Congratulations!!!

To all those who received good news from their early decision or early action schools, congrats!!! Take a breather, rest easy, and enjoy the holidays.

For those of you who were deferred, make sure your regular decision applications are as tight and updated as can be. Send them in by the deadline and once January rolls around (and the admissions office has had a breather, too) call the admissions office to see if they have suggestions on how to strengthen your application. I'll write more on this soon.

For those of you who received bad news, all's not over. While you can not reapply this year to your early decisions or early action school, redirect your attention to the other schools you like. Get those applications in and know that you can be very happy at one of those schools. All's not lost. Getting rejected by your top choice school happens to tons of students especially as acceptance rates are going down. Don't worry, things have a way of working out.