Has anyone recieved the engineering note from Swarthmore?

interesteddad
Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:28:07 +0000

At a similar point in the ED admissions cycle, my daughter received an e-mail from her regional admissions counselor pointing out an article in the Phoenix that might interest her. I viewed it as a hopeful sign at the time as it would be cruel to send such a note to someone who had already found the “not accepted” stack. They’ve already been through the ED apps and have a growing “accepted” stack.

I will, however, never know for sure what that note meant. At the very least, I think you can assume that it’s not a bad sign. At least you know that your application has made an impression in terms of presenting specfic interests. That is a good thing!

There are some schools that have an elaborate response system. For example, Emory’s application ask for three areas of academic interest and you get mailings from those departments within days. Very slick. A note from an admissions officer, at this time of year, is very different.