<p>I have been told that meeting with my regional director and somehow befriending her will gain my an upper hand in admission. (Upenn). I have no idea how someone could do this, it seems like a delicate topic. Not to mention the regional admissions directors have probably seen it all. </p>
<p>Is it actually possible that I could somehow send an email or something to gain myself favor?</p>
<p>There are two types of college applicants: those who have met, called or emailed their regional admissions recruiter and gotten to know them.</p>
<p>And those who are anonymous folders of paper that get looked at, then put in one of three piles.</p>
<p>When they are down to the wire and looking for the last 2, 5 or 10 students to admit, who do you think the admissions recruiters are gonna call?? Someone they’ve talked to or a folder they read two months ago?</p>
<p>Seldoon: how many students do you think the typical Ivy regional officer meets in his/her months of recruiting and hundreds of school visits and info nights? In every case where I’ve seen my alma mater regional rep recall a student is when there was something in the file that made him/her memorable. Later, they could recall:“You’re the girl we admitted from Spokane who won the robotics competition, right?” Not the umpteenth kid at an info session who slips in a resume and talks about NHS or hospital voluntarism after being four weeks on the road.</p>
<p>Or emails trivial questions in the hopes of befriending them. They have work to do. They aren’t gonna take time to befriend you via email or telephonically.</p>
<p>tigerton: I know students are looking for any edge possible. I honestly don’t think plying friendship is worth worrying about/pursuing. Make your application shine and put your energies there. Good luck to you.</p>
<p>Regardless, have a read on this thread
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/784219-friending-college-admission-officers-facebook.html?highlight=friending[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/784219-friending-college-admission-officers-facebook.html?highlight=friending</a></p>
<p>" Not the umpteenth kid at an info session who slips in a resume and talks about NHS or hospital voluntarism after being four weeks on the road.</p>
<p>Or emails trivial questions in the hopes of befriending them. They have work to do. They aren’t gonna take time to befriend you via email or telephonically."</p>
<p>I agree. I think that admissions officers would tend to dislike students who hunt them down to try to get in through brown nosing. </p>
<p>If a person is lucky enough to know an admissions officer due to that person’s being a next door neighbor or longtime family friend, that’s a different situation. Otherwise, look for ways to make your application stand out. Don’t try to stand out by being a pest.</p>