Decisions

08 Mar

Admissions Decisions on April Fools’ Day? Ugh!

In Admissions, Applications, Decisions, Uncategorized

Colleges usually send their admissions decisions to applicants in mid-March, either by e-mail or US mail. However, this year it seems that many will be sending their “accepts” and “regrets” a bit later – on or about April 1. After Tulane’s and Columbia’s snafus earlier in...

26 Mar

Waitlisted! Now What?

In Applications, Decisions, Selecting a College

There it is, an email from your first choice college. You open it and…DRAT! You've been waitlisted! [separator type='transparent' color='' thickness='' up='5' down='10'] But what does "waitlisted" actually mean? [separator type='transparent' color='' thickness='' up='5' down='5'] The waitlist is a list of students who were not offered admission in the...