Credentials are open

We've opened credentials for regular notification candidates, even though we aren't quite done opening mail and processing documents. In fact, most applications remain incomplete at this point. Also, credentials are not yet open for early action applicants--we are working on getting them up this week.

So, to head off calls and emails (both of which are unwarranted at this time!) we are sending this email this afternoon:

This message is to let you know that the credentials checking feature of the online application is available once again.

To check your credentials, log into the online application and click "Check Credentials." What you see listed is what we have received and processed in support of your application, and the date on which we processed it. (Please note that this does not reflect the date on which you submitted it.) If we have not received a required credential, it will say "Not received."

At this time, we do not want you to re-send any credentials. If your application remains incomplete well into the admissions cycle, we will send you an email and give you plenty of time to re-send whatever is missing.

Thank you for your patience while we opened your mail and processed your credentials this winter. If you have any information to add to your application, an appropriate place to do that is on our Midyear Report, which will be available on the online application in a few days. Admissions decisions will be mailed in late March; scholarship winners will also be notified when the admissions decisions are released.

Good luck,
Office of College Admissions

We also say:

Supplemental Materials

Supplemental materials—such as supplemental recommendations, artwork, music, or writing—will be listed on the credentials checking site if we have received and processed them. Please note that supplemental materials will be processed after we have taken care of everyone's required application materials.

International Applicants

Unfortunately international applicants will not be able to view SAT or ACT scores on the credentials checking feature. If you have sent SAT or ACT scores to the office and want to know if we have received them, you can reply to this email and we will get back to you.

International applicants who took the TOEFL (students whose primary language of instruction is not English) should note that TOEFL scores are sent to the Office of International Affairs, not the Office of College Admissions, so we may only get access to your TOEFL scores later. Please be patient and do not worry if you see that your TOEFL score has not been received.

So, there you have it. No emails! No calls! Here is what the email looks like.