<p>Soulside J>>What exactly do you want the admissions committee to do? Hold your hand, tell you it’ll be okay and then tuck you into bed at night?</p>
<p>That will be really nice, Soulside, won’t it? But I am not aware of any adcom that does it. Let me know if you do. In the meantime, what I am looking for is a simple acknowledgement that they have received the application, give login id to check the status. By contrast, Carnegie Mellon has been periodically updating my status page as follows. If Rice has to grow up, hopefully, some topdog at Rice is reading this, they will fire some people in the admissions dept/IT dept, and make sure not to lose the mindshare of the applicants at the right time. For me, inspite of all this Rice is still a top choice. </p>
<p>Documents Received (CMU Application Status Page)</p>
<p>xx-feb-2009 Application Complete
xx-jan-2009 High School Transcript
xx-jan-2009 Folder Pulled committee read
xx-jan-2009 Alumni Interview Report
xx-jan-2009 Admission Score Report Form
xx-jan-2009 Application Fee Paid
xx-jan-2009 Application Processed
xx-jan-2009 Common Application on Line
xx-jan-2009 School Report Form
xx-jan-2009 Teacher Recommendation
xx-nov-2008 SBW 1st Winter Confirmed
xx-oct-2008 SAT Subject Test Score Report
xx-jul-2008 SAT Reasoning Test Results </p>
<p>Documents Sent</p>
<p>xx-jan-2009 Followup Letter
xx-jan-2009 Spring Tabloid Newsletter
xx-jan-2009 Fin Aid Application Mailed
xx-jan-2009 Application Receipt Letter
xx-nov-2008 SBW 1st Winter Confirmed
xx-nov-2008 MCS Email No. 1
xx-oct-2008 Fall Tabloid Newsletter
xx-oct-2008 Application & Viewbook
xx-oct-2008 Applicant Notification Card
xx-sep-2008 Financial Aid Brochure/Estimte
xx-aug-2008 Sleeping Bag Invitation
xx-aug-2008 Application Forms Only
xx-aug-2008 Fall AP Inquirer Invitation
xx-jul-2008 CMU Visit US Broch</p>