Yes. She input her own phone number wrongly. Now just let this go! Thanks so much for your so kind advice!! :)>-
@Julia465894949 -You’re very welcome. Good luck to your daughter as she winds up the crazy college process.
D submitted NMF (TBA) and Presidential Scholar nominee (TBA) on common AP .She now is NMF but PSN did not pan out ( scores would have quailifed for last several yrs, but act-sat concordance lifted cut off a few points and now they dont use science in calcualtion ((Ds act 35.0( 104 needed 106 )) (psat 1520 sat 1520) Just found out today . Does this need correction.
@RW1- No need to correct. The information was accurate at the time it was submitted. If your daughter was deferred at any Early Action colleges or from an Early Decision school and plans to send an update, she can include her new NMF status but she need not comment on the PSN status. Even if your daughter wasn’t deferred anywhere, she can send an update to her first-choice college, noting her NMF status and the fact that she expects to enroll there if admitted. This news will carry more clout at the colleges that participate in NM than at those that don’t, such as the Ivies.
Thanks that was helpful and relieving!
Hi Sally! Sorry to bother, but for my Yale main essay (for transfers) I said I wanted to major in psychology and I wanted to major in creative writing. They offer creative writing as a concentration but not a major. Should I contact them to correct this? Will it impact my admission chances significantly? Or should I just relax and not contact them?
Thank you.
@psychologymajor7 -Ordinarily I would recommend that you not bother admission officials with a minor correction like this one. BUT … Yale takes very few transfer students, and one very important reason why some transfer applicants get accepted while other seemingly similar ones don’t is because the applicant has made a strong case in support of the ACADEMIC reasons that are drawing him or her to Yale. In other words, the admission folks want to know, “What can Yale offer academically that your current college–or other prospective transfer colleges–cannot?”
So perhaps,by calling creative writing a “major” at Yale, it will appear that you haven’t thoroughly researched Yale’s academic offerings and thus aren’t transferring for the academic reasons that admission officials seek.
Do you think that your initial application already made a strong case for the academic reasons you want to transfer to Yale? If so, then let this go. But, if not, you might want to submit a few samples of the creative writing you’ve done (or more recent samples, if you sent some already), and then you can emphasize in your cover note that Yale seems like the ideal place for you to study creative writing, along with psychology, explaining specifically why. Then you can also mention in this cover note that you realize you listed creative writing as a major on your application but you do realize that it’s a concentration.
But the important thing is for you to convey to Yale that it’s a perfect academic fit for you, being as specific as possible.
Good luck!
Thank you so much for your response. For the first half of my essay I talked about the career path I wanted to go in and why I wanted to study psychology, and then in a shorter paragraph I talked about why I wanted to pursue creative as well, but I didn’t talk as extensively about it. In the essay I portrayed psychology being the main academic reason I want to transfer, but would it be safer to submit the creative writing samples and mention that I realize creative writing’s a concentration?
@psychologymajor7 --If you have creative writing samples to submit, then it makes sense for you to submit them and mention that you realize Yale offers creative writing as a concentration. But what’s most important is that you explain why you want to study psychology and creative writing AT YALE and not just why you want to study these fields in general. So you need to put that in your cover note, too.
Thank you. If I already mentioned why I want to study psychology and creative writing at Yale in my main essay, should I just clarify that I know that creative writing’s offered as a concentration?
@psychologymajor7 -Yep … clarify that you know that creative writing is just a concentration. But don’t write to Yale JUST to say that. Only write if you’re including some recent writing samples.
Okay. Is it okay to do this even though the deadline passed? (I submitted it by the deadline) And thank you so so much for your help.
I’m so sorry to bother you again, but one last clarification: I recently submitted pieces to creative writing contests but haven’t received the results yet. Do you think it would be better to just leave my application as is (since I made a strong case regarding studying psychology at Yale) or should I submit a creative writing sample in addition to the clarification even if it may not be an extracurricular achievement?
@psychologymajor7 -If you mentioned creative writing in your application but didn’t send a sample of your work, then this would be a good time to do it, so you can correct the minor application error at the same time as well. It’s not imperative by any means. If you’d rather do nothing at this point, that’s okay too. But if you think that your writing is strong (and have been told as much by others), then sending a sample or two would be apt.
Thank you so so much for your help. I hope you have a lovely weekend!
@Sally_Rubenstone DD applied to two Coalition App schools and was waitlisted at both of them. I just pulled up her Coalition Applications to both colleges to look them over again and I notice on the High School Information Section for the most recent academic year she put Grade 11 and not Grade 12. I think she thought it was asking most recent year completed. Do you think this error had any sort of impact on the decisions? She does list her expected graduation date as June 2019 and the guidance counselor would have sent her transcripts which would show she is currently in 12th grade.
@mamma1st -Sorry that your daughter didn’t get the news that she’d hoped for, but this error on her application wasn’t the culprit. As you’ve noted yourself, admission officials surely figured out that she’s a senior based on other information in the application, especially the transcript. Had they been confused about her status, they would have contacted the school counselor.
If your daughter decides to stay on the waitlist at either (or both) of the schools, she will want to send an Update Letter in early April, confirming her continuing interest and highlighting new achievements along with her reasons that each school is a perfect match. If she wishes at that point, she can also point out that she is finishing her senior year (despite what she listed on the application) and she can apologize for whatever confusion she might have caused. But I really don’t think that’s necessary.
Good luck to her!
Hi there!
I’m currently a second-semester freshman in college and I recently applied to transfer to New York University for Fall 2019. I just realized that I misread a question that asked how many credits I will have completed when I ENROLL at NYU-- I thought it said how many I currently have completed (so I selected “15-29”), but I will have completed 33.
I presume it will be passed off as an unimportant mistake when they receive my transcript, which I believe included my 18 “In Progress” credits, but I just wanted to be sure.
Thank you!
@nyisred-Your error won’t affect your admission decision but it’s still a good idea to email NYU and set the record straight.
Hello,
I recently submitted my application through Common App and in my Activities section I mistyped one of my descriptions for my activities. I was copying and pasting from a separate google document and accidentally pasted the wrong description Is there any way I can update this?
Under Teaching Assistant, Eye Level in my Common App Activities section, I typed the following:
I restocked supplies, refilled info pamphlets, printed/laminated protocol sheets, sanitized areas, retrieved specimen samples, sorted insurance info.
However, I meant to type the following:
I graded workbooks and essays, offered feedback, filed miscellaneous folders, printed schedules, set up crates for the week, and kept gifts stocked.
Is this worth sending an email to college. I am really worried and nervous.