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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:GDS sends a letter on Harvard stationery.

LOL, just tweaked you another thread. You really are just one GDS hater troller

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My advice to all is to stay off these boards all of next week. From experience, the schools notify those who are accepted slightly before those who are not. To avoid heartbreak when excited people start posting here...stay away. We went through this last year and some of the posts here made me so sad.

Are you serious?? Do all schools do this? SO unfair!

No, it is not unfair. They are managing their yield. While difficult, you must've know this going in - they are independent schools and run process as they see fit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My advice to all is to stay off these boards all of next week. From experience, the schools notify those who are accepted slightly before those who are not. To avoid heartbreak when excited people start posting here...stay away. We went through this last year and some of the posts here made me so sad.

Are you serious?? Do all schools do this? SO unfair!

No, it is not unfair. They are managing their yield. While difficult, you must've know this going in - they are independent schools and run process as they see fit.

How does early notification help manage yield? This whole yield thing confuses me... Any explation or insight appreciated.

[Anonymous]

I don't think it manages yield. I do think it is the school's way of being extra welcoming to increase the likelihood that admitted families will enroll. Making someone feel special, or making the admit seem personal, is a good strategy.