<p>We have a BIG problem - our SATs were not fwded by Collegeboard in time for the scholarship deadline at one of my Son's more favored schools, and we may have been by-passed for the scholarhsip; Stat-wise he would have more than qualified - he deliberately went to schools within his zone rather than Ivies and the like where many of his peers applied and easily got in.
Qn is should the parent call and discuss with Admin - son being in school. or should he take time out and call himself. Or eitherway should the parent be the one to discuss this?</p>
<p>I think this is a toss-up. In general, its better if the student calls - especially if the student is a well-spoken young person. The other person that could call would be the GC - that would be the one most likely to be answered quickly. I think if it were me, I would call the GC and see it he/she could put in a call.</p>
<p>That's what I thought of doing too! So glad for a sounding board :)</p>
<p>As a parent, I would call the school, identify and speak to the regional officer who covers your area, and ask him/her, in a general information way, WITHOUT identifying yourself. This means you cannot leave a callback name (at least not a real one) and beware of caller ID.</p>
<p>What you want to know is whether the deadline was soft or hard. If your kid ran into the problem, chances are others did, too, and the college allows for it.</p>
<p>It's interesting - I chatted with the dep. director of admissions last week of a top ranked U (don't worry, my only child is a 2nd year in college) and touched on this subject. He confirmed my impression that adcoms go out of their way to not punish students for mistakes of others. In other words, the only deadline that is hard and fast is the student's app deadline. Even with that, colleges are known to take apps weeks (even months) past the deadline if there's a good story behind it. </p>
<p>The truth is that adcoms often don't even know when stuff comes in, they are so buried with material in January and February. It matters, of course, that they have what they need when they need it. But that has little relationship to published deadlines.</p>
<p>Exception to above: Some state U's, no doubt, are more formulaic and/or driven by their legislatures, so they may not have the flexibility. Personally, I don't know, just speculating.</p>
<p>Thanks newmassdad for that good synopsis. I will try that approach too - let's see what the GC says first.</p>