followup call from admissions?

Prep School Admissions Prep School Parents
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<p>We toured and ds interviewed at his first school yesterday. This afternoon, the director of admissions called to thank us for coming. Is this a standard approach with smaller schools? I was genuinely caught off guard, as I haven't heard of this practice. The message we picked up, intentional or not, is that they really liked ds. (Now I feel like Sally Field, or her mom, I suppose) </p>

<p>Feel free to burst my bubble if this is a common thing. I really don't know anything about the whole bs admissions process.</p>

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<p>Could be related to this topic that I posted a while back:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/prep-school-cafe/972708-common-admissions-officers-send-notes-applicants.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/prep-school-cafe/972708-common-admissions-officers-send-notes-applicants.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Most folks who have been through the process say not to read too much into anything at this stage…</p>

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<p>I hope I don’t burst your bubble, but they really do like most of the kids they interview. It’s sort of a self-selecting thing, in that very few kids who apply who are not well qualified. The big chore for admissions at these schools is to choose admits from a pool of more highly qualified candidates than they can accept.</p>

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<p>I would take a call as a positive.</p>

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<p>Notes are pretty standard -I think the schools want to increase the chances that you will follow through with an application - remember the # of apps determines their acceptance rate, so the more the better. But I have to say that I rarely if ever have heard of a phone call. Couple that with the fact that it was from the DOA and I would have to say they are sending you a strong message. Nice Job Rellielou!!!</p>

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<p>Thanks all, for the feedback. I am not betting on anything. It is nice to know that this <em>may</em> be a sign of interest. The school is not HADES and I have no idea what the GLADCHEMMS are, but it does have decent stats and appeared to us to be a good fit for ds. As I said though, this is our first visit, and we’ll have to wait and see what develops.</p>

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<p>Seven-
I have to laugh at how you are always one step ahead of me on these topics! Great minds think alike, right?</p>

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<p>Madaket, on a totally unrelated note, do you actually live on Nantucket? My family spent a wonderful week there when our family was bit smaller. Many happy memories associated with your name.</p>

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<p>It is fairly standard. Some schools even have impressive / personalized followup cards.</p>

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<p>When they called, did they want to speak to you or ds?</p>

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<p>They spoke to me and did not ask for ds.</p>