<p>Clearly just whiling away time until revists... but was curious: Beyond the initial acceptance packages, what kinds of outreach have your schools made to encourage acceptance prior to the revisit? </p>
<p>In our case, we have a mix of day schools and boarding to consider. The day schools have reached out with the following: 1) teacher/parent/student calls/emails to the house 2) admitted family reception at the school 3) local receptions hosted by current families at their homes. </p>
<p>The boarding school provided a gracious and welcoming call from the AO. </p>
<p>Clearly it is WAY easier for a day school to offer gatherings, but have your BSs reached out in other, more personal ways before the revisit? Have you received calls or communication from current families, others?</p>
<p>Not a deal breaker for us at all one way or the other, but this is our first foray into this world and was just curious.</p>
<p>We’ve received calls, emails, and letters from all 5 schools that accepted my D. Two of the schools sent little gifts after the initial packages came. She has also received emails and letters from current students, and from a few faculty members in her areas of interest. The emails were clearly tailored to her experience and interests and we liked that – much nicer than a pre-packaged kind of email. I’ve also gotten calls from current parents in all but one of the schools. I was not expecting this level of ‘recruiting’ – we were very happy with the acceptances-- but it has been very welcoming and helpful, and I know my D feels like these schools really want her, which is a positive thing!</p>
<p>Now I feel paranoid! We’ve heard nothing from the school other a nice letter I got from the admissions director saying how she was to admit the child of an alum. We are going to a revisit day next week, so I just expected we’d be shown the love then.</p>
<p>Now I feel paranoid! We’ve heard nothing from the school other than a nice letter I got from the admissions director saying how pleased she was to admit the child of an alum. We are going to a revisit day next week, so I just expected we’d be shown the love then.</p>
<p>We got a t- shirt, a car sticker, 4 handwritten personal notes from faculty/coaches admin. Also a letter from the headmaster and another from the academic dean. We are feeling very loved!</p>
<p>Received a call from the headmaster and a handwritten note from my interviewer at one school. Also received emails from their staff. At other school, received email congratulating me and a phone call from a current parent in the nearby area. Oh, I also got a car sticker :)</p>
<p>@Cameo - Yes, agree. The personal notes and outreach do make one feel so welcome, especially because they are unexpected and at a time when one is scratching heads facing a choice of transoms. </p>
<p>@confusedonhades - Yay, so lovely to be loved :-)</p>
<p>@soxmom - I know what you mean. I suppose that’s what prompted me to write. Our DS has been reached out to right and left by the day schools with personalized letters, calls and emails, but the BS, by comparison, has been comparatively silent apart from a nice call from the AO and the original packet which included two thoughtful notes and a car sticker. We love the BS; it is such a warm and genuine place, so not holding any of this up as a tut tut. And indeed the thought would likely not have sparked at all but for the “onslaught” of love from the day schools.</p>
<p>Oh…and, well, I guess I should mention that a storm knocked out our phone for 48 hours last week.</p>
<p>We received a lovely (and long) handwritten note from the admissions department detailing what they liked about our child’s application. Then a form email reminding us to rsvp for revisit day. Hmm.</p>
<p>It might be a Ten Schools thing. We got a few letters right at the time of acceptance telling us how much they hoped we would choose the school but also saying that they were not going to contact us during the decision period.</p>
<p>Our family got a call from a parent of a student at Choate, and some congratulations e-mails that seemed to be mailed to everyone; I got an e-mail from the Arts, and the Third Form Dean. There were also four online chats hosted for accepted students, with teachers answering questions. :)</p>
<p>Same school as GoldenRatio- the emails were really nice, as were the chats, but at least for me, none of it was “personalized”. Oh, well. It’s still very informative information.</p>
<p>@weiqian: At least you made it to the chats! I couldn’t because my parents don’t like social networking sites (even ones made by Choate.) Thus, I had to e-mail a lot of questions And if you didn’t get a call from a parent, don’t worry; there are plenty of Choate parents on this forum!</p>
Oh, well. It’s still very informative information.</p>
And if you didn’t get a call from a parent, don’t worry; there are plenty of Choate parents on this forum!</p>