<p>Anyone else think the Elon Rep that was at a local theatre conference was kind of a jerk? Hard to want to go to school where the guy at the booth is so unapproachable.</p>
<p>Not sure about that guy, but they are unorganized and that leads them to be careless with your hopes and dreams. I would strongly suggest you think twice before associating with a reckless institution like Elon.</p>
<p>“reckless institution like Elon”? </p>
<p>What’s up with the Elon hate?</p>
<p>Really! Elon is one of the most highly-regarded MT programs in the country, and although having a bad experience with one staff member, or experiencing disorganization with the administrative staff can be very frustrating, and may even cause one to decide against attending, I don’t think I would write off the whole program as “reckless” as a result.</p>
<p>I agree I would not write off Elon, they are a highly-regarded MT program, I just wondered if other people thought the guy was difficult or if we just caught him at a bad moment.</p>
<p>I agree with Tracyvp. Although email correspondences were sometimes brusque and I was told to look at the “faqs” sheet posted online when I had certain questions which was annoying, the audition day ran smoothly and was not disorganized in the least. The following day my D interviewed for Fellows and that too ran smoothly. Don’t let one person’s attitude ruin an entire school for you because for every 1 bad one there are probabay 10 good ones!</p>
<p>I phoned Elon this morning to clarify what they needed from us for an apparent error on my part on either FAFSA or CSS Profile. The lady I spoke with was so nice and happy and totally down-to-earth! Couldn’t have started the day any better and wanted to share.</p>
<p>Traceyvp you said it very well.
ssjjkk let me tell you more about what I meant.</p>
<p>If you auditioned at Elon you received an email that led people to believe they were waitlisted. Then a few hours later the auditionees received an email rejection. </p>
<p>As it turns out what Elon meant is you are waitlisted for the school. (Please see the other posts regarding the confusion Elon created) Additionally, several parents on the audition ‘circuit’ expressed a similar sentiment. Elon’s letter was a poor choice of words that created needless heart ache-thus my term ‘reckless’.</p>
<p>While Elon IS auditioning kids, THEY are also auditioning for the parents & students. I am not careless with people’s hearts, and I don’t have much time for people (or institutions) that are careless with other people’s hearts. </p>
<p>Elon has a wonderful reputation for a quality program and very talented kids so I have no doubt about how great it is. For me, I need more than a good program-I require a school that has a heart too. </p>
<p>Understandably, people get defensive when less-than-positive threads on are posted on CC and try to change what was said. To be clear, I did not suggest anyone ‘write-off’ Elon. My suggestion was to ‘think twice’. Additionally I am not only 1 person with 1 incident. In this thread alone you see different people using words like “unapproachable”, “brusque” and “reckless” in different communications with Elon. I hope this is read in the constructive way it is meant.</p>