<p>Skipsmom, CCM did not cut by number so much but they did cut, for years. This year, they have changed their policy and you’d have to read it quite closely. It still sounds like a cut but it is definitely a new process/policy. It is not a cut by number but it is a cut of some sort. Every year, kids are cut from CCM. It is not the same as DePaul which has a set number they will cut no matter how many are talented enough to stay. And the percentage of students cut is not as great as at DePaul. </p>
<p>As far as the PM, yes, you have tried about a dozen times to send me one and my box is full and I got an email telling me of each of your many attempts. My PM box fills up constantly and I cannot keep up with it or clear it out. I do not like using it as I already have one personal email account, and two work email accounts and it is just one more account to check each day. I MUCH prefer to be contacted via email and not PM. You can click right on my member name and choose the “send email” not “send PM” option. After several of your attempts to PM me, I clicked on YOUR name and sent you an email with this general message. Did you not get it? Maybe the email you registered with on CC is not your current one, I do not know. Then, I cleared my PM box to allow in one PM, after I noticed you tried me seveal MORE times after I had already emailed you asking you to send me an email rather than a PM. So, your PM HAS now gone through that one time (the one you sent at 2:07 PM). I have not had a chance to respond to you yet (though keep getting notifications that you are still trying to send a PM even though one did go through). I get MANY MANY MANY emails and PMs from people on CC every day asking for individualized advice. I cannot possibly field all of these PMs and emails as it would be a full time volunteer job. I already put in many hours per day volunteering/participating on CC trying to help many at one time. It is not a job, but just to be kind. But college counseling is what I ALSO do in my REAL job and so I have to save most of my time that is devoted to individualized help for the students and parents who are working with me and to put that first. I will try to find time to get back to you if I can but can’t do it immediately.</p>