<p>I just called a school in order to ask some questions and the adcom was SO mean to me--I started crying on the phone!!! And I am not the type of person who really cries very often. She acted like every question I asked had no value and said in this really angry voice, "Why are you calling me NOW??" I'm really upset right now, she was just so mean!! I didn't really knwo where to post this, but I was just so upset I had to do it somewhere. Well, I won't be searching and selecting THIS school!!!</p>
<p>Maybe she was busy....???</p>
<p>wat schoole?</p>
<p>what were you calling for?</p>
<p>lmao, a person over the phone made you start crying? are you serious?</p>
<p>Look, everyone has bad days, especially at the end of a long admissions season. Why let one person force your decision? Just let it go, it's not about you.</p>
<p>What school is it?</p>
<p>Go to a different school. Send a letter to the Director of Admissions. Adcoms should always be respectful, patient, and pleasant. Adcoms never have bad days. There is no excuse for her behavior. It probably reflects a pervasive lack of student support and focus on that campus.</p>
<p>oh yeah i made up this fake post about crying for some laughs. hahaha. not</p>
<p>I don't really want to say because I don't wanna turn other people off from the school because it's just one adcom, I know, but she was just so inconsiderate so I was kinda mad when I got off the phone. It's just a small lac in the northwest anyway.</p>
<p>As a person still remembering a time years ago in which I got unfairly screamed at over the phone by a probably harried hotel clerk, I have a lot of empathy for you.</p>
<p>Still, it could be good to remember that the adcom is just coming off the most hectic time of the year for people in that business. For all you know, she had spent the day fielding comments from parents who were cursing at her for not accepting their precious kids. There have been articles in which adcoms have said that's the kind of thing that happens after admissions are released. Parents call and threaten to sue. Parents even fly out and show up unannounced at the adcom's desks.</p>
<p>So, try to put the incident behind you (even if you permanently decide not to apply there). Whatever was bugging that adcom probably had nothing to do with you. You just were in the unfortunate position of catching the person at a horrible time.</p>
<p>Maybe the rude lady had just found out her husband had been lying about his EC's.</p>
<p>^^^ Lol :)</p>
<p>There is not excuse for treating you that way. If she wasn't the correct person to ask those questions, or if it wasn't the right time, she could have simply said so.</p>
<p>But FWIW, Northstarmom is correct. The way certain parents (and students) behave towards admissions professionals, especially at the end of the season, is dreadful. Threats, insults, harrassment, you wouldn't believe it.</p>