<p>Just wondering if you or your child ever got a call from one of the schools pre-March 10 to ask for clarification on anything in the application, etc. I can just imagine DC, DH, or me getting the call asking for clarification of something in the application that would tip the scales when we are the least prepared. Does this happen? I've already gotten one call from a current parent asking me if I had any questions about the school, and an email from an AO who will be in town and wants to meet.</p>
<p>Yes. They may do. A lot of parents said so in old threads.</p>
<p>We did get one call from a prominent school. I think they had lost track of the file.</p>
<p>hmm do they ever call international?</p>
<p>Yes, schools may call right up until the week of March 10th looking for more information. In our case(s), it was only an indicator that the kids weren’t being outright rejected. Of the calls we rec’d, most were for more FA information. They can call right up till the day of March 10th and you can still be waitlisted. Don’t want to be a killjoy, but chances are you won’t know anything until the day and time you were originally told you’d be contacted. In most cases, this is March 10th.</p>
<p>Two years ago, my son got calls from two separate schools asking more about sports experience and awards, a request for a CD of his musical talent and additional writing.</p>
<p>We were called by one school a week before 3/10 asking if we w/could accept an offer of admission with no FA as we had applied for it (but SSS seemed to think we had FP in our sock drawer). Another school sent a letter to the same effect that same week.</p>
<p>We got calls from two asking for clarification or additional information. One asked if we had additional questions. The other called two weeks before the letters went out. Scary and hopeful at the same time. But the outcome was good in both cases.</p>
<p>If it is not about forms or FA, are these calls to the kid or the parents?</p>
<p>My daughter got an email on Feb 18 the year she applied, asking for a music recording. The email was addressed to her, though it came to my email account. Perhaps my daughter had used my email as her contact info as well, as I check mine more often.</p>
<p>Schools that offer named scholarships (need based or otherwise) may also contact the finalist families before the official M10 date.</p>
<p>For those of you out there now worrying that you WON’T be called…we heard nary a peep from anyone.</p>
<p>Just a word of caution . . . NMH generally calls a few days in advance of March 10 - to parents, not kids - if the child has been admitted, but financial aid has been denied. That way, if FA is a dealbreaker, the family can elect not to have the child receive a “Congratulations!” notice on March 10.</p>
<p>My advice? Rip all the phone cords out of the wall at least a week ahead of March 10, just to be on the safe side . . . ;)</p>
<p>Tempting, dodgersmom!</p>
<p>Next two, or three, weeks… will be key.</p>
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<p>Key to what, pray tell? What was “key” was the work done by your student prior to submitting the application! Between now and M10, it is out of our hands.</p>
<p>Luck is when preparation meets opportunity. Here’s hoping that all the preparation done over the last 8 years will meet an opportunity on March 10 for all our kids.</p>
<p>Well said, rbgg. Hoping for a wonderful school that is right for all of our kids.</p>
<p>Yield is a HUGE deal for schools–i.e., the percentage of admitted students who say yes to the acceptance. Everyone knows Harvard has the highest yield in the country. Administrators–Presidents, AO, etc—are obsessed by this and are still trying to predict as much as they can who among the applicants, if admitted, will definitely show up. It matters in terms of the school’s prestige/ranking if the vaste number of accepted students say yes. That’s one of the main reasons some highly academically qualified students are denied. The school believes, rightly or wrongly, they will not show up, so why screw up their yield just to give their familes an ego-boost.</p>
<p>Anyone who has kids got accepted without being called by schools during the process?</p>