What To Expect When You're Expecting c/o 2016
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 11:53 pm
I thought this might be a useful thread to have around during this busy time of acceptances/denials/waitlists, when people are unsure which school they should be hearing from via phone (and if so, which area code/blocked number), email, snail mail, status checker, etc. It's hard to keep track when you're applying to many! Forgive me if something like this has been posted, but I haven't seen it and thought it beneficial to aggregate all the data into one thread, rather than combing through the 2015 mega-threads.
If people want schools added, just let me know. I grabbed the T14 and then some random T20s.
I'm happy to update it and edit as needed. Will aim to update once a day at night after work.
Yale:
ACCEPT: phone call (area code 203)
DENY:
WAITLIST:
Stanford:
ACCEPT: phone call (area code 650?)
DENY:
WAITLIST:
Harvard:
ACCEPT: JS2 Phone Call [after, of course, JS1 email invite, skype interview, then more waiting]
DENY: E-Mail, Status Checker "Decision Rendered"
WAITLIST:
Columbia:
ACCEPT: ED- Email (w/pdf?); RD- VCE (lovingly referred to as Vomit Colored Envelope. It's manilla-colored, so NCE, or Norml Colored Envelope, also works).
DENY:
WAITLIST:
Chicago:
ACCEPT: ED admits/first round RD admits by phone call (area code 773). Later rounds, emails.
DENY: emails
WAITLIST: emails
NYU:
ACCEPT: DLS status change, POSSIBLY a phone call, acceptance letter/packet in mail
DENY:
WAITLIST:
Berkeley:
ACCEPT: phone call (510 area code) OR email
DENY:
WAITLIST:
Penn:
ACCEPT: via phone call (215 area code)
DENY:
WAITLIST: E-Mail (discouragingly written), Status Checker
UVA:
ACCEPT: phone call (434 area code) BUT LIKELY BLOCKED
DENY:
WAITLIST: E-Mail (encouragingly written), Status Checker "Waitlist"
Michigan:
ACCEPT: status checker, followed up with snail mail and email
DENY:
WAITLIST:
Duke:
ACCEPT: email
DENY:
WAITLIST: email
Northwestern:
ACCEPT: ED via status checker
DENY:
WAITLIST:
Georgetown:
ACCEPT: snail mail
DENY: email
WAITLIST: email
Cornell:
ACCEPT: email
DENY: email
WAITLIST:
UCLA:
ACCEPT: phone call (310 area code)
DENY: email
WAITLIST: email
U Texas:
ACCEPT: phone call (512 area code)
DENY: email
WAITLIST: email
Vanderbilt:
ACCEPT: Swag bag via snail mail
DENY:
WAITLIST:
USC:
ACCEPT:
DENY:
WAITLIST:
University of Utah:
ACCEPT: phone call, followed by snail mail
DENY:
WAITLIST:
Minnesota:
ACCEPT:
DENY:
WAITLIST: via email
William & Mary:
ACCEPT: status checker, followed by snail mail, followed by 757-221 number
DENY: email
WAITLIST:
Villanova:
ACCEPT: phone call [610 area code]
DENY: email
WAITLIST: email
Fordham:
ACCEPT: email
DENY: status checker and snail mail
WAITLIST: email/status checker
Georgia:
ACCEPT: status checker, followed by email and snail mail
DENY: status checker and snail mail
WAITLIST:
Washington and Lee:
ACCEPT: email
DENY:
WAITLIST: email
Northeastern:
ACCEPT: status check followed by "decision rendered" e-mail for admit and then snail mail...also phone call apparently
DENY:
WAITLIST:
Pittsburgh:
ACCEPT: via status check
DENY:
WAITLIST:
Boston College:
ACCEPT: email
DENY: email
WAITLIST:
Drexel:
ACCEPT: email
DENY:
WAITLIST:
UNC:
ACCEPT: email & status check
DENY:
WAITLIST:
University of Utah:
ACCEPT: phone call, followed by snail mail
DENY:
WAITLIST:
Notre Dame:
ACCEPT: snail mail
DENY:
WAITLIST:
Alabama:
ACCEPT: Phone call (Area Code 205) for admit
DENY:
WAITLIST:
Wake Forest:
ACCEPT: Email & Status update
DENY:
WAITLIST:
Boston University:
ACCEPT: phone call, follow-up by email
DENY: email
WAITLIST:
University of Montana:
ACCEPT: accepted via status checker with an admit letter mailed via snail mai
DENY:
WAITLIST:
If people want schools added, just let me know. I grabbed the T14 and then some random T20s.
I'm happy to update it and edit as needed. Will aim to update once a day at night after work.
Yale:
ACCEPT: phone call (area code 203)
DENY:
WAITLIST:
Stanford:
ACCEPT: phone call (area code 650?)
DENY:
WAITLIST:
Harvard:
ACCEPT: JS2 Phone Call [after, of course, JS1 email invite, skype interview, then more waiting]
DENY: E-Mail, Status Checker "Decision Rendered"
WAITLIST:
Columbia:
ACCEPT: ED- Email (w/pdf?); RD- VCE (lovingly referred to as Vomit Colored Envelope. It's manilla-colored, so NCE, or Norml Colored Envelope, also works).
DENY:
WAITLIST:
Chicago:
ACCEPT: ED admits/first round RD admits by phone call (area code 773). Later rounds, emails.
DENY: emails
WAITLIST: emails
NYU:
ACCEPT: DLS status change, POSSIBLY a phone call, acceptance letter/packet in mail
DENY:
WAITLIST:
Berkeley:
ACCEPT: phone call (510 area code) OR email
DENY:
WAITLIST:
Penn:
ACCEPT: via phone call (215 area code)
DENY:
WAITLIST: E-Mail (discouragingly written), Status Checker
UVA:
ACCEPT: phone call (434 area code) BUT LIKELY BLOCKED
DENY:
WAITLIST: E-Mail (encouragingly written), Status Checker "Waitlist"
Michigan:
ACCEPT: status checker, followed up with snail mail and email
DENY:
WAITLIST:
Duke:
ACCEPT: email
DENY:
WAITLIST: email
Northwestern:
ACCEPT: ED via status checker
DENY:
WAITLIST:
Georgetown:
ACCEPT: snail mail
DENY: email
WAITLIST: email
Cornell:
ACCEPT: email
DENY: email
WAITLIST:
UCLA:
ACCEPT: phone call (310 area code)
DENY: email
WAITLIST: email
U Texas:
ACCEPT: phone call (512 area code)
DENY: email
WAITLIST: email
Vanderbilt:
ACCEPT: Swag bag via snail mail
DENY:
WAITLIST:
USC:
ACCEPT:
DENY:
WAITLIST:
University of Utah:
ACCEPT: phone call, followed by snail mail
DENY:
WAITLIST:
Minnesota:
ACCEPT:
DENY:
WAITLIST: via email
William & Mary:
ACCEPT: status checker, followed by snail mail, followed by 757-221 number
DENY: email
WAITLIST:
Villanova:
ACCEPT: phone call [610 area code]
DENY: email
WAITLIST: email
Fordham:
ACCEPT: email
DENY: status checker and snail mail
WAITLIST: email/status checker
Georgia:
ACCEPT: status checker, followed by email and snail mail
DENY: status checker and snail mail
WAITLIST:
Washington and Lee:
ACCEPT: email
DENY:
WAITLIST: email
Northeastern:
ACCEPT: status check followed by "decision rendered" e-mail for admit and then snail mail...also phone call apparently
DENY:
WAITLIST:
Pittsburgh:
ACCEPT: via status check
DENY:
WAITLIST:
Boston College:
ACCEPT: email
DENY: email
WAITLIST:
Drexel:
ACCEPT: email
DENY:
WAITLIST:
UNC:
ACCEPT: email & status check
DENY:
WAITLIST:
University of Utah:
ACCEPT: phone call, followed by snail mail
DENY:
WAITLIST:
Notre Dame:
ACCEPT: snail mail
DENY:
WAITLIST:
Alabama:
ACCEPT: Phone call (Area Code 205) for admit
DENY:
WAITLIST:
Wake Forest:
ACCEPT: Email & Status update
DENY:
WAITLIST:
Boston University:
ACCEPT: phone call, follow-up by email
DENY: email
WAITLIST:
University of Montana:
ACCEPT: accepted via status checker with an admit letter mailed via snail mai
DENY:
WAITLIST:
and thanks for doing this.
