<p>About a decade ago, I started talking about the need to own the process from the end of … Middle School. The schedule of four years of HS is yours. Not the school’s. All the documents are yours. And it is your right to manage the entire process. And your duty.</p>
<p>The kid did what he had to do. The parents and GC seemingly so, but ultimately everyone would have benefiited from letting the parents submit all the information AND checking the reception. </p>
<p>Some do NOT like the message, but in admissions, trust nobody but yourself.</p>
<p>Several years ago my daughter applied to a school where the online portal said everything was received. So she didn’t call them because…the online portal said everything was received! Then she doesn’t get in and kids in her class with lower grades get in. That was weird. She called and they said they never got her SATs (although portal said they were in!). College Board could prove they were sent. She had them resent and was accepted two weeks later, but decided not to go if that was indicative of how the administration worked. I would not have thought to call and check if the portal confirmed complete.</p>
<p>It bugs me, to some extent, that you are paying a fee to apply and they are remiss or in error and it’s “tough luck.”</p>
<p>Anything I’ve ever paid for, I’ve gotten.</p>
<p>If the chef forgets my appetizer at the restaurant, I don’t pay for that just because it was entered on the computer screen. If my electric is out for a time, I am pro-rated. I think if the school is “at fault” they should refund the app fee. I don’t care if they are getting 20K apps. That’s like 1.5 million dollars.</p>
<p>If you ordered an iphone and it never came in the mail, because of processing issues, you wouldn’t pay for the service anyway while it was not there. </p>
<p>but, I’m annoyed with the idea of soliciting for so many applications and then acting as if there are too many to deal with.</p>