what do acceptances look like these days?

[Anonymous]

Please be kind- I'm old. I got envelopes (fat v thin) over the course of a few days.

How do kids find out these days? I am assuming via email, but do they come at night presumably so kids don't skip school? Do they all come at one time? Same for ED/EA/Regular?

Honestly just curious- TIA

[Anonymous]

There is usually a web portal where the students log in and view new messages from the school. They may get a text or email indicating there's a new message in the portal, and that may or may not give away the content.

[Anonymous]

Our DS has received one so far and it was an e-mail to him to check the portal. In there was an acceptance notice. A week later he received an envelope with another congratulations letter and his merit award information. Acceptances/Rejections for the most part come through the student's portal.

Each school has its own notification timeline for each cycle ED/EA/RD.

[Anonymous]

mine had a December 1st notification date but got an acceptance notification on the admissions portal right before thanksgiving

[Anonymous]

If you are interested, go on youtube and search "college decision reactions."

I find them very intriguing. My favorite part is seeing what their houses look like. I'm weird...

[Anonymous]

thank you very much everyone!

I remember that a bunch of kids would drive home from school bc the mail got delivered around noon (I was at a DC private back in the day). Then they'd drive back and within ten minutes everyone knew where they had gotten in.

Now that I think about it, I guess I have seen those videos of students finding out if they got in. I guess it never stuck bc it wasn't relevant at the time lol.