With Ivy day just a few days from now, how do I contact admissions (if I was rejected) to see how I could improve my application, essentially, how do I find what was wrong? How do I find and email who reviewed my application? For example, Princeton University does not have a phone number that I can contact on their web page (or at least I can’t find it) so it becomes difficult to get specific information.
Sorry, no one is going to give you this information. What would you do with it anyway? You can’t improve your application after you’ve been rejected.
Agreed. They will not tell you. You will get the standard “So many qualified applicants…” line.
The phone number is on their website: 609-258-3060. The name of the specific AO, they probably will not tell you for exactly this reason. I know Harvard tells you the name of the person in admissions only if accepted.
He’s graduating early, probably reapply next year after a gap. And they won’t tell you what went wrong.
This isn’t like grading a math test. They won’t tell you, nor should they, it is your responsibility to figure out what needs improving or changing, if anything, cause yes, they get a lot of basically flawless applicants. Besides, there is no specific magic formula or everyone would have it.
Everyone’s right, @HopefullyTiger . You will not get the satisfaction you desire and there’s no way for you to do so.
Agree with the above, you will not get any valuable feedback.
On the other side, I was rejected from GA Tech EA, and I received my results before all my applications were in. I took the time to contact my admissions lady on why I was rejected and she actually had an answer.
She basically told me my GPA was my most limiting factor. Nothing I can do about that haha.
She was hesitant to tell me why until I told her I had more applications to submit and was hoping to improve my chances for those.
It’s very possible that your young age is the factor that kept you from being accepted (aren’t you 14-15?). And there’s nothing you can do to change that, it’s possible a gap year won’t help either. So in general this might be a case that you’re targeting schools that are simply not interested in taking a student of your age. That might mean you need to recalibrate your list and spend time finding schools that are ok with that aspect of your application.
I’ll go against the grain and say it’s worth a try to contact the school and ask very specifically if your age is an issue, trying to find out if they’d look more favorably at you if you were 16, 18? This might be more effective if your GC was the one asking. Don’t know if you’ll get an answer but I think it’s worth a try given your rather unique circumstance.