Wrote a Letter, now what?

pronsaljr00
Tue, 05 Nov 2013 18:10:10 +0000

Last week I wrote a letter to my top school choice, Northeastern University, explaining how much and why I wanted to go there. It was a very well written letter that I worked hard on and quite frankly, built myself up a little bit; without lying or misleading. My SAT scores and average GPA is quite lower than the average at NU, and had limited amount of extra curricular activities; although I did a few (including freshman baseball, XC, and track for two years) I also did a lot of community service, and art classes. This letter was written to the Dean of Admissions at NU and it just told them about myself and what I liked about Northeastern and how much I admired it. My next idea is to call the Admissions Office and just introduce myself, asking if they had received the letter. But I don’t really know exactly what to say or ask them, so I was wondering if this is a bad idea, and if it isn’t; what exactly should I say/ask when I call? Any feedback would be highly appreciated as I am new to this site and just need a few quick opinions and answers. Thank you.



I also had a close family friend who is high up in the nursing dept. at NU to write a letter of recommendation for me. I’m not applying for nursing though, but engineering. Just thought I’d throw that in there.