called a school to enquire about her status, and she was told that they had not yet a decision. While she was making that phonecall, I was bringing in mail from the mailbox, and there was the big fat acceptance from the school that was still deciding on her.</p>
<p>Chocoholic:</p>
<p>You’re right about Fedex offering something (I’m not sure exactly what. Obviously not all 36 applicants would have gotten a Fulbright).
Congrats to your D!</p>