<p>...to not give specific reasons for rejections? Thanks.</p>
<p>Yes, they are legally allowed not to tell you why you have been rejected from a college.</p>
<p>Probably. You figure a school might reject 20,000 applicants (that could be a stretch but you get the picture). For some it might be grades, some ECs, some essays, whatever it may be. If you want them to come up with reasons more detailed than those I just listed, such as "We did not see dedication in Applicant A's second EC, Applicant B received too many B's, Applicant C used unacceptable grammar in his essay, etc." then keep dreaming. They probably can't just say "We rejected him because his name is weird" or things like that, but I seriously doubt that you'll get a response beyond "grades, ECs, essays, etc"</p>
<p>Er, yes, of course.</p>
<p>To clarify, they are not getting any more specific than "we had XXXXX applicants and only XXXX slots".</p>
<p>yeah... they really don't need to tell you.</p>
<p>college is a priveledge, not a right. they don't have to tell you a damned thing.</p>
<p>Heck, if they wanted they could charge you a fee for telling you why you were rejected. They could also make fun of your family, insult your appearance, or express the pleasure they would derive from your being attacked by ravenous wolverines. </p>
<p>They don't do any of these because they are decent people who have no desire to be cruel or insulting. Even if that wasn't the case, they wouldn't want to scare off applicants.</p>
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Charging! Smells like College Board</p>
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<p>They don't do any of these because they are decent people who have no desire to be cruel or insulting. Even if that wasn't the case, they wouldn't want to scare off applicants.
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<p>This does not sound like legal information, which is what I asked for. I see that I cannot get any legal advice here because some people will just post their own opinions and bring confusion... Well, thanks anyway - to those who did post something more reasonable.</p>
<p>I think Catfish's point is that there are no laws regarding disclosure of information. Colleges are under no legal obligation to tell you anything. Just like when you apply for a job, "I'm sorry, the position has already been filled" is all they need to tell you. Schools receive thousands of applications. I assume most rejections are based on more than a single factor, so there may not be a "one reason" you were rejected.</p>
<p>So there is no legal information to be sought.... I just REALLY hope you weren't thinking about taking legal action against the school. Because what would that solve?</p>
<p>I think it's a good question, especially since you also pay an application fee. For all you know, they could even not read your app at all, and just take your money.</p>
<p>This is not a legal question. Colleges don't have to tell you anything. If you really want to know, your guidance counselor could call - sometimes colleges will share info with a guidance counselor (i.e. first semester grades were weak, etc.).</p>
<p>If it's not a legal question, then how are lawsuits about racist / political / etc. rejections are started? Something tells me that they have to release the information, and I'll try to find a lawyer...</p>
<p>Please move on...don't get a lawyer...just move on.</p>
<p>I agree with Abhi08544.</p>
<p>"If it's not a legal question, then how are lawsuits about racist / political / etc. rejections are started?"</p>
<p>There are lawsuits about that because the people suspect that the rejection was based on something they aren't allowed to discriminate on, e.g. race (like that Li kid). That's against the law. Rejecting you based on your essays, though, isn't against the law.</p>
<p>"Something tells me that they have to release the information, and I'll try to find a lawyer..."</p>
<p>They don't have to. You'd've thought that students would've gotten the info out of them by now, after the millions of rejections.</p>
<p>Yea go find a lawyer. It'll give me a good laugh when I read the paper. Please do.</p>
<p>Okay, the simple, legal answer: No. They do not have to tell you why you have been rejected. They do not even have to legally tell you you have been rejected unless they said they would. And that's the legal answer.</p>
<p>Whatever it is that's telling you that they have to tell you why is completely wrong and has no legal base.</p>
<p>it depends, under IDEA they are not allowed to reject you because of a disability. If you think it was because of something like that then I would question them</p>
<p>It's worth remembering that old saying that colleges accept people, they don't reject people. You weren't accepted.</p>