For Georgetown ED, when I submitted the first year application for admission, I chose “do not waive access” for the interview (which was super stupid of me, because since my counselor never said anything about it so I figured it’d be fine) and submitted that.
It said:
“Interviews with members of local Alumni Admissions Committees are a part of the Georgetown admissions process. Summaries of these interviews are normally included in the student’s file for use in the admissions process and in counseling by officials at Georgetown University. In accordance with the Family Educational Rights Privacy Act of 1974, indicate your choice by checking one of the following options:”
And I chose not to waive access
How problematic is this? Since this is just for the interview, which I didn’t have yet, will it be alright as long as I DO waive access to my counselor and teacher recs?
EDIT: I haven’t even been scheduled for an interview yet, if that makes a difference
Email or call Gtown admissions and ask how to rectify this situation. Perhaps the school can arrange for you to send in a letter or something waiving access. You might also ask if you would be granted an interview unless you waive access.
An observation here. You can probably change the waiver, but the bigger issue is how you try to shed responsibility for this. “my counselor never said anything” you write.
Really? Its one thing if you explicitly asked “does this matter” and the counselor told you it did not. But apparently you never asked, the counselor never volunteered the info, so now the blame is at least shared with the counselor. A better approach would be to straight-up accept responsibility. “I didn’t know what to check, I didn’t ask anyone, I figured it didn’t matter.”
I raise this because its a little flag sticking up here, perhaps something you didn’t even notice, but that has maybe become a habit. Obviously I don’t know you, this may be one instance totally out of character, but a lot of kids (and adults) never full-on accept responsibility for things going sour. There’s always someone else sharing in the story of how it happened. People notice, and remember.
@badgolfer I admit I didn’t do a great job wording it, but your immediate conclusion that I most likely refuse to take responsibility is a rather uninformed one, and doesn’t even address the question that this thread is about.
I honestly wasn’t trying to put blame onto my counselor, as I mentioned, it was stupid of me FOR assuming that it didn’t matter just because I wasn’t told otherwise. My counselor has been nothing but thoroughly involved in giving us information sessions on the application process, so again, the assumption was wrong on my part, and this is 100% my own fault. I just meant that it wasn’t intentional whatsoever and that I had/have no interest in not waiving the access.