<p>Hey I was wondering if you can turn in your graded essay seperate from the rest of the questionairs and written essay. My teacher has yet to grade it and i have finished the rest of the application. Please let me know, thank you!</p>
<p>I would probably try to send them in at the same time, even if it is a little closer to the application deadline. Alot of Boarding Schools get tons of applicants and it’s really hard to focus on getting someone’s essay when you’ve got alot of kids just waiting with their applications all put together perfectly.</p>
<p>There is no need to send them in together. Schools set up an admissions folder for each applicant and everything goes into that folder as it comes into the office. It doesn’t matter if it comes in all at once or in several mailings. Just make sure you get everything in by the deadline.</p>
<p>hmm these are two different replies and I am stumped.
Do they check everything all together as soon as they get the applications or do they check them on a specific date?</p>
<p>Most boarding schools check them on the deadline which is usually sometime between January or February. So yes they do check them all on a specific date. I would still recommend sending everything in the same time. It makes the admission committees job a whole lot easier and saves you from future headaches</p>
<p>hotchkissjin,</p>
<p>Do you believe that sending the application in one mailing and then the graded paper in another will adversely affect ones chances of acceptance? </p>
<p>SSAT scores, teacher recs and the application will all arrive at different times. I think the admissions office is very capable of getting them into the correct folder. </p>
<p>Park8, the admissions office will not make an acceptance decision until after the due date. If the folder is completed early, it will sit there un-reviewed. Just get everything in by the date.</p>
<p>Your job is to get everything that comes from you and your parents in by the application deadline. Your graded school essay is part of that category, just like any other form or page. When you have everything, send it in together. There is no advantage to doing it the other way and a chance something could fall through the cracks in the very busy admission office.</p>
<p>In the next few weeks many posters will be sending in applications that you have worked very hard on. Do not wait until the last minute to send them in or to apply on line, which can get very busy at deadline. It is YOUR responsibility to make sure that your schools get everything they need. Last year, some posters found out around March 10th that pieces were missing and it was too late to apply on time.</p>
<p>Make a copy of everything you send in and put it in a folder for each school. I suggest sending your applications in a way that you can confirm you sent them on time and track their delivery online. When you confirm delivery, print it out and put it in the folder. Your parents can do the same with their cleared checks. Most schools will send you a checklist when they receive everything - in the folder. Paperwork from SSAT saying you sent scores, file it, you get the picture.</p>
<p>If something is missing, follow up and get it in. (That’s why most schools send the email/postcard - things sometimes get lost.) If you send in your missing piece right away, or your school is a few days late with the grades, it should be fine. Check back with the school and when the school says file is complete, ask them to send you a confirmation or note the date and person you talked to.</p>
<p>A little record keeping now can save you a big hassle later.</p>
<p>who should i talk to and confirm that I sent everything?
Should I email the school?</p>
<p>I heard the deadline for greenwich and Pds is Jan.5?
just making sure thanks =)
Also Is it bad if my teachers have not sent out their recs yet?</p>
<p>thank you!!</p>
<p>By all means call or email your interviewer or the admissions office to make sure the school has received everything. They will happily check your file and let you know if something is missing. Call every week if you feel like it. My point is it doesn’t have to go at once.</p>
<p>of course it won’t but unfortunately there is an enormous amount of boarding school students and many of them follow the standard procedure given to them and it would be easier on the admissions office if they got everything through the traditional sense. my aunt is an admissions officer and she gets stressed enough over the incoming application flow and it makes things more difficult when potential students try to shift the rules.</p>
<p>Park8 – When we went through the application process, it seemed to me that there were administrators in the Admissions office who opened a file for your application. As pieces come in, these administrators log them in. When the application is complete, it is sent over to the Admissions Committee for review. Therefore, you can send in pieces separately as long as you send them all in on time. There is a huge amount of mail coming in, and some schools could not tell me whether or not the application was complete until a few weeks after the deadline. It is wise to keep checking until you know that they have everything.</p>
<p>I have trouble comprehending the debate about when schools look to see if an application is complete. It presumes that someone is intentionally sending in items in a piecemeal fashion. If it’s intentional, then that means there’s some benefit or advantage gained by that approach as opposed to sending in your items all at once.</p>
<p>So, before we start asking when schools look to see if applications are complete, I think it has to be explained why there’s a rush to send in a partially completed application.</p>
<p>Unless and until someone makes a compelling case for a scattershot approach to making an application to boarding school, I contend that, ideally, the schools should receive your materials in up to four envelopes from four sources.</p>
<ul>
<li><p>Your elements of the application should be sent together, in one package (except, of course, for those schools that require preliminary applications or fact sheets to be submitted in advance of the interview)</p></li>
<li><p>The school’s elements should be sent together through the school’s office (this includes the teacher recommendations; and while boarding schools are equipped to receive recommendations separately, you make your recommenders accountable to your school secretary to get their recommendations in if you do it this way)</p></li>
<li><p>Third-party recommendations that aren’t from your school go in directly.</p></li>
<li><p>The SSAT will send scores directly to the school.</p></li>
</ul>