Anonymous
Post 12/07/2024 18:46     Subject: Is this a good sign on ED? Or am i delusional?
haha, you're not only delusional, you're funny!
Anonymous
Post 12/07/2024 18:41     Subject: Is this a good sign on ED? Or am i delusional?
As a general rule, try to avoid reading tea leaves, "portal astrology", or anything else...you won't know until they open the actual letter and it will make you and (more importantly) your student crazy trying to read signs that aren't there.

Good luck- I wish them the best!
Anonymous
Post 12/07/2024 17:34     Subject: Is this a good sign on ED? Or am i delusional?
Anonymous wrote:I think this is a parent who is just hoping for the best for their kid. Nothing wrong with that.


But also somewhat shocking that they couldn’t get right off the bat that it’s a standard form communication. Seems rather obvious from the context.
Anonymous
Post 12/07/2024 17:01     Subject: Is this a good sign on ED? Or am i delusional?
Anonymous wrote:Any help reading tea leaves, or is there literally nothing there?

My DC just got an email from the admissions office where DC applied ED.

The first paragraph of the email gives a specific date and time this week when the ED decision will be available on the portal.

The second paragraph says: We advise you to log onto your portal before decision release to be sure your credentials work.

It seems nice that the college let us know a specific time on Friday night, but the second paragraph---urging us to make sure our login works before the release time--- seems like something the college would send only to students who will be admitted, so they can be sure to get the good news as soon as possible. Seems like it would be a little clueless to urge kids who are going to get rejected to send time now checking their portal password now so that they can then get bad news asap.

My spouse thinks I'm overreading things, and it's just trying to save everyone from frustration if they forgot their portal password. But telling someone to put time into checking the password before the release time seems like something one would say to someone who will be getting good news.

Thoughts?


You’re engaging in motivated reasoning. You want it to be true. But the far more likely answer is they send the same email to all ED applicants, not one with secretary hint to the admitted ones and one without the hint to the others.
Anonymous
Post 12/07/2024 14:18     Subject: Is this a good sign on ED? Or am i delusional?
From OP, thanks!
Anonymous
Post 12/07/2024 14:09     Subject: Re:Is this a good sign on ED? Or am i delusional?
Standard. Everyone gets that
Anonymous
Post 12/07/2024 14:03     Subject: Is this a good sign on ED? Or am i delusional?
I think this is a parent who is just hoping for the best for their kid. Nothing wrong with that.
Anonymous
Post 12/07/2024 13:51     Subject: Re:Is this a good sign on ED? Or am i delusional?
I think you need to put the phone down and go outside for a walk. You’re not thinking rationally.
Anonymous
Post 12/07/2024 13:49     Subject: Is this a good sign on ED? Or am i delusional?
Courtesy email to all to avoid chaos on the day of and minimize applicants inundating the admissions office with account and tech support requests.
Anonymous
Post 12/07/2024 13:44     Subject: Re:Is this a good sign on ED? Or am i delusional?
Your job is to help them positively pivot to Plan B if the news is not as hoped. That’s it.
Anonymous
Post 12/07/2024 13:43     Subject: Re:Is this a good sign on ED? Or am i delusional?
Sorry - I think this is a form letter and you are over reading.
Also - Please let your child learn the news when the time comes, in whatever way they want. .
Anonymous
Post 12/07/2024 13:41     Subject: Is this a good sign on ED? Or am i delusional?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Seems like it would be a little clueless to urge kids who are going to get rejected to send time now checking their portal password now so that they can then get bad news asap.


No more clueless than sending tons of recruitment mailings to kids who don't have a chance of getting in.


Plus, the only thing worse than getting bad news is fretting for 14 hours (or a few days for a Friday release) and then getting bad news. That’s just cruel. Even if they aren’t going to be incoming freshmen, they made the effort to apply ED and they deserve a timely and professional response too.


Exactly, courtesy to all. No bearing on outcome. Logically it doesn’t make sense to sour anyone on a school for word of mouth.
Anonymous
Post 12/07/2024 13:38     Subject: Is this a good sign on ED? Or am i delusional?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Seems like it would be a little clueless to urge kids who are going to get rejected to send time now checking their portal password now so that they can then get bad news asap.


No more clueless than sending tons of recruitment mailings to kids who don't have a chance of getting in.


Plus, the only thing worse than getting bad news is fretting for 14 hours (or a few days for a Friday release) and then getting bad news. That’s just cruel. Even if they aren’t going to be incoming freshmen, they made the effort to apply ED and they deserve a timely and professional response too.