<p>last year a couple of people on collegeconfidential that were deferred said that they had their guidance counselors call the admissions office to find out what was not on par with their applications. I'm gonna ask my guidance counselor to do the same, but idk what number to call and what information to give. </p>
<p>does anyone know the number that we can call so that they can look up my file/application and see what i can improve on before the R.D. decisions? also is my name and social security number enough info or should i also give my guidance counselor my cornell ID?</p>
<p>because i called that number and it seems to take you to an admissions officer. you just have to press ‘4’ when the automatic answering machine comes up. but i called at like 7 so no one was there and i didnt feel like leaving a message</p>
<p>Did you call or your couselor? are you also going to be sending a letter? cause I read on some older threads that deferred people should and that’s what I’m going to do. </p>
<p>In that case, do you think it would be good or bad that I’m also thinking about sending another rec (probably from a peer) to the college?</p>
<p>to tell you the truth, i have no idea. i’m in the same position as you, but i’ll get my gc to call and then maybe i’ll send a letter of continued interest sometime in january. i dont think i’ll send in another recommendation though</p>
<p>I called the admissions office and I’ve been deferred because CALS didn’t have my supplemental essay (which was mailed with other stuff by my school’s guidance office…).</p>
<p>They did in November, but the self-service website only showed FA stuff missing and doesn’t go into details about parts of application categories. Meh.</p>
<p>My kids’ school will usually reach out to those schools’ adcoms in Jan. Our GCs have their own contact at each school, as most of your GCs would. Many public school GCs will not make the call. If your GC is not helpful, you could email your regional rep. Our school’s GCs would put together a new packet to be sent by Feb. In the packet would include the latest transcript, updated GC recommendation letter, additional recommendation letter(s) from favorite teacher, coach, employer, awards, and a one page personal statement as to why Cornell is still your #1 choice. Not every GC would put the packet together for you, but it is something you could do yourself. I would definitely send in additional information, especially if you had a good first semester. This is your chance to give it another push.</p>
<p>ya my gc wasn’t very helpful at all and said that it would be better if i called them personally. haha so much for going to a public school with a class size of 800</p>
<p>yougeebs - I don’t understand your question. Why would you need to call the admission officers? Put a packet together as described by me, and send it in as additional information. You could all put your own packet together without your GC’s help. The only thing you’ll need from your GC is your latest transcript, but Cornell may request for that anyway.</p>
<p>The only disadvantage you may have vs private school students where GC would call on their behalf is “why were they deferred, what was missing in their applications.” But often adcoms may not have a straight answer anyway.</p>
<p>I gave the same information to a friend of mine 3 years ago. Her daughter went to a top public school, but her GC also refused to do anything. She helped her daughter put the packet together, and she did fine. What’s important is your personal statement and maybe one or two additional recommendation letters.</p>
<p>Not to be a kill joy, but try to keep your grades up just in case if you should get into a waitlist situation. The girl I mentioned above got into all three waitlisted schools (Northwestern, Cornell and Duke).</p>