<p>i took two schools off my list (and withdrew a deferred app), and i realized i want to have a safer bet since most of my schools are rather selective. i want to apply to occidental college (which was one of my favorites months ago, and i can't actually remember why i took it off my list) since the deadline is january 10th. i could send my ACT score and finish the app supplements today. my counselor is charging $50 for "late" apps, which i can't really pay right now, but if i could somehow get some leeway on that, would the recommendations (i'm assuming those are electronic because we use naviance), fee waiver request, transcript, and anything else the counselor sends arrive too late? how much time does it usually take for those to arrive?</p>
<p>Your part of the application needs to be in by Jan. 10 to Occidental. The other parts can arrive a little later. And since Occidental is Jan. 10, your counselor should waive the “late fee”, if he didn’t charge it for people applying mid-December to Jan 1 colleges.</p>
<p>I certainly hope this counselor is not a public or private school resource - that would be pretty outrageous.</p>
<p>that can be done. i have to email her, which i’m worried about. she kept telling me my list was excessive…maybe since i got rid of 2, it won’t be as bad. </p>
<p>for every college with a deadline of december 31 and beyond, apps had to be in by dec 10. any time past that, and it’s $25 (which i paid for rice). when you notify the counselor of an app with less than 10 days notice, it’s $50. it really sucks. and yep, this is the standard private school counselor.</p>
<p>It’s Jan 2, 8 days out, and the rush is over. See if she’ll cut you a break.</p>
<p>I’ll email her and see. It just makes me nervous…when I asked for an ACT fee waiver and was trying to apply ED to barnard, she asked me how i could afford barnard if i couldn’t even afford the ACT. (not being able to afford the ACT was not a usual thing.) does that mean i shouldn’t even apply to any college? I don’t know, I guess it’s worth a shot.</p>
<p>Clearly she is not used to working with kids who need FA. Not cool.</p>
<p>Yeah…this is an expensive private Catholic school, so I can’t say I’m surprised. When I talk to her I feel like she’s being demeaning. I want to email her and ask her to waive my school’s personal app fee, at least for a while, and I want to add that I withdrew two apps so it doesn’t seem like I’m just endlessly stacking them on, but I feel like she might be annoyed because she waived every single app fee. Does it look bad, to withdraw apps? </p>
<p>I know the worst I can get from her is a no, but I just feel really awkward about it.</p>
<p>You probably need to tolerate her now, because she’s doing work for you, but when you’re done, you can go over her head and complain a bit, just so the next kid doesn’t have to put up with it.</p>
<p>Withdrawing means nothing - no other school will know, nor care. Plenty of people do it all the time.</p>
<p>Okay, I guess all I can do is ask and see what happens. Thank you so much!</p>
<p>How many schools do you have?</p>
<p>10 on common app. the other 6 include 3 state schools, 2 privates, and 1 OOS school (i don’t know why i applied, there was no way i could afford it). so 16 total. but i’m only doing it because financial aid is really important and most of my schools are 100% need schools, which are really selective.</p>
<p>Well that is an awful lot so I see her point. Some schools have a strict cutoff. So her fee makes sense since you are taking up a disproportional amount of resources. Still, apply if you think you need it.</p>
<p>Occidental - private, yes. Catholic, no.</p>
<p>when i said private catholic school, i was referring to my school.</p>
<p>Oh, sorry. Misunderstood.</p>