<p>Okay, I honestly can't believe this happened. In February I got an email saying my transcript was missing. I thought that seemed odd because it went in the same envelope as my school report and teacher recs, so I both emailed and ultimately called the admissions office to make sure the rest wasn't missing. They said no, no, I was missing exactly what they had said and nothing more. Fair enough. I had it faxed from my school, and that should have been the end of it. Instead, I got a snail mail letter today saying "Because required credentials are still missing from your flie, we are withdrawing your application from consideration."<br>
What should I do about this? It's so late in the game to argue about what I sent and didn't send... I can't imagine even if I sent it that all that they would still consider me... I'm very confused. Any ideas?</p>
<p>Wow I would be ****ed.</p>
<p>Call ASAP! This actually happened to someone in the early round on here too.</p>
<p>kcastle: Same thing happened to me! I was so mad! I called today and sent a fax with my information again. I hope it works out. What did you do?</p>
<p>ya - happened to me - they lost the transcript twice and threatened to withdraw my application. we call and my counselor called. ended up faxing it to an office outside of the addmissions office and had someone take it over and put it in my file. good luck!</p>
<p>Gosh, admission offices are so disorganized. I've had numerous items lost (luckily not for Stanford, since they seem to be Nazis on this issue), but the other schools have been more accomodating.</p>
<p>I found that Stanford was the worst office to deal with. They hardly ever responded to e-mails and they don't have regional directors. Also, all of their notifications came much later than the others, even when they made you submit the application so early. </p>
<p>I would recommend having your counselor get in contact with someone at admissions to explain.</p>
<p>My son recently called Stanford's admission office to see if his application file was complete since he never received any sort of notification from Stanford. The response he got from the admission office personeel was rude and condescending. At this point, my son would not consider going to Stanford even if he is accepted.</p>
<p>The only time when the admissions office is caring and understanding is right after the admissions decisions are over, which is during the summer months. </p>
<p>I also called the admissions office for an update on my application, and they told me to call again in April. One never knows what goes on in the mind of the admissions officer. It's a double edge sword.</p>
<p>"My son recently called Stanford's admission office to see if his application file was complete since he never received any sort of notification from Stanford. The response he got from the admission office personeel was rude and condescending. At this point, my son would not consider going to Stanford even if he is accepted."</p>
<p>Clearly this is the best way to decide which college to attend.</p>
<p>marlgirl:</p>
<p>Funny!</p>
<p>OMG. Same thing just happened to me. My school screwed up and held my midyears. Completely their fault. They sent it today. I flipped. I couldn't get a hold of Stanford, but I guess they finally did and they said it'd be ok. Am I ok? I can't believe this has happened. I haven't been getting emails from stanford anyways.</p>
<p>"Clearly this is the best way to decide which college to attend." </p>
<p>In response to marlgirl's posting, I'd like to clarify some things.
My son has his own set of criteria when it comes to his college selections. He doesn't think one needs to attend a prestigious college in order to be successful in life. He tells me that college is not just about academics. It's also about making connections and learning from one's fellow students in a certain type of environment. He is turned off by what he perceives as arrogance and snobbiness. As a National Merit finalist whose GPA, SAT stats, ECs, teachers' recs and essays are all top-notch, he feels he has a lot of options open to him. However,he is not obssessed about going to a "prestigious" school. He doesn't mind going to a state school's honor college because he knows he can get a decent education there as well ( not to mention the $40,000 in scholarship money he will receive.) Moreover, he thinks that we, as consumers, are in a position to be "picky" as well. After all, $40,000 - $50,000 per year in college expenses is not a small sum. To spend that kind of money on an undergraduate education, the school had better live up to his expectation in all aspects.</p>
<p>In response to above:</p>
<p>I agree with marlgirl. She never stated that prestige was the way to decide upon a correct school. </p>
<p>Presumably, your son applied to Stanford because, at some point, Stanford fufilled the criteria he set out. To discount Stanford based on the singular rude reply of an admissions officer who is certainly receiving hundreds of such calls a week is unreasonable.</p>
<p>If snobbery and arrogance is a concern, Stanford makes a good choice. Read some of the comments made by current students; many say that Stanford students are very careful to not be snobby, even to the point of abstaining from much intellectual discourse because this is seen as too snobby. </p>
<p>If your son goes to Stanford or to an honors state school or to a community college and receives a good education, good for him. I don't suggest that Stanford or the Ivies are the only possible routes to a good education. But don't suggest that the one negative situation that occurred in your experiences is enough to discount the school as unworthy of your son's application.</p>
<p>^That is an excellent response. I agree with all your points.</p>
<p>just an update to the original situation, i did take your advice and call the admissions office several times. eventually, they allowed me to resubmit the missing transcript, and they reinstated my application. i hope this mess will not have harmed my admission chances, but i suppose we'll see what happens in april! thanks for all your help!</p>