A state school lost my documents!

Applying to College
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I applied to City University of NY schools, like Hunter College, and I was quite annoyed to log in to check my admissions decision, only to find out that the school says I’m didn’t send in all my paperwork - particularly my transcript with all of my SAT scores listed on it - to be evaluated for admission! And my guidance counselor sent CUNY 2 different packages of material. I don’t know how a university could lose something twice with the same thing in it. It’s an utter mystery to me. And I doubt it was sent to the wrong address - everyone else from my school has already heard from CUNY schools.

And you know what annoys me the most? The fact that CUNY did not bother to call me or notify me in some way that I had missing material. SUNY schools, Cornell, and UPenn each did at one point.

I think that CUNY has an inefficient system for admission. You have to type up your personal information, and then send in everything else (transcripts, other academic stuff) by snail mail. It would be much easier to just use a Common App-type system or Naviance.

I’m just really annoyed, even though I’ve been likely lettered by Cornell.

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I had a university lose my transcripts twice after telling me that they had been received, and then find both of those copies when I’d sent everything a third time. This is not unusual at all.

While it is nice that some places do let you know if something is missing, that really isn’t their job. Keeping on top of this stuff is the applicant’s job.

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Wait, you were missing documents from SUNY schools, Cornell and UPenn, in addition to those that CUNY lost?

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You were really going to Macaulley over Cornell? If not, then you have nothing to complain about

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@bjkmom‌ they were all financial aid documents. But SUNY called to remind me that they could not read my application because I had an application-fee processing issue. At least those schools gave me the courtesy to tell me that something was missing, even if it wasn’t academic.