<p>Is this possible?
Why would an admissions director ever call an applicant?
Could they/have they ever called an applicant to tell them how much they liked their application or something?</p>
<p>Any experience with this?</p>
<p>Just wondering.</p>
<p>Admissions people call applicants for a variety of reasons, so it really depends on the specific information. Admissions directors at small schools may call a few of their better applicants to sweet talk them into attending. Some schools make the point of calling every student to chat a bit, like an informal interview. Other schools really do have phone interviews, but those usually aren’t a complete surprise. They may call if there’s a problem with your application, though in that case it would probably be a letter or email if it’s a common problem (such as missing information) or a call to your GC for something more specific. Sometimes other issues come up that require calls from admissions.</p>
<p>they call if they hate you</p>
<p>^^ no, i’m talking about a very good phone call. like a “i just called to tell you how great your app/essay was” at a large, prestigious university."</p>
<p>do they do this?</p>
<p>Yes occasionally. And you can also simply get handwritten notes commenting favorably on your application in a specific way or early write letters that are more or less the same content for all students they hope will accept their invitation to attend. Early writes and notes can arrive in early March for RD season. It is truly nice to feel wanted!</p>
<p>GETOUT - why are you asking?? Did you get one of those calls?? If so - how did it go?? Come on - spill the beans here</p>
<p>I want to know too. It is a promising thing. Hopefully you were able to convey your enthusiasm for the school and manage to let them know without being too direct that you are concerned about the money needed to go there.</p>
<p>More often than a phone call from a large, top school would be a little hand written note on your acceptance letter. That definitely happens. I also know students who have gotten phone calls from top schools, normally a mix of the school making it clear they want the applicant (i.e. complimenting his application and everything) and trying to convince the applicant to attend. I’m sure there are regional counselors at top schools who call students if an essay was particularly inspiring or something like that. Some students may get an email complimenting the essay (often saying something that makes it clear the students may or may not get in). It happens. The question is, did it happen to you?</p>
<p>My S never got any unsolicited phone calls during the app process (did get a few e-mails & snail mail pieces about app). After acceptances, when I was calling the schools to find out more about how they might meet his needs, I did get some very nice return calls & have some good conversations with adcoms about what they had to offer S & merit aid available to him. I found these conversations very helpful.</p>
<p>Not aware of folks getting unsolicited phone calls from larger Us, except sometimes from current U students encouraging prospective students to accept.</p>
<p>yes, it did happen to me. last night i got a call from the director of admissions from UNC-Chapel Hill.</p>
<p>I’m OOS and I never thought id even get in!! he called to tell me he loved my application and my essay and that i will have a lot of great options and he wants me to come to carolina. i said something along the lines of that i knew it was tremednously hard to be admitted out of state but i gave it a shot because it was something i really wanted and he said, “well im glad u gave it a shot cuz it was worth it” <em>jaw hits floor</em> he also gave me his personal office number in case i had any questions and told me to come visit and i said i couldnt afford to yet and he said well we can send u a plane ticket! and i said wow when does that happen? and he said “later this month” (aka when i get my acceptance!)</p>
<p>he didnt officially say i was accepted though, but itd be kinda cruel to call a student and then reject them!! </p>
<p>im still in shock. he just kept saying how touched he was by my essay and wanted me to know. </p>
<p>sweet!!! i never even considered UNC before cuz i assumed i’d be rejected. wowzers!</p>
<p>Two years ago, my older s got calls from U’s after he had been accepted, but before he committed. They were either from the admissions dept. or from the Honors Colleges. I know my s thought it was kind of strange to talk so casually to the people who had earlier held his future in their hands. The conversations were usually about why he should attend their school and what they had to offer him. One of the academic deans of the Honors College at UF (that he had met when he visited) called a couple of times and they struck up a friendship that continues to this day. I think that it is a great recruiting tool - everyone likes to feel like they are special!!</p>
<p>Congrats Getouttabuffalo! Sounds like your in! And how nice that he was so moved by your essay that he took the time to call you. </p>
<p>That is what I mean, great recruiting tool!!!</p>
<p>Congrats, Getouttabuffalo from me too! I am sure that you are in. And with a ticket to visit , you can herald your case to get the funds you need to and want to get there. Keep us posted. The only ones who ever called here were coaches.</p>
<p>this is really nuts. i went to tell my guidance counselor today…</p>
<p>i dont think anyone from my school has ever gotten into UNC OOS…no less a personal call from the director! wow :-D</p>
<p>NICE Getouttabuffalo!! We are happy for you! I have a close friend OOS at UNC who loves the place, and my son at Duke has many friends who are Robertsons. Please make the effort to apply for merit money ASAP. UNC OOS has a very well designed program for their honor students, and they have their own OOS student organization. Chapel Hill is a great college town. Make every effort to apply for merit scholarships pronto.<br>
My S received (very welcomed!) personal phone calls from admitted students at his colleges in three cases as well as a few dearly treasured early write letters and other things that made making a decision very tough.
That is because we truly do have many wonderful colleges in this country. If you love your college list…matches and reaches, you will have a hard time saying goodbye to some of your schools.</p>
<p>Have your folks start getting together all their financial info, so you can also have the FAFSA completed & ready to go to meet all your deadlines. Have read great things about UNC–congrats on the phone call! Hopefully you will have many other great choices to select among as well.</p>
<p>i’m applying for the pogue scholarship – OOS students, 1st generation students who overcame obstacles encouraged to apply – i have that. its a full ride- tuition, books, r&b. </p>
<p>wish me luck!!</p>
<p>Get…buffalo
I’m truly happy for you and your family. Sending you a plane ticket shows how much they would like you. As someone who has spent lots of time in the Carolina, I think you’ll have a wonderful experience.</p>
<p>My S’s college is small, and staff was available by phone or e-mail before and after he became a student.</p>
<p>Congratulations, Getouttabuffalo. We had a lot of contact with UNC admissions last year, and they were extremely straightforward, thoroughly decent people. I wouldn’t worry about it not being “official” yet. </p>
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<p>Actually, there are only a few merit scholarships that you need to apply for at UNC (the Pogue is one of them); the rest you are automatically considered for. My understanding from our involvement in the process last year is that essays play a HUGE role in selection for various scholarships, so if the admissions director specifically said he was impressed with your essays, I can’t imagine them not offering you some other merit aid, even if you don’t get selected for the Pogue. (Stats play a role, too, but if you’re OOS, you probably have really good grades/scores anyway.)</p>
<p>I’m sending luck your way!!!</p>