| To answer your question, yes, your phone call and e-mail was "special" to some degree.
It means that admissions met and Jim Bock told each admissions rep how many slots might be available off the waitlist for each region. They are engaged in a fierce intramural battle to see who gets "their kids" accepted.
Your rep is sitting there with a stack of her choices, calling them to find out this weekend who is and who is not interested so she knows who to go to bat for in the meetings on Monday. She doesn't want to "sell" a kid to the admissions committee only to find out the student didn't even want to attend.
Remember, the Swarthmore admissions reps know these applicants. Admissions reps at Ride the Tide introduce themselves to students and say..."oh wait, you are from Acme High and you are second chair oboe player in the San Antonio Orchestra, right?"
When my wife introduced herself to the Dean of the College during Swarthmore freshman orientation, he said, "oh, must be ******'s Mom. I loved her essay on ******". |