Do students cold mail schools ahead of application process?

“What sort of information is not readily available? The school websites are very complete these days.”

There are many questions that aren’t easily found on a schools website that a student may want answered prior to applying. Several of these were ones my daughter who works in an admissions office has heard. Others are ones we asked while in the process either for my kids or for kids at the school where I volunteer .

  1. I’m transgender. Will the school allow me to live with a student of my declared gender

  2. My state requires me to take an ACT without writing. You require an ACT with writing. If I submit my one without writing in addition to my one with will you consider it.

  3. Can students in your ( lockstep) nursing program study abroad. Your website seems to say both yes and no.

  4. One portion of your website says you only admit students to [a certain program or major] who apply after sophomore year. Another portion says you admit many students on a pre approved basis from the start. Which is it ( this happened at more than one school! The answer was, 'oh we recently made a change and forgot to change both places on our website)

  5. I have a severe food allergy. Who can I talk to about whether anything is done in food services to protect students like me.