When EA decisions are coming out

verbivorous
Tue, 11 Dec 2007 20:32:53 +0000

Libby wrote on the Uncommon blog:
"So, when are decisions coming out? I we don’t are not know telling. That is a mixture between “I don’t know” and “We are not telling.” We have a goal date. Do we ever meet the goal date? No. So we’re not even going to tell you the goal date, because we probably won’t meet it. If we do, we’ll be happy, and you’ll get your decision in mid-December. If we don’t, we’ll be less happy, but you’ll still get your decision in mid-December.

I can tell you that you will get a letter in the mail. We still do that. I can also tell you that we will email you and tell you to check your decision online when it is available. That is different from last year. Last year we emailed the decisions themselves, but this year we are going to make your official decision available when you log into the online application. So, it is to your benefit to be familiar with your user name and password on the online application! I can also tell you that we will not send this email during school hours, so don’t expect it in the morning.

If you are admitted, you will also be able to go immediately to a website called ThickEnvelope (haha!) and accept your offer of admission right away! You’ll also be able to log into bulletin boards to chat with fellow future classmates, sign up for April overnight programs, etc."



Now I know that the adcom’s goal date is December 15th, this Saturday (eek!), but it seems that the adcom didn’t meet their goal date last year. When did the EA applicants of previous years get their decisions? How many days, hours, minutes after/before the goal date? (the specific-er the better)
Should current EA applicants expect decisions to be out by this Saturday?