<p>So is this common? My daughter was going to have her first interview, actually at her high school, with an admissions rep who was coming to the high school to present. So of course she made sure she was dressed appropriately, was a bit nervous, etc. Apparently the rep called the school about two hours prior to the scheduled visit to say that he could no longer make it and obviously then would not be interviewing my daughter either. (I'm not sure how many, if any, other kids were being interviewed that day.)</p>
<p>My daughter was a bit thrown, especially since she received no e-mail herself. I understand that emergencies come up, but isn't it courteous to e-mail the student?</p>
<p>What are everyone's thoughts on this? Common or not?</p>
<p>Perhaps the rep communicated through the high school because he assumed students were already in class and, therefore, they would have no way to receive an email?</p>
<p>I agree it’s courteous to email or contact the student, but you don’t know the nature of the emergency and what the rep is dealing with in his / her personal life. It’s always best to give people the benefit of the doubt in situations like this, IMO. It could be that her car broke down unexpectedly – or that her child was rushed to the emergency room and is clinging to life. So I wouldn’t get too perturbed.</p>
<p>FWIW, my D had an interviewer cancel on her (they were meeting downtown, not at school) because the woman’s husband took ill suddenly. She did wind up interviewing D later via phone, after everything had settled down.</p>
<p>Can’t speak for anyone else, but when mine were in hs, they only had “official” access to their school email during the day (and even then, only at specific times) - but they would have likely used their personal emails for setting up appointments / interviews, and they wouldn’t be able to check those during the day unless they were to surreptitiously do so on their smartphones, not that that ever happened of course (/tic).</p>
<p>Given that, it sounds as though calling the school was a wise move on the interviewer’s part, as that way he could guarantee a message could be gotten to the student in a way that an email might not have. It’s easy to forget that students don’t have the instant access to email (or text messages) via smartphones that we have as adults.</p>
<p>Many HS students do have email access throughout the day via smartphones. However, it would be unwise for an adm officer (or anyone else) to assume that the student will see an email sent less than, say 24 or 48 hours prior. </p>
<p>In this case, going through official channels (calling the school) was the right thing to do.</p>
<p>I would hope that the adm officer would email an apology to the student, and offer another opportunity to interview.</p>
<p>I was a college admissions counselor and would interview students at their high schools. Once I was in a fender bender 10 minutes from arriving at the high school. The only thing I could do was call the high school guidance office and inform them that I would be unable to make my interviews that day. Stuff happens. If the interviewer is competent and is interested in your daughter, she will probably get an email or note soon.</p>
<p>S2 had an alumni interview set up for one of his schools… got an email at the last minute that it had to be rescheduled…the only day the alumni could do it was the very last day the school accepted them…that day got email from alumni saying he couldnt make it to interview…S2 freaked and called the college…somewhat cool response, but eventually they said it wouldnt matter… strange though that he was WL at that school…we will always wonder</p>
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