I got a call today from a school we didn’t apply to or request information from asking if DD would be interested in applying. I explained she had already enrolled elsewhere, but then I got thinking. Who sold her information to another school? Anyone else have this? Is this normal? I found it very strange.
Sounds odd. BTW: would love to hear more details about the St Tim’s revisit!
Did you or she check a box somewhere that schools could contact you? I get emails (and emails, and emails) from certain schools, because we must have checked a box at some point.
And a certain school who rejected DS is on his brother’s Instagram every.single.day, which gets kind of annoying considering they are marketing to someone rejected.
We received an email for next application season, already ;). The kids get Instagram requests from schools we have not applied to or ever contacted but I believe it’s linked up to other followers-- not sure how that works.
When D was a freshman at Westover, she received a letter at home from the AD at Middlesex, thanking her for her interest and giving her contact info for the specific AO who was to ‘support her application from start to finish’! There was a personal note handwritten at the bottom of the letter – it was bizarre. MX had never been on our list of schools to consider. I sent an email to the AD and received a one line reply saying “Our apologies, we will not contact you again.” I still have no idea how they got her info. :-/
we got cold calls from 2 big named schools from participating in CDB scholarship- kid didn’t win it but scores were I guess great- and she’s “different”- you never know, especially after essays. we did apply to one eventually and got in… didnt go tho-
@copperboom : Was your daughter a CDB finalist?
nope… and she was disappointed bc she thought it was her only way to afford BS- but then we got a call from a school over the summer ( before 8th) They were on the panel of cdb judges and loved her application- thought she would do well at their school and said they offered FA- world works in crazy ways!
@CaliMex I can only give a few details about the revisit, because I wasn’t there. DD and DH went, I had a huge work function that I was planning and hosting on the same day.
They flew into Newark and drove down and got there a day early. They went to campus and had a quick look around. DH said there was another family there (he thinks from Japan) scouting out the place early. He did say they were the only two international students to do a revisit day. DD fell in love with the campus on sight. DH said he wished he could have attended a school like that.
Revisit day they attended a welcome, several classes, a panel for the parents and one for the students, lunch, and a show (students danced, held a mini-version of their fashion show from art class, and sang I think DH took a video for me, but I don’t remember for sure), and a scavenger hunt to help the girls get more familiar with the campus. Then there was the tour that was optional. DH and DD did the tour, and thankfully took some photos for me! Oh yeah, they also partnered the new girls up with a student so they could ask questions etc.
DH did say the campus is beautiful, but quite isolated from town. They take a trip into town each weekend it sounds like for shopping and they do have the campus store as well.
DD said all the girls were really friendly, and seemed really happy - even a day early when they weren’t “on” so to speak. So that is reassuring to me. DD did also mention her dislike for uniforms in general, and someone at the lunch table told her they didn’t like them originally either, but they end up being no big deal (which I have told her a hundred times), and that helped to relax her there. Also, we did learn that the dorm assignments change mid-year. I think this is a great thing! At Christmas they all pack up their stuff and put it in the storage and get new room mates for the second half of the year. I think this makes it a much more close class, because they get to know each other more in depth this way.
So hopefully that paints a good picture for you 