<p>GETOUT - I have somewhat followed your college adventures - and I have to say that I am VERY excited for you :)
That phone call is just AWESOME!!! It certainly sounds like a HUGE positive for you.</p>
<p>Jumping for JOY here for you - Go for the $$$ now LOL - that plane ticket is the topping on the cake - you best keep us all informed now - this is exciting :D</p>
<p>GOOD LUCK GOOD LUCK GOOD LUCK</p>
<p>NC is a great place to be for those college years :)</p>
<p>Wow, good going, Buffalo! What was your essay about? It must have been great!</p>
<p>We received plenty of phone calls after acceptance from Deans, Professors and students but none beforehand. The best one was from a student offering congrats and offering to answer questionsā¦ thing was it was 10 days prior to decision being posted on website. A call to the school resulted in a āwoops thatās not suppossed to happenā. Even at that point Adcom Director would not confirm status, ( āwe never release that info before offical notification date, but in your case I suspect you will be happy with the resultsā.</p>
<p>CONGRATS, Getouttabuffalo! UNC is a great place to go to college- I hope merit $ comes your way! :)</p>
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Steve Farmer? He used to be with us. :)</p>
<p>If I feel as though I have the time and I read something particularly interesting, Iāll fire off a quick email to a student or teacher telling them. I especially do it when I read a teacher rec thatās well done (meaning, doesnāt just summarize the resume or transcript). I donāt think they get enough feedback. I usually make copies of great essays and wait to contact student until notification time so Iām sure of the decision. </p>
<p>The fact that Steve mentioned a visit makes me think he was working off a list and trying to drum up interest for the program. That doesnāt diminish the call AT ALL. You should be very proud of yourself!</p>
<p>So hereās the question, which you may have already answered, Dean J:
An admission counselor cannot read a fabulous essay and call the applicant to tell him/her right away. The ad counseleor has to wait until the application goes through the entire round of reviews before making the call, correct?</p>
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Iāve never run into a policy about this, but I wouldnāt contact someone with praise if I wasnāt certain that the decision was going to be āofferā. As the student wrote, itād be cruel.</p>
<p>Looking at their deadlines, UNCās notification dates are late (January 31 for early). Perhaps Steve makes these calls to high quality applicants so UNC is on their minds when they get answers from other schools that notify earlier. </p>
<p>We ALL know that the timing on decision letters is tricky. Too early, and kids forget about us as other offers roll in. Too late and we might be an after thought. Conversion efforts start earlier and earlier as a result. The official notice isnāt being sent, but thereās a definite build up happening.</p>
<p>Congratulations!!! Your senior year is a lot less stressful now, Iām sure. :)</p>
<p>I guess youāll be getting out of Buffalo. Congrats!</p>
<p>So Iām curious too, what did you write about? :)</p>
<p>Interesting to hear from your side Dean J. You mean you guys get nervous that you might miss that great prospect because you acted too early or too late? </p>
<p>Sounds like dating ;)</p>
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<p>Remember, that schools are just as interested in finding students as students are in finding schools. Itās just like looking for a job later in life ā the employer fears that they will never find good candidates for open positions while the candidates are worried that theyāll never find a good job. These things tend to work out.</p>
<p>We did have one college admissions officer write an email to junior after a tour asking him to send the AO an email when his application was complete. āI want to handle your application myself.ā Either sincere concern or really smart marketing. Who can tell the difference? It was still nice.</p>
<p>Congratulations, by the way. Sounds like you are on your way to one of your dream choices.</p>
<p>Dropping in here just to say, āCONGRATULATIONSā!</p>
<p>Several years ago, Caltechās Director of Admission will phone each and every candidate to inform their acceptance. In my sonās case, he was in Karate school when we receive the call at home so that we drove to Karate school to convey the message for him to call back. I understand that for sometimes, the President of Caltech did the call for minority students.</p>
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Of course! Weāre always nervous that we might do something (or not do something) that will send a great student to another school. </p>
<p>I worry a lot about the email that comes into our general accounts. We have a person who is dedicated to answering those emails, but with the amount that comes in, some inevitably slip through the cracks. After all, sheās one person trying to answer hundreds of emails in one day. Some are routine, but some require research or input from departments or other offices at the University.</p>
<p>Iām so happy for you! Congratulations on this great news. </p>
<p>I read 2 of your essays and I know how great they were. Iām not surprised that the dean of admissions was moved by them. The manicure essay was the best one Iāve read on CC. </p>
<p>How wonderful for you to have this terrific news so soon! Iām sure thereās going to be more to come :)</p>
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<p>Are you sure it wasnāt just your son? As I understand it your son was a rather unusual case.</p>
<p>Another aspect of school interaction during the decision making stage is communication from the schools. The unique āfat envelopeā, personal letters from Adcoms, hand signed Christmas, birthday and Valantineās cards from Admissions along with personal calls very much helped convince DD there was a human face to one school while the number 2 choice sent a letter and a couple of standard booklets and besides money offered nothing that indicated they were interested in the person.</p>
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Iāve always wondered how much money schools are spending on mailings when theyāre able to send all that extra material. I also wonder how theyāre able to hire the number of people that they do. Just the other day, I was looking at the staff lists at two public flagships. One had 20 admission counselors (thatās not counting the Dean, Associate Deans) and another had 15. Both had staffed satellite admission offices in major cities. </p>
<p>I guess Iām jealousā¦weāre a skeleton crew compared to some schools. Thereās no way we can give the attention that those schools do to each student. </p>
<p>Of course, I then convince myself that when the Office of Admission budget is lean, it means more money is going to impact student learning and I feel better. :)</p>
<p>UVA will always command a large # of highly qualified, very motivated applicants & have a nice # of students to choose among. I promise that as a parent (& my S), we really do feel that some of the excessive staffing & marketing by schools is āover the topā & adds to the money we families have to pay for our kids to get their education. Do appreciate schools that keep these costs in check.<br>
My S & his friends actually groaned over some of the schools that had the largest marketing budgets that barraged them with mailings & didnāt even apply, perhaps partially because they were turned off by all the āhype.ā</p>
<p>I was not refering to āhypeā. I was refering to an elite school showing they were interested in the person not just the application. DDās #2 school showed none. Since they offered her a huge sum of merit aid I assume they were interested. Failure to show any personal interest was a factor in not enrolling. We are talking about ten bucks in cards and postage and a few hours of staff time (a few hundred EA applicants) vs. losing a sought after student. Seems to me money well spent.</p>