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Hello! Anticipating release date of end of March, has anyone heard anything different? Everyone hears all at once in RD?
In the past, Smith has sent acceptances to a small number of students earlier in RD. Last year, for example, there was a report on CC of one of those early writes received on Mar 6th, while general RD acceptances went out on March 24th (2023). For most people, the decision will come (on the same day at the same time as for almost everyone else) through the portal probably in late March.
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Any guesses as to what day in March the RD decisions will be released?
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March 22 is my guess. Can’t come soon enough! 
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I vote for 3/22 also—seems like it’s usually a Friday right around then!
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I am SO ready!!! Wishing it were this Friday instead - such a long wait!!
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Just got an email — Friday, March 22nd between 3-5!
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hey what do yall’s financial aid portal look like? is there any text under the “documents and messages”
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Did any of you get prompted to change FinAid password today? When I logged in it said my password was going to expire in 6 days and to create a new one. Weird. And also maybe not great news?…
I was also asked to change about a week back
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When i clicked on the menu now there’s a new tab labeled “downloadable forms.” That wasn’t there before. I used to only see “documents and messages.” Did this happen to anyone else?
Which menu?
The financial aid portal menu
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I just checked, and I have it now as well
I think thats a good sign
Here’s hoping! Good luck to everyone - only 3 more days until decisions are released
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Not sure if it ended up being 100% predictive, but the thing that many people noticed last year was that if you had the “terms and conditions” still included in the financial aid portal a few days before decision release, it seemed to indicate an acceptance. Several people who had it got in including my daughter. Several people who did not have it anymore a few days before the decision release date did not get in. But I don’t know that we had enough people reporting on it to say that it was entirely accurate… and obviously it may have changed for this year. A few more (long) days of waiting to know for sure.
Good luck to everyone! 
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