When decisions are released in March, are the decisions sent by email, or do you need to log into a portal? If by email, are the decisions sent to the student, the parents, or both?
So my understanding is this is up to each school, but the most common procedure is some time in advance they will email you to let you know exactly when and how decisions are going to be provided. Sometimes they post in your portal, sometimes email, and sometimes both. There may also be a paper letter/welcome packet at some point.
I believe emails would typically go to all of their “official” contact emails, so usually both kid and parent(s).
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Our experience last year was that they sent a package to you if you got in and let you know the decision on the portal.
The schools most commonly mentioned on this forum use portals.
Some of those schools will also email the student (or whatever email you gave them for official correspondence with the student) to say something like “an update to your profile is available in the student portal”, and then you have to login to the portal to see if the update was admit/deny/wait-list.
As someone else mentioned, many (but not all) schools will email in advance with portal access info and encourage you to test your logins before decisions are released to minimize the insanity that happens on March 10th.
Our family made a spreadsheet with the schools, portal links and login info to help us manage the info.
Lastly, I recall a small number of schools using the same portal/login that they required students to use when scheduling campus tours and interviews, so it’s possible that your family may already have one or more logins among your emails, but I wouldn’t count on it.
Good luck!
I am pretty sure that all of the emails went to my kids only and I did not get any notice. In most cases, the email just said that the portal had been updated, but with at least a few schools, the decisions were in the email itself. And a snail mail package came along a few days later.
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Yes, emails went to kids only not to parents.
We never got swag, despite all the posts about it on CC, so I wouldn’t necessarily expect any.
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and not just that, but some people I know have received their “Swag” or whatever you call it after M10
Hello!–Do they send packages internationally too or just within the US? Thank you!
I misspoke when I said snail mail package, I meant snail mail packet as in big envelope full of a large folder with written material including an acceptance letter, financial aid info, and shiny brochures. But there were a few schools that sent stuff like a bumper sticker or a magnet or a pen so stuff that could fit in the folder/envelope. And I seem to recall one T-shirt, but maybe my kid got it when they went ona revisit day not through the mail.
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depends on the school, but most well-known schools do.
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I am not sure, but would be surprised if they didn’t.
Most do - or probably try. Some only to students who enroll. My guess is that there can be complications in clearing customs as they can contain pretty random items!
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Last year, my child received boxes from two of his four schools. But one arrived March 11 (we are many time zones ahead) and the other March 22, after the decision had been made.
The on time box came via FedEx, and we knew it was coming when the school registered the packages at their local FedEx office on March 6.
It’s expensive to ship internationally and we were really surprised and happy to get them
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Does every applicant get that or only the admitted students?
only the admitted students get the packages
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