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decision released

The state in which an educational institution's decision on an application or academic request has been officially made available.

In plain English

This means the outcome is now officially available. The institution has finished making its decision on the application or academic request and has issued that result.

In context

Here, it reports that the institution's official outcome for the application or academic request has been made available.

Situation
Applying for admission, scholarships, financial aid, and following decision status
What it communicates
reports that the review outcome has been posted

Meaning limits

By itself, this status does not say what the decision is.

Examples

“The university's decision on her application was released, but she waited until evening to read it.”

Core meaning

“By Friday, an email confirmed that the college had released its decision on his academic appeal.”

In context