<p>I recently got deferred from my early action school. I actually really want to go there, and I really want to know what I can do to improve my application. I don't want to get my guidance counselor to ask for me since it is winter break, and that is not usually the norm in my high school (everyone is kinda lazy :P), so she may be reluctant. Can I email my admission counselor and ask myself? How do I say it in the nicest way possible?</p>
<p>Thank you for your help!</p>
<p>You can try your best and send a very polite and well-worded email, but ultimately I really don’t think it’s in a school’s best interest to tell you why you didn’t get in…You are EXTREMELY unlikely to get a, “Well, if your essay had been better, then you might have gotten in.”</p>
<p>My s was in your shoes last year. He contacted the admissions office himself, told them that the school was his number one choice and asked what they would need to accept him. He was told that they wanted to see his first semester, senior year grades. (His spring junior year grades showed a slight drop from previous grades.) He had them sent in January and was accepted two weeks later. I don’t see how it could hurt to ask.</p>
<p>Of course, in June, my s decided that he wanted to go to a different college.</p>
<p>^would you mind to tell us what school your son goes =] (I want to know if it’s the same school that I applied ED to, if it is…then I will cal the admission office for sure )</p>
<p>^^,
That’s a good idea! But how could a student call the admission director himself/herself? I am pretty sure that the first one who will pick up the phone will be an assistant/current student helping with the admission process.</p>
<p>Would it be in my best interest to email my admission counselor then? I don’t want them to find me annoying them :x</p>
<p>The director of admissions at one college we visited implored people not to call the office during this crazy time. He indicated that the inconvenience of retrieving a physical file and documenting the conversation could disrupt the candidate’s review. The admissions rep for your area is the one to communicate with.</p>
<p>I know of one student who was deferred at Caltech and went on to write a passionate letter about why they should change that to an “accept.” It worked.</p>
<p>I plan on emailing my regional admission counselor. I don’t plan on calling the school</p>
<p>So, digdig, should I also write a passionate letter to the school where I got deferred at? by mail or email?</p>