<p>Guys, listen to JHS and please lay off Grace (and diffuse your (understandable, but still) anger/frustration in general. She is a student (a third-year, I believe). Despite her association with the admissions office, she does not have anything to do with the decisions made (she is not an admissions councilor by any stretch of the imagination) and she is no more responsible for the mess that’s gone on tonight than is any other current student posting around here tonight. I agree with those who have said that this situation is embarrassing for Chicago, in that online notification has not gone smoothly (to put it mildly), but I don’t think the claims that acceptances went out first, and then deferrals/rejections, is accurate–the server has just been swamped with the increased traffic this year, and who is able to see his/her decision when seems to be pretty much random within specific timezones.</p>
<p>Take a deep breath, guys. 
Nothing that happens tonight will completely derail your life, whether you’re accepted or deferred or rejected or what. I know it’s hard to believe it, but really, this is not the make or break moment of your life, and I mean that honestly.</p>