<p>Hi!</p>
<p>I'm an international applicant. Because I cant call, I often end up emailing the college office (regarding the reciept of my material, what I should do about this and that etc etc etc...)</p>
<p>It suddenly struck me that these emails might really be annoying the office- "emails from a a paranoid prospective".</p>
<p>What do you think?</p>
<p>It is their job. Why would they be annoyed ?</p>
<p>I dont know…</p>
<p>I’m just putting myself in their shoes…</p>
<p>A few days back, I emailed a couple of writing samples to a college. Then last night, (because they had not replied) I sent them another email asking them if they had received my stuff and added it to my application. </p>
<p>…i would find an applicant like me mighty irritating! </p>
<p>Today, I was going to send an email to ANOTHER college to ask them if they had received my writing samples, but then I stopped and made this thread…it just occurs to me that they might think i’m overdoing it or dont trust them or something…:s</p>
<p>so I should just email them, right?</p>
<p>I think you should email them when you have new and significant information to add to your application. Of course it is not supposed to be a regular correspondence ! I would refrain from asking if they have received the info you sent the day before.</p>
<p>what do you mean by writing samples?</p>
<p>LUCEVERITA- thats the thing…every little issue is ‘significant’ to me…to an admissions office that is receiving close to a thousand mails a day, that issue might be nothing more than excess bother</p>
<p>ALEX- Some colleges (eg. Hamilton) ask for extra evidences of writing. It’s optional, though.</p>
<p>It is absolutely okay.
I’m also an international student and I emailed them a lot. Just got accepted to U of Minnesota.</p>
<p>I would say that it’s important to be polite. I always ended my emails with ‘Thank you very much for your help’ and ‘Your help is appreciated’. I also included ‘it means a lot to me to be a competent international applicant’ once too lol.</p>
<p>Point is, just write with manners and have them know it’s because you care, not because you want to bother anyone.</p>
<p>Why can’t you just call? It’s definately annoying to be receiving alot of e-mails at this time of the year (not to say that you’ve a made mistake e-mailing them). And besides, most schools are too busy reading apps that they probably won’t be getting to your e-mails promptly. If you have a question that’s of urgent nature, your best bet would be to directly speak with one of the admissions representatives.</p>
<p>If you really want to stick with e-mailing, I suggest that you look up your regional admissions officer’s e-mail and e-mail him/her instead.</p>