Big day is Friday, but anyone else checking Ravenna "just in case"?

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Anonymous wrote:No. We got an email today from GDS admissions telling us what to expect on Friday, and that decisions will be posted on Ravenna after 4.

Got one too. Feel like it is a set up to prepare for the ultimate let down.

Same here. Got one from Holton and one from GDS saying that decisions will be released after 4pm. I said to myself, "this is the waitlist or reject email".

My DD told me that one of her friends received an email saying that "your application looks good and we are looking forward to seeing in the next school year".

I'm expecting all WL or rejections because we applied for FA.

I absolutely HATE this process.

Your DD’s friend is messing with her (and you). People aren’t getting those emails.

Maybe, maybe not. Some schools call a few days ahead if the family has a kid currently at the school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No. We got an email today from GDS admissions telling us what to expect on Friday, and that decisions will be posted on Ravenna after 4.

Got one too. Feel like it is a set up to prepare for the ultimate let down.

Same here. Got one from Holton and one from GDS saying that decisions will be released after 4pm. I said to myself, "this is the waitlist or reject email".

My DD told me that one of her friends received an email saying that "your application looks good and we are looking forward to seeing in the next school year".

I'm expecting all WL or rejections because we applied for FA.

I absolutely HATE this process.

Your DD’s friend is messing with her (and you). People aren’t getting those emails.

Maybe, maybe not. Some schools call a few days ahead if the family has a kid currently at the school.

This sounds like an urban legend. I honestly would see no reason why a school would do that.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No. We got an email today from GDS admissions telling us what to expect on Friday, and that decisions will be posted on Ravenna after 4.

Got one too. Feel like it is a set up to prepare for the ultimate let down.

Same here. Got one from Holton and one from GDS saying that decisions will be released after 4pm. I said to myself, "this is the waitlist or reject email".

My DD told me that one of her friends received an email saying that "your application looks good and we are looking forward to seeing in the next school year".

I'm expecting all WL or rejections because we applied for FA.

I absolutely HATE this process.

Your DD’s friend is messing with her (and you). People aren’t getting those emails.

Maybe, maybe not. Some schools call a few days ahead if the family has a kid currently at the school.

This sounds like an urban legend. I honestly would see no reason why a school would do that.

The legend is that they call a few days ahead with a rejection, not an acceptance.

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Anonymous wrote:No. We got an email today from GDS admissions telling us what to expect on Friday, and that decisions will be posted on Ravenna after 4.

Got one too. Feel like it is a set up to prepare for the ultimate let down.

Same here. Got one from Holton and one from GDS saying that decisions will be released after 4pm. I said to myself, "this is the waitlist or reject email".

My DD told me that one of her friends received an email saying that "your application looks good and we are looking forward to seeing in the next school year".

I'm expecting all WL or rejections because we applied for FA.

I absolutely HATE this process.

Your DD’s friend is messing with her (and you). People aren’t getting those emails.

Maybe, maybe not. Some schools call a few days ahead if the family has a kid currently at the school.

This sounds like an urban legend. I honestly would see no reason why a school would do that.

The legend is that they call a few days ahead with a rejection, not an acceptance.

Ooof. Well that I could actually see.

[Anonymous]

Thankfully DD was accepted into her preferred MCPS magnet a few weeks ago. So her mindset is pretty healthy going into this round of decisions. Good luck everyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wish I spent as much time on the applications as I have looking here the past few days...

Well said ...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thankfully DD was accepted into her preferred MCPS magnet a few weeks ago. So her mindset is pretty healthy going into this round of decisions. Good luck everyone.

Ours was waitlisted for the MS magnet, so it’s a different mindset in our household. If we were accepted to a magnet, we would probably have pulled our applications.

[Anonymous]

We are applying to 9th grade in a school NOT in the DC area. Yesterday (Mar 2) we got an email from a student ambassador saying hello, if your child has any questions, I'm happy to answer them. FYI, my background is XYZ (club activities, sports etc that sounded very similar to what DC wrote as interests). I am trying to not read too much into it. But, still spent a considerable amount of time wondering whether the school would have their student ambassadors send such an email on Mar 2 if they were going to reject us 3 days later. If this was in fact a blanket email sent to many applicants (inlcuidng those that will be rejected/WLed) that is almost cruel because it is making us hopeful...

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Anonymous wrote:I wish I spent as much time on the applications as I have looking here the past few days...

I just reread one of my parent essays on an application and was like "Oh I should have added *abcde*!"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are applying to 9th grade in a school NOT in the DC area. Yesterday (Mar 2) we got an email from a student ambassador saying hello, if your child has any questions, I'm happy to answer them. FYI, my background is XYZ (club activities, sports etc that sounded very similar to what DC wrote as interests). I am trying to not read too much into it. But, still spent a considerable amount of time wondering whether the school would have their student ambassadors send such an email on Mar 2 if they were going to reject us 3 days later. If this was in fact a blanket email sent to many applicants (inlcuidng those that will be rejected/WLed) that is almost cruel because it is making us hopeful...

Yeah, I'm the parent who received a similar email from an admissions director (big3) a few weeks ago. A part of me thinks it's hopeful and the other part thinks it means absolutely nothing. We also heard from an extracurricular teacher at another school a few weeks ago who said she/he was referred to us by admissions to answer any questions. Again, does it mean anything? I would think my these schools would know better than to reach out if they had no interest in a kid but who knows.

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Anonymous wrote:I hate to burst everyone's bubbles, but these are all form emails, and the exact same ones are blasted to all applicants. They do not contain one iota of information regarding decision status. They are simply designed to reduce confusion and email traffic this week and the day of decision and the days following it. That's it.

I understand that intellectually, but part of me still wonders if they would send different emails to different groups of applicants with different messages. Why I would wonder this, I am not sure but it’s probably related to the fact that I checked Ravenna yesterday even though I also know that there will be no updates until Friday afternoon.

They would not send different emails.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No. We got an email today from GDS admissions telling us what to expect on Friday, and that decisions will be posted on Ravenna after 4.

Got one too. Feel like it is a set up to prepare for the ultimate let down.

Same here. Got one from Holton and one from GDS saying that decisions will be released after 4pm. I said to myself, "this is the waitlist or reject email".

My DD told me that one of her friends received an email saying that "your application looks good and we are looking forward to seeing in the next school year".

I'm expecting all WL or rejections because we applied for FA.

I absolutely HATE this process.

Your DD’s friend is messing with her (and you). People aren’t getting those emails.

Maybe, maybe not. Some schools call a few days ahead if the family has a kid currently at the school.

The main schools emailed about on here only call a few days before for a sibling if it is a rejection. If it is a sibling being admitted, they might get an earlier notification the day-of.

[Anonymous]

Any early notifications - good or bad - for legacies?

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Anonymous wrote:Any early notifications - good or bad - for legacies?

Not that I know of. I do know of a Big3 that notified a sibling a day early.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I wish I spent as much time on the applications as I have looking here the past few days...

I just reread one of my parent essays on an application and was like "Oh I should have added *abcde*!"

I did that ten seconds after I hit submit on one application and I was kicking myself for the rest of the day while trying to figure out how to resubmit it.