Should my Parents call?

flong
Wed, 23 May 2007 22:18:16 +0000

No, unfortunately calling (esp your parents) will not be effective.

1. Most universities don’t grant you connection directly to an admissions officer. The people you call are just employees there to answer the phones and they do not even take a note of the phone call.

2. If a University does allow you to talk directly to an admissions officer, you should be the one talking, not your parents. It looks you look dependent and whimpy and not prepared for college if mommy and daddy are still doing all your dirty work.

3. if anything, you should have been sending letters/updated grades and volunteer hours/SOMETHING CREATIVE that affirms your interest in a school. Tangible writing is somethign they can put into your app portfolio and the most they update ur portfolio the more they look at it

But Carnegie at this juncture, its really too late to send in anything. Most of the top 30 schools have already notified around may 15th those who did get off the WL since they know by then how many spots they need to fill to hit their yield. Your banking on someone getting in on the WL for another from one of the schools your trying to get into.