<p>Has anyone received a phone call from a parent at a school that they are applying to? Also, does anyone know if this is normal for some schools?</p>
<p>A few years ago my daughter and I received calls from parents from two different schools wanting to know if we had any questions, etc.</p>
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<p>Also, it does tend to mean that your application is being regarded with favor by the AdCom...why would they bother having a parent get in touch with your family if they weren't interested in making their school as appealing as possible to you?</p>
<p>From our family's experience, the schools that have a parent make contact with your family will likely send good news come March 10th.</p>
<p>We received a phone call from a parent of the student who toured us at one of the schools - about 2-3 weeks after the tour to see if we had any questions, etc.<br>
Other than that, of our 10 schools, that is the only one.</p>
<p>i got a call from st. paul's parent, does everybody get these calls or do they select the people they like or whatever?</p>
<p>I almost forgot, we got a call from a teacher at one school who is originally from our local area (we didn't know him before the visit snd met him breifly, he's not part of the admissions office). He wanted to know if we had any questions. </p>
<p>It is a nice touch that's for certain.</p>
<p>For what I know from when my sister was looking into boarding schools, the schools that are interested in you call. My sister was phoned by like 3 different families from the school she got accepted to and went to. The other schools that accepted her all gave her 1 phone call, except 1. The schools she did not get in, well 1 of them called, the rest did not.</p>
<p>I made such calls (as an alumni and parent) for a number of years -- the Admissions Office typically did not ask me to call families they were not interested in admitting. </p>
<p>With very few exceptions these calls were welcomed and appreciated.</p>
<p>If they don't call you, is that bad?</p>
<p>No cate, I don't think it's bad. I'm guessing not EVERYONE gets called that gets accepted (at least I hope not! LOL).<br>
I also wonder about the timing of the calls.<br>
Both of ours were after the interview, before the applicaton. The first one was a couple of weeks after the interview, the second one was also, but happened to be a few days after I had called admissions with a couple of questions and had mentioned that it was nice to have met xyz teacher since we have a "local" connection. </p>
<p>My feeling about the first one was that they wanted to help make sure my son applied - which I would guess is the purpose of most that happen between interview and application right?</p>
<p>some schools have a strict policy not to do phone calls. my three children were accepted at many schools that we did not receive calls from.</p>
<p>D applied to four schools and was accepted at each. Never had a phone call before March 10. There was no contact whatsoever (holiday cards, posters, notes, like some schools) from Exeter where she is now a prep. My guess is that a call is a pleasant positive sign OTOH, don't be concerned about the absence of one.</p>
<p>We volunteered to do phoning last year and we received our list of candidates with right after the March 15th mailing. And I do remember getting a call similar to the ones we made on our way in.</p>
<p>I think that for schools that have lower yields, that a parent to parent network is helpful, especially for families new to the boarding experience. However, if you are dealing with families that are more familiar with boarding schools (family history, students from the local town, etc.) I doubt that there is much gained on either side.</p>
<p>Yes, exeter and many of the other schools that my kids were accepted to after applying do not do phone calls.</p>
<p>Oh by the way, I'm international if that makes a difference.</p>
<p>Good to know that I'm not the only one who didn't receive phone calls.</p>
<p>Hmmm....I don't remember if we got calls from parents before being admitted; afterwards, a call and a letter. Before being admitted, my older son received several calls from one specific instructor (who ended up being his advisor), encouraging and "recruiting" him. My younger son received several calls before he was admitted from various coaches encouraging him to select the school.</p>
<p>There are a group of schools that specifically do not allow students or parents to be contacted until the march 10th date.</p>
<p>I wouldn't spend time reading the tea leaves. Every school works things differently. Aside from athletic contact, some schools have parents, etc place calls to at least some prospective applicants in the time leading up to the applications deadline, but many wait and call just those admitted between the time you hear the news and revisit days. I don't remember exactly how it works, but some schools agree to a "blackout period" when they agree not to contact prospective students.</p>