<p>I have a friend whose daughter’s school controls all aspects of the mailing of the college applications. The girl must submit essays, checks for applications, etc and the school’s counselors then add transcript, letters of recommendations, etc and mails the materials directly from the school. They do not allow parents to mail them. </p>
<p>Has anyone else had similar experiences?</p>
<p>University of Florida has a completely online frosh application. How does the high school control applications to the University of Florida or other schools with similar applications?</p>
<p>[University</a> of Florida - Admissions](<a href=“http://www.admissions.ufl.edu/start.html]University”>The Office of Admissions at the University of Florida)</p>
<p>That’s a good question. I’m not sure about that.</p>
<p>The private school my son attended did it that way, also. And everything had to be submitted to GC by Nov. 1st. </p>
<p>At my son’s school they went to the GC office to hit the send on their common apps. </p>
<p>We also were not required to have SAT/ACT scores sent directly from College Board or ACT. The colleges accepted them directly from the GC office (I assume they were put somewhere on the transcript.) </p>
<p>His school also has a special class which runs from January of jr. year thru Oct on all things college - where they do everything from creating a list, working on their essays, etc., etc., etc. All my H & I did was take son to visit school. Nothing else. </p>
<p>I loved it.</p>
<p>The Jan to Oct plan sounds very well planned. That must have eased some family stress!</p>
<p>^Worth every penny we paid in tuition!</p>
<p>This does not happen at our kid’s private schools, although I do think the GC now reviews all letters of recommendation after some issues when she first arrived a few years ago… and she sends them back to the teachers if she thinks they need changes or have typos or whatever! I think this is not a bad thing – I think tons of apps go in with very poor proofreading, and lots of parents think some things might be a good idea in an application that really aren’t helpful in admissions. Or the kids are solely responsible with no adult looking it over, and they are sloppy.</p>
<p>Emilybee, I know you paid in tuition, but nice to have the savings on not sending test scores (just a little less ka-ching for College Board, what a shame!).</p>
<p>Intparent, yes, it was very nice not to have that added expense.</p>
<p>At my son’s school everything that is going to the college is gone over with a fine tooth comb by the GC. But there were only 65 kids in the whole class, so. Public schools just don’t have the luxury.</p>
<p>Our high school did this until just about everything went electronic. But the last class that had to apply that way has already graduated from college.</p>
<p>My son’s school has the same procedure as emillybee’s. I feel comfortable in knowing that someone smarter than I will be supervising the process. I understand that the school is very strict about ensuring that students make timely guidance appointments and keep them.</p>
<p>By “do not allow” I’m assuming they mean they won’t send transcripts or letters unless you do it their way?</p>
<p>Yes sylvan that is my understanding. It just struck me odd that if a family wanted to “own” the process they do not allow.</p>
<p>Maybe the school has been burned in the past by families trying to violate ED rules or some such? Several years ago at my sons’ school, one family asked for extra transcripts…and their daughter applied ED to four schools! I’m not quite sure how they got the copies of the GC’s packet …</p>
<p>School found out about when the girl got in to 3 of her 4…</p>
<p>The girl ended up at state flagship 15 minutes from our school. I am not sure if her admissions were rescinded or if her family couldn’t afford any of the schools.</p>
<p>Things were much tighter run after this incident.</p>
<p>The private school my kids went to before we moved out of the country did everything for D1. They prepared the packet for every school D1 wanted to apply to. It was over 7 years ago, which was before the electronic age. The international school D2 graduated from did everything electronically (1 year ago) - Common App online and Naviance for managing supporting documents. D2 selected all the schools she wanted to apply to, her school submitted required documents after her application was submitted. We didn’t have to send anything out.</p>
<p>Our kids’ school(s) never controlled how many schools they could apply to or which school to apply to, which I heard is common at some private schools. There were times when I wish they did (a kid who got into Princeton EA doesn’t need to apply to HYS or other top tier schools RD). The only thing they wouldn’t do was to send out supporting documents for RD if a kid was already accepted at his/her ED.</p>
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<p>Differences in HYPS financial aid can make a difference for a student from a poor family, even if s/he gets into his/her first choice EA. S/he may still want to continue the other applications in order to be able to compare financial aid offers.</p>
<p>Our private HS process is same as Emilybee. College counseling office holds a weekly class where they go over everything about applications from Jan of Jr yr to Dec Sr yr. (They don’t go over how to direct your ECs or course load; it’s just about the application process with the data that you end up having). They highly discourage private college consultants or even frankly parents to get involved. GC office coordinates and sends out LORs, GC LORs, transcripts; kid themselves hit send on the common app with the essays either with or without parental review. Essays have been reviewed by GCs; however, if the kid procrastinates too much, there is not enough turn around time. Arts supplements or portfolios are reviewed by the proper teachers before submission. And yes, the GCs try to encourage or discourage which kids are applying to which school. Trophy collecting is discouraged. Anyone looking for FA will have identified this to the GCs ahead of time (I presume, don’t know for sure) and they probably have additional guidance. When you apply to a ED or SCEA school, the student, parent, and GC send in a form that is signed acknowledging that all know the rules.</p>
<p>That’s a good deal you had there, emilybee! I love especially the college application class running from January. My kids have always paid more attention to deadlines given by school authorities than to those given by me.</p>
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My kids’ school tuition was as high as private college tuitions, so very few kids were applying for FA.</p>
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<p>Seriously?</p>
<p>^^^Agreed. If a kid was from a poor family, most likely EFC would be 0 and any of those schools would be full ride.</p>