Why does the school want to know how high they are on D's list?

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<p>D received and accepted an invitation to an open house-type activity at the school she’s planning to attend. It’s for a specific program, and the activity is open to those who have or haven’t yet made their decisions.</p>

<p>She received a phone call tonight (from a student ambassador), asking if she was planning to attend (we’d already RSVPd), if we’d received the informational email (yes), and asking what priority that school was on my D’s interest list. (“First, second, third, or higher?” she asked.)</p>

<p>D wasn’t available, so the caller asked me the questions instead. I was rather evasive because I didn’t know what I should say. Is there an advantage or disadvantage to answering? </p>

<p>Fwiw, it’s a public university, and D has already made her enrollment and housing deposits.</p>

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<p>It’s enrollment management - they have to try to figure out how many students they need to accept (and at what price) to meet their targets.</p>

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<p>Seems like the obvious information of her sending the enrollment and housing deposits did not propogate fully…</p>

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<p>student ambassadores can get pretty enthusiastic. They were selected for a reason . . . sell, sell, sell! Each student represents substantial revenue for the university.</p>

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<p>If she has already made an ENROLLMENT deposit, it would seem that the school is her choice.</p>

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<p>Not sure what you are able to say, given that she has made an enrollment deposit (which you are not allowed to do at two different institutions). Number one really needs to be the answer… I am sure what the student asked was scripted, so they are probably aiming at the students who have not been accepted, and don’t have a different script for those that have.</p>

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<p>The person who asked was a student. It was an inappropriate question, but from someone who is not an official employee and they can and will ask all sorts of things. I won’t tell you some of the things my kids were told by student “ambassadors” at school functions (and offered), but I am sure enough to guarantee that they were not sanctioned by the schools.</p>

<p>It comes up in athletic recruiting too. The coaches will out and out ask where that school is on the list, and yes, your answer could make a difference as to where he will put the student.</p>

<p>In your case , you could have just said that you all have made the enrollment deposit. Even though these days, that is meaning less and less. For many schools, you have to do so right away, or you get a room in outer Siberia if you wait until May 1 to send the deposit.</p>

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<p>Why be evasive if she is already enrolled? Probably they were just not aware of that fact down in the call pit.</p>