<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>