Dan: would this be improper?

Colleges & Universities Tufts University
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<p>I’m an ED2 applicant. I know that admissions decisions will be out on this Friday, and I’ve also got a tour and info session scheduled for Friday. I’m coming from about three hours away, and it would be pretty upsetting to find out that I’ve been rejected while I’m on the campus (say, by checking my TAMS on a library computer after I arrive on campus that morning). </p>

<p>Would it be improper for me to call Wednesday or Thursday to ask about the result of my application? I would not want to offend or seem like I’m trying to get the scoop ahead of others.</p>

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<p>Calling to ask wouldn’t be improper, but the decisions won’t be released until they’re released, if you catch my meaning.</p>

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<p>that interesting because i have the exact same problem as BigO999. I wish there was a way I would be able to find out before Friday to avoid a (potentially) sour trip.</p>

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<p>I may be reading too much into it, but I think Dan is implying that you won’t have to worry about making that phone call. Right, Dan?</p>

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<p>that would be a pleasant surprise, although i interpreted that as the admissions folks will likely withhold the information.</p>

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<p>I interpreted it the same way as syosseths. But yes, it would be excellent if the earlier interpretation was correct!</p>

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<p>^^^as did I.</p>

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<p>Admissions officers are in all likelihood told to withhold information about decisions and questions relating to decisions, so it just seems odd to me that they gave you a specific release date when you called and asked them. Hence, I don’t believe that Friday is D-Day, but that’s just me.</p>

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<p>Looking at all the old threads, information came in on the Monday/Tuesday around the 5th, reports started being posted in the afternoons. I feel as if they’re coming…TODAY. OHHH MYYYY GODDDDDDDDD </p>

<p>OH MY GOD</p>

<p>OH MY GOD</p>

<p>OH MY GOD</p>

<p>CAN’T FOCUS…OH MY LORD</p>

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<p>OMG AHHAHAAH
i LOLED when i saw that previous post</p>

<p>but YES OMGOgMGOMGOGMG NO WAY!!!
i’m so scared/excited that i need to go take a poop.</p>

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<p>so i called admissions today and they said decisions will be released friday. you will get an email reminding you to check TAMS. the official letters will also be mailed out friday.</p>

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<p>Dan’s message is crystal clear — you are welcome to call, but you will not get an answer. If you don’t want to find out while you are on campus, don’t check your email :-)</p>

<p>I am curious why people would bother to schedule a campus visit AFTER submitting their application, but BEFORE hearing their decision. To me this seems like a no-brainer deal. Either you go there early to decide whether to apply, or you go after you have been admitted to decide whether you want to attend. Doing it in the middle seems like a waste of time and money.</p>

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<p>GroovyGeek, it’s true that OP’s timing is not the best, but sometimes you just have to visit a particular college when you can and not when you want to.</p>

<p>My son is in a very similar situation to the OP, so I can sympathize. My son is going to visit Boston College (where he was accepted EA) when his high school is on spring break (March 24 – 28). We live 2500 miles away and it’s a $700 airline ticket, so he is going to visit Tufts on the same trip. But Tufts’ RD decisions don’t come out until the end of March – probably a day or two after he gets home – so he will be at Tufts without knowing whether or not he has been accepted. He doesn’t have a choice of when to visit Tufts; we can’t afford a second trip back East and he doesn’t want to take any time off from classes in April because he is already going to miss several days then due to an EC commitment.</p>

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<p>Man, I guess I was wrong! I think I just wanted to believe that I was not going to have to wait until Friday… !</p>

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<p>But visiting a school to which you applied RD like that is very different than visiting a school to which you applied ED.</p>

<p>When you apply ED, implicit in that application is that you’ve done all your research and you’ve made a fully informed decision that does not require subsequent visits.</p>

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<p>To me, it doesn’t seem to matter if you visit a school before or after receiving your acceptance. If you’re visiting after having applied, you should be visiting with the assumption you’re going there anyway, and should be asking questions and exploring appropriately. In fact, doing so before receiving decisions prevents having to visit while the school is being crushed with accepted students who all want a tour. If you’re accepted, you’re all set as to whether or not you like the school, and if you’re rejected… well, that’s a bummer, which is why if you’re taking great expense to visit the school, it would be worthwhile to visit one or two other schools in the area as well.</p>

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<p>That is true, Dan; I completely missed the fact that the OP is actually an ED candidate. And a 3-hour trip to visit doesn’t seem to be such a great hardship. </p>

<p>Maybe he applied ED because he was just carried away by all the greatness that is Tufts. (and that is NOT sarcasm). My son hasn’t visited the school yet, but he has been very impressed by what he has seen and heard from many different sources. That’s how it landed on his final list of schools, even though no one in our area out west has ever heard of Tufts.</p>