Does calling colleges alot to ask about status, or arrival of material kind of help at all , in the sense that they see your concerned, etc.? and when you do call them, do u speak with the actual adcoms?
<p>I don't know if it helps or not, but it won't do anything if you don't mention your name</p>
<p>it won't help you since you'll end up talking to a secretary/clerk/peon and not a real adcom</p>
<p>You'll generally wind up talking to an administrative assistant who will check your file's status on their computer. Though once I just about choked when I found myself talking to the Associate Director for Admissions. However, demonstrating "concern" by calling has about the same effect as a "I really really really really wanna go here" letter, i.e., usually not much more than an eye roll.</p>
<p>You can ask to talk to adcoms about certain things, which I did a great deal for Columbia, Yale, and a few others. However, I did get rejected from the colleges I cared about enough to call, so I'm not sure if my calling ever helped, even though I got into the habit of introducing myself in great deal to every person I talked to, with a "Hi, my name is . . . and I'm going to blah blah high school and I'm a prospective applicant to your school, and I have a few questions," to everyone, which got sort of old for me after a while, but if you want it to help, as curlyque500 said, you have to mention your name.</p>
<p>Calling too much will get a notation on your file marked "pain in the ass". You really don't want to go there. Keep calls to an absolute minimum and don't annoy these people who are working 14+ hour days right now.</p>
<p>I ended up emailing the school I applied ED to about 4 times so far because I keep on forgetting something, like a mistake on the application or a question that just pops into my head. Definitely send your admissions counselor an email or call them if you have a question as they will know best since they've been through the process countless times.</p>