<p>im thinking about calling a school that i got rejected at im not calling out of anger or because im mad, i am thinking about asking for some positive advise for future endeavors has anyone here had any experience with talking to an admissions officer after being rejected just for advise? or just what my application was lacking?</p>
<p>I did this last year. At one school I received a specific area in which I could improve upon but at others I received the generic response: “Too many qualified applicants, too few spots”. </p>
<p>My advice would be to wait another couple weeks, at least. The schools are probably extremely busy at this time.</p>
<p>There is a post on another thread about a child who called and asked to meet with the admissions director after being rejected. He then has a thorough conversation about the merits/failures of his application. he re-applied the next year and - reportedly- was admitted. So it may not harm to make an appointment when all the hullaballoo has settled, and have a mature, non-recriminatory chat with the AD</p>
<p>The generic response, too many qualified applicants, too few spots, is prevalent.</p>
<p>It would be nice if the top schools would revisit their recruitment philosophy of encouraging everyone to apply ( I was at a session where the Dean of Admission encouraged a child with no extra curricular activiites/service to apply even though they only have a 14% admit rate - this seems disingenuous at best.) Being honest and realistic would only benefit everyone at the schools with way too many applicants, the admissions folks and the children who have had their hopes inflated only to have them dashed.</p>
<p>Just an observation.</p>
<p>@Geducation - I agree 100%.
Why do they do it? Maybe so they can have those great low acceptance rates?
IDK. So I guess it is our job as parents to try our best to be the person that helps the student be realistic about chances… but then we don’t always know ourselves do we?</p>
<p>bump bump bump</p>
<p>You can ask, and some are, but recognize if every student who is rejected or waitlisted did that, the schools would be scheduling over a thousand interviews.</p>
<p>Sometimes the answer “too many good candidates” is just that. It’s not personal. Being on a discussion board probably amplifies the pain. But there are thousands of students who don’t post here who are in the same boat. And thousand more who don’t post here who found a home.</p>
<p>It is what it is. Anger and grief is normal. But at this point, there’s probably little a school can tell you other than they had 100-200 slots and 1600+ candidates wanting them. :-(</p>
<p>if there willing to spend the time to reject a student they have the time to explain it to the student, too many good candidates isn’t good enough for me.</p>
<p>And they do have the time . . . after April 15.</p>
<p>thats why im not going to call for another month!</p>