<p>All the schools we have visited so far during our college search have sent us follow up materials--catalogues, viewbooks, letters...etc. Rochester is the only school that has made no contact with us since our February visit. Have any of you had the same experience?</p>
<p>My D visited in April & has received numerous follow ups via email & snail mail.</p>
<p>I suppose it’s possible that the little card you probably filled out was misplaced. Send admissions an email explaining how impressed your were with UR, etc. etc., and ask for more information.</p>
<p>Gets you more “demonstrated interest” to boot!!</p>
<p>Good advice, MADad… I would send an e-mail and request more information. Also, ask in your e-mail for confirmation that your February visit was recorded. Though demonstrated interest only does so much, you want to be sure that we know you have been to campus.</p>
<p>Thanks, D took MConklin’s advice and contacted the school. Yes, they did have a record of her visit in February. Hmmmm, that leaves me wondering why Rochester is the only school we have visited that has done minimal follow-up with her. She has gotten a small number of e-mails, but that is all. Every day our mailbox is stuffed with viewbooks and letters from colleges and still nothing from Rochester, which is one of her top choices. Are they trying to tell us something or are they simply poor marketers???</p>
<p>My son didn’t get much communication from Rochester at all throughout the process. I think he got a mailing with a CD in it long before he applied or visited/interviewed, but I don’t think he got much else at all. Out of all the schools he applied to, Rochester was one of the schools he got the least from in the mail or through email. But he ended up getting a great scholarship and is a freshman there now. We just figured they weren’t very communicative for some reason.</p>
<p>That seems to be in line with Rochester’s philosophy - We are not for everyone, we don’t need everyone to apply here. Those that are interested in us will find us. </p>
<p>They’re not very good at “courting” until after you’re accepted. Don’t take it personally.</p>
<p>Students are inundated with mailings and e-mails, and many students have communicated to us that they would prefer fewer of both. In speaking with prospective students about this very issue, it seems the vast majority of publications mailed to students are disposed of without ever having been viewed. Even e-mails are beginning to go to spam/junk e-mail. </p>
<p>As an Admissions Counselor, I am more interested in having a conversation with a student and/or responding to a student that has specific questions, usually articulated over the phone or in a personal e-mail. If a student requests more information, we will send it, but personal interaction seems to have worked for us. I strongly urge you and your daughter not to get discouraged or to interpret a lack of mailings as an indication of your daughter’s admissibility. </p>
<p>As always, I am more than happy to bring any constructive criticism with me to our next staff meeting, and I appreciate the feedback.</p>