OK to call Admissions office after rejection?

sax
Mon, 19 Dec 2011 07:36:08 +0000

Back in 2006 my son applied and was rejected by Princeton. He was “the kid” at his school that year and the surprised counselor called the school to find out what he , the gc, might have done wrong.

The Princeton admissions person gave him a 4 worrd answer. " Well, we ARE Princeton."

My son laughed and said he would never have fit in there with that attitude.

He got many great acceptances but chose his safety, Penn State. 4 years later he was accepted to Yale as a grad student ( which he ended up turning down).

So let the GC call. But look forward, not backwards, because your student will do just fine.