<p>Title says it all. I heard that some people send personal letters to the Dean of a school they want to go to(or have someone else send one). I dont mean like a recommendation, but more like, a letter really stating how much you wanna go at a school etc, which is directly to the Dean. </p>
<p>Is this allowed? Could I do that too ? I know what school I really wanna go to, but am unsure about my chances because I'm international and my grades recently dropped due to a personal reason.</p>
<p>It never hurts to write follow-up letters or whatnot. It shows that you care about admission to that school. I do not believe it can do any harm. I would include detailed info about your extracurriculars, leadership, and grades. also include how much you like the particular university and detailed reasons for wanting to attend. </p>
<p>I think I might do this. Do you think it could still affect my acceptance if decisions are being sent a little before April 1? like when do you think theyll actually look at my app if the deadline was mid january and decisions being sent a little before april 1?</p>
<p>i think you should yea i definitely think so, u have time, i mean, theyre probably still doing the bulk reviewing so a personal letter would probably make you stand out of the crowd from the very beginning if you sent it now :)</p>
<p>Huh? Which dean? The dean of admissions? The dean of students? And what would you say exactly? Also, are we talking HYPS or a small school that tracks demonstrated interest?</p>
<p>hmom a small liberal arts school for me…and idk…shuld i email dean of school…dean of admissions…? what do you think? i just want to express how much i want to go to the college and all that.</p>
<p>I assume, if the college is a small school that weighs interest, the right move would be to mail a letter to the dean of admissions regarding the interest and reasons for applying.</p>
<p>I would talk to your counselor. If your grades dropped because of a situation your counselor thingks they’ll be sympathetic to, he/she would be the best person to talk to admissions.</p>
<p>im thinking a rather larger school, but a private one, im applying to a few, but want to send a letter to my first choice
im not sure, either the dean of admissions or the admissions committe i guess…</p>
<p>ok yea ill talk to my counselor too i guess, but id rather phrase it myself… thing is that i had nearly exemplary grades before and then that was this thing during finals week and it messed my grades up, so my grades atm are like:
First semester: A, A, A, A-, Pass
Second Semester: A, A, A, A-, B+
Third Semester: A, A, B, B, C, C … which yea… dropped my gpa by like 0.3… </p>
<p>One of those C’s is in Calculus I, and before that I had 2 A’s in both Pre-Calc I,II as well as straight A’s in math through all of high school… </p>
<p>Basically what I’d like to tell them is explain what happened, and give them the chance to know me a little better, and though my GPA may not be above average, I am a whole lot more than just a number… and I really am in love with the school in question :)</p>
<p>Maybe it’s just me, but I would never do this. Sounds too much like making excuses, or maybe just desperation. Sorry, but if I was the dean and someone wrote me a letter going, “Sorry about the two C’s but ‘there was this thing during finals’ and blah blah blah but I’m cool, I swear” it would make me cross the name off the list.</p>
<p>Developing a personality is what applications are for.</p>
<p>I agree with you somewhat. However, my plan isn’t to send a letter to the dean of admissions excusing anything, but rather emphasize how eager I am to attend the college. Their supplement allowed for a tiny paragraph on “why ___” but I feel like writing a letter would express my desire to attend even more. It’s a selective school, but small and liberal arts. You still think this would be a bad idea? TY</p>
<p>I know what you mean, but well what happened was that a friend of mine died on the 2nd day of finals week, and so obviously i couldnt really focus on my finals after that… i think that is a legit excuse… especially since i had a final on the first day(before the news of my friend) and got like one of the top chemistry scores ever attained by a student at my school… kinda shows like the difference from before and after…</p>
<p>I think the letter to the dean or admission ppl is a bad idea. Im not even sure if they will consider it. Personally I would find it a negative and if i was college admissions decider it would make me not want to accept the applicant. Every student was given the same opportunity to explain themselves. Im sorry about your friend, but you should have wrote about that experiance in your personal statement. Also, Northface, you should have been able to effectivly express your eagerness and love for the university in your personal statement. To me writting an additional letter may come off as an applicant who was unable to write an effective personal statement whereas other applicants were. Thus, those other applicants are more appealing to me b/c they know how to write a good personal statement.</p>
<p>i know what you mean, but i also think that it shows that you really care about the school and you are not just one of the thousands of others who only apply to see if theyll get in, or as a backup, it really shows that you are interested…
yea ofc, you can write that in the app, but the thing is that everyone writes how much they wanna go to a school in that application… no one is gonna apply to yale and be like,
'yoo, i really like yale, cool school etc, however, if i get into harvard, ill go there instead… '<br>
obviously everyone writes how much they wanna go to a school but there are still lots of people who are accepted but dont go…</p>
<p>if i write a letter to my first choice i can show them that i really care and that i really love that school</p>
you just made me happy 
haha good post :D</p>
Sorry, but if I was the dean and someone wrote me a letter going, “Sorry about the two C’s but ‘there was this thing during finals’ and blah blah blah but I’m cool, I swear” it would make me cross the name off the list.</p>