<p>Yup. OneDad, that’s the info I had about the seleection process as well.</p>
<p>Lesson to be taken here: if you have some great awards or have done something interesting since you submitted your app (or were accepted in the EA round), forward it to your admissions counselor. Don’t assume that an admissions counselor will get the memo from Intel that you made SF, or that the review in your local paper praising your brilliant work on stage will make it across the adcom’s desk. That said, send additional material judiciously. Admissions people have lives, too. </p>
<p>S was admitted EA and sent an update in mid-February. I don’t know what their timeline is, but S’s admissions counselor was very excited to receive it, and he got a merit award.</p>