<p>I don't think all of that is necessary... Legal action is a bit much. Trying to get money out of this situation... also unnecessary.</p>
<p>I just think you should try to get your colleges to reconsider their decisions... Really. If you thought you had a good chance at those schools, it's worth a shot. Regardless of the later decision, at least you tried.</p>
<p>It doesn't seem like his parents will be able to get involved...</p>
<p>I wish all of our parents were as caring as the parents in this thread!! Many parents just..have no idea what the deal is with this whole college process and some wouldn't even know where to begin. </p>
<p>By the way, Berkeley is **very **expensive OOS...</p>
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Are you serious? Do you have any idea of the magnitude of a mistake like this?</p>
<p>Read the OPs posts, it doesn't look like s/he has the guts to raise hell - OP find a braver friend and I'm sure they'll do it for you.</p>
<p>Do you go to school in NYC? If there was somekind of glitch with the computer was this an isolated incident or did many other students have the same problem with their transcripts.</p>
<p>I was because you would think that more people would be complaining and the problem would have been raised before OP raised it.</p>
<p>If you actually initiate action in contacting the schools (JHU, G'Town, etc.), I would think you now have a better chance at getting in because it shows a positive aspect of you</p>
<p>I would go ballistic on that conselour</p>
<p>A very similar thing happened to. The secretary for my councilors did not send in my midyear reports until the second week of March, even though they had been done for 3 weeks (they took 3 weeks after the semester ended to finish them, which was ridiculous) because he "lost" the list of where they were supposed to be sent, which I found after about 30 seconds of looking in his folder. He showed no remorse that he obviously did not take proper action, and I ended up being rejected from all 4 ivy league schools that got my midyear report too late. My midyear report was pretty important, as I have a slightly upwards trend and am taking hard classes. I plan on telling all the juniors I know that they have to follow everything through, as apparently going to the councilors office every day for a week is not enough to tell them that something in urgent. I probably will take a gap year next year and reapply.</p>
<p>Oh hell no, some peoples would be gettin blasted.</p>
<p>TELL THE OTHER SENIORS.</p>
<p>my guidance counselor is just as clueless... uUGHHASKIDjljhbfclwj</p>
<p>tell them what this has done to your future, and don't back down.. they want students to quietly accept everything... dont!!!!!!</p>
<p>For heaven sakes, phone the admissions officers at the schools where you were rejected NOW with your correct transcript in hand and ready to FAX. There is a Johns Hopkins admissions officer on the CC Hopkins thread; please speak to him asap! If you let the admissions offices know about what has happened to you in a mature and dignified way, you have absolutely nothing to lose. Also, assuming your hs princ. isn't utterly useless, see if you can induce him to get on the phone on your behalf RIGHT NOW. Possibly while you and your parents stand there. Your school has made a terrible mistake and should step up to the plate to remedy the situation immediately. Maybe you could preface your requests with "I know this isn't your fault personally, and I certainly don't blame you personally, but you're the only one who can remedy this mistake and make things right..." (Then you can go home and throw darts at photos of whomever you choose.)</p>
<p>This is an issue that must be addressed. Somebody must be held responsible!
It's going to affect your next 4 years.</p>
<p>Somewhat unrelated (just need a place to vent/breathe out), I spent the whole of this day fretting and soul-searching myself about suddenly getting a D in a math class, screwing up my 4.0 and my chances of transfer. Luckily I thought of at least sending an e-mail to the instructor cautiously asking her to confirm this was the actual grade, no grade-grubbing in mind, just an affirmation of things having gone THAT wrong from the solid A- I had going before the finals.</p>
<p>Turns out - grade WAS documented wrong. Hopefully, they'll fix it before I have to send official winter quarter grades in, and if not she's willing to vouch for the actual grade. Phew. Just phew. I'd be happy with a frikken C after this.</p>
<p>the ACLU is one call away...</p>
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<p>This kind of mistake is the equivalent of deliberately overstating or understating profits on an SEC filing and not apologizing for doing so. This kind of action, in the financial services industry, could get you in trouble with the SEC...and in other industries a mistake of this magnitude would get you fired.</p>
<p>This is the reason I support a voucher-based public education system. Competition would induce, well FORCE, schools to do a good job. Those that do do a good job are rewarded with more money, and those that do not, well, are sort of "driven out of the business." This is how it should work. Belgium has had a lot of success with voucher-based public ed.</p>
<p>Anyway get your counselor fired.</p>
<p>"This is the reason I support a voucher-based public education system. Competition would induce, well FORCE, schools to do a good job. Those that do do a good job are rewarded with more money, and those that do not, well, are sort of "driven out of the business." This is how it should work. Belgium has had a lot of success with voucher-based public ed."</p>
<p>Let's not assume that private schools give better college counseling advice. One of my sons went to a school where the college counselor was highly-touted--wrote a book on the process and everything--and she was not only a horrible counselor but a horrible human being. For example, when I wrote to her asking for information on her discussions with my son (since he wasn't sharing and we were out of the loop), she called him into her office and lambasted him, saying that "maybe you aren't ready for college if your mother has to email me." </p>
<p>The only college my son was accepted to was the one we insisted that he add to the list (AND it gave him a $10,000/year grant). He was outright rejected from the eight she pushed on him.</p>
<p>We thought she just didn't like us, but it turned out that this was a typical interaction with her.</p>
<p>How did this turn out?</p>
<p>I know this is rather late, but since when was it not the students responsibility to make sure that the transcript was correct?</p>
<p>At my school, if it's sent in wrong, it's your own fault- you've had the time to review it.
For that note, yes, there are a few things wrong with mine (a few missing honors designations). It's a very simple thing to do to point that out before it gets sent out.</p>
<p>What happened finally?</p>