I didn't submit all the materials, why they refuse me?

D_yer_Maker
Fri, 11 Mar 2011 09:00:36 +0000

Of course it also depends on WHO lost the materials. There was at least one applicant from several years ago who applied to Andover and the admission office lost some key item. In that case they did not reject the applicant. They held off on a decision until the missing material was sent in. She was accepted, I believe, and it had been her first choice. But the financial aid wasn’t there and by the time the whole experience was over, she was really soured on Andover and went to Exeter…which she had spent most of that admission season comparing negatively to Andover. She learned to love the school that loved her…and didn’t lose her file.

If Andover lost the material or if they had asked for supplemental material that had not arrived, I can understand the OP’s disappointment at receiving a rejection. Remember, the OP is questioning the rejection, not claiming that she should have been accepted. If the school was responsible for the lost material, a rejection wouldn’t be appropriate. A refund of the application fee might be called for, but it would be fairly rude (imo) for a school to fail to consider an application and then take the fee and send out a rejection letter.

Another scenario that’s plausible from this sketchy post is that the applicant did not complete the application – effectively bailing out and intentionally choosing not to go forward with the application. So, when she received a rejection letter it might have ticked her off. Like a girl who says that she won’t go to the prom with you…as if you asked in the first place!

More facts are needed to figure out what happened here because it’s not self-explanatory.