Countdown to Mid-December: Decision Time
That is for senior high school seniors that have placed on university using the Early Decision or Early Action option. Most ED/EA deadlines passed week that is last on Nov. 1. Some deadlines may remain open, but most observed the Nov. that is traditional 1.
The strategy that is usual early candidates is to attempt to obtain an acceptance from a so-called ‘first-choice’ college. This may be for a ‘dream college’ (an unfortunate term because of all the hopes and dreams stacked upon it), or applicants may be keeping their options open through the non-binding avenue of Early Action, which doesn’t require an enrollment decision until May 1, in most cases, which allows for other choices between December and May in the case bestessays of binding Early Decision.
Choices Await
Aside from which application that is early selected, the outcome will be being released in mid-December, a bit more than a month out of this writing. For those of you who have applied early, then, how will this countdown to Decision affect you day? What should you be considering during this period and exactly how should you answer your December result? This time of year is just a stressful one for both candidates and their loved ones. What will that email message or snail-mail letter bring?
Demonstrably — and now we don’t really like to share this — one ED/EA outcome that has become more predominant in the past few years is outright denial, or, using the more negative term, ‘rejection.’ In many cases, colleges will defer their ED/EA merely choices until spring, causing an expansion of outcome agony for the applicant.