<p>Hello, my daughter recently got admitted into her top choice school however they accepted her for the winter quarter and not the fall quarter. I was wondering if any of you knew if we could appeal this decision and see whether or not she can be admitted for the fall quarter. If so, how can we do this? Thank you for your help.</p>
<p>What I understand is that typically colleges do this if they have major space limitations for the fall. I don't think it's easy to appeal the decision unless, perhaps, your daughter would be willing to put off college until the next fall. I read in one of the college guides about a successful appeal that did allow the student to enter in the fall of the year that they graduated from h.s. The appeal was made on the basis that the student would not get a sizeable award from the parent's company unless the student entered college that fall semester.</p>
<p>Today on CC, I also saw that someone had linked to an article in a college newspaper about how students were being accepted for spring semester. Perhaps that link was in connection with a post by your D. if not, you may be able to find it through using the search function.</p>
<p>No experience here... sorry.</p>
<p>Question: would the college accept transfer credit from a community college if she tooks classes during the first semester? That might mean some saved $, and also not graduating a semester late...</p>
<p>I had several friends who came at mid year to college and within a very short time they were totally into the swing of things.</p>
<p>Congrats on her being accepted to her top choice school!</p>
<p>I would definitely discuss this with the school. See what possibilities they offer. At the very least, I am guessing they would be happy to move someone from winter to fall rather than go to their waitlist.</p>
<p>Just from what I have heard from other posters. They will attend CC for the fall to keep their graduation date within reach (and to save some money) but they were concerned about getting into housing in the winter. Good luck...</p>
<p>I have a couple of friends whose kids have been in this situation, mostly at Middlebury, but also at Brown. I believe that this is not negotiable, or subject to appeal. The student was accepted to class of (say) '09.5. The kids I know either went abroad to study for a sememster, or worked. None had any particular trouble assimilating when matriculation came around.</p>
<p>I think that typically when colleges ask students to defer entrance until spring there's housing available in the winter because of students doing semester abroad programs. Ask about this, however.</p>
<p>I know a boy who entered in January at Colorado College. He had done a great language program the first semester and was a social kid who made friends easily. When he got to CC initially all was well, since they admit a fair # of kids for January. However, it was slow going for him socially after that for quite a while. In part, the issue was that he had already taken enough AP/IB classes to place out of freshman classes-- and he wasn't meeting kids that way. </p>
<p>At the schools where this is done I think some sort of effort is made to select kids for mid-year entry who are likely to assimilate well...but it is not the same as starting with the bulk of the class. The applications I saw for schools that had this asked the student to indicate if they would be willing to take a midyear admission-- I can imagine it would be appealing to some kids who have something in particular they want to do before starting school. </p>
<p>As Northstarmom says, I think it is usually done at schools where lots of kids take the 2nd semester of junior year abroad...a way to fill those empty beds in reality!</p>