Such bitter people on here. The admissions process is stressful on both sides, I’m sure. Cut them some slack! I understand you want to be respected and you deserve that, but lets all calm down a bit and just wait and see what happens with our admissions.
Hi I am a parent, I know it is tough but please try to take a deep breath and remain calm.
If they keep answering all these phone calls, they would not have time to finalize the decisions. Don’t keep calling.
@ClayF88 Yeah, if I wasn’t so stressed out now, I could almost feel bad for the admissions office. Can’t imagine how many calls they’ve had the past two days about decisions.
I understand we get bad treatment from public schools, but not from the top private ones like Northwestern. Anyway, let the emotions flow a little bit and then we will calm down sooner or later.
I’ll wait until the end of April if it means getting accepted. lol.
Wow, so much entitlement and bitterness here. Northwestern Admissions has not officially set any release date for decisions. They have simply stated that decisions will be released “by early April” and that is the only deadline they are obligated to follow. While it would be nice if the admissions office would respond to online rumors, they are busy people with other things to do.
Yeah, I don’t understand why people are expecting so much, they never really promised anything in terms of a decision date.
They did officially say the third week of March…
Which means today.
Just called admissions, the woman said they don’t have a definite date and it would be the end of March-mid April… don’t know why they’re giving everyone different time frames.
@mmesa62 I’m pretty much positive that they’ve been informed not to give out a specific date so they’re probably just improvising. Different employee, different date range. We went through the same thing during ED in December.
The employee hanging up on the poster above seems like further proof of that.
The IDOC site finally processed our financial aid tax documents for Northwestern on March 17, even though we submitted them on March 3. So I’m not surprised that they may have been delayed in their decisions because of backlog on the part of IDOC.
@NMSmom1977 They completely misfiled my documents and labeled them wrong (after I finally got them back on the 16th), so it says they received many documents for my custodial parent and no documents for both myself and my non-custodial parent. It’s a mess that I’m not even going to bother with until I know if I’m getting into Northwestern or not, because the IDOC customer service is atrocious.
Sorry to hear that, @Jameseseses. I kept in touch with the financial aid office, and was about to send my documents directly to them (with their permission) if IDOC hadn’t come through this week. I’m sure it’s been a pain for NWU, too. Hope your docs get straightened out.
All the more reason to give a specific date. Eliminate the confusion. But there was no need to hang up on me. That’s disrespectful. These admissions officers are not gods. They are not above everyone else, so why give them a pass. I was super sweet and nice to her. It’s just as frustrating for me. So why does she get to be rude like that. They need to be held accountable. That sort of attitude and lack of care for our time is exactly why they consistently lose out to Ivy League schools and why their applications are dropping.
The Wildcat Days for RD admitted students are April 6, 13, and 20. Even if they don’t announce today, it seems like decisions would need to be announced by next week in order for students to have time to make travel arrangements for the first weekend.
Any chance decisions will come out tomorrow since Saturday is still part of this week?
@CaliCash Then don’t go! There’s no reason to get all flustered over a phone call. I suggest you move on and relax.
I just saw an email appear on my phone and thought “yes, an email from NU” then I checked and realized it was just my cousin emailing me his Netflix info. So sick, they should just put out a date like UCLA and release all of them on that date.
Clay, I just said I won’t be going. But it’s called accountability. Idk why you are worshiping the ground the admissions officers walk on . . . I have a right to be disappointed that I spent nearly $100 to apply and I get treated like that. How would you feel if you were treated that way?