Should I call Dean of Admissions? Urgent

Applying to College Admission Stories
1

I wrote a letter to my top school choice, Northeastern University, telling them who I was, how much I liked the school, and my general stats, accomplishments, and ideas. It was a very well written letter; and quite frankly, I built myself up a little (without lying or misleading of course). I just want to know if I should call the Dean of Admissions, who I addressed the letter to, and just introduce myself and ask if they received the letter, etc. If that is a good idea, what else do I say? I’m just confused and need help. My parents are not sure either. I also toured NU a few weeks ago.

My stats are a little bit lower than the schools averages, and is definitely my reach school. But I am also a very hard working student who slacked slightly my junior year, regrettably. I expressed this in my letter. But my GPA is about 3.55 and SAT’s math and reading is 1170. Rough I know, but I have a few sports, math league, community service hours, art classes, and a few other minor EC’s.

Your help would be highly appreciated and I could really use your help as this is urgent. If I was going to call it would be this week, as I mailed the letter last week.

2

There is no point in calling now, because you do not have a question. Have you sent in a completed application?

3

Not a good idea, imagine if every enthusiastic student did that.

You should be fine.

4

Don’t call.

It sounds like your letter was mostly a summary of things they could easily have learned from your application. Still, the letter has done its job by demonstrating that you have a high level of interest in their particular school.

Your focus now should be on the actual application and ensuring that everything you submit from this point forward is something they have explicitly asked for. Drowning a school in unsolicited extras can work against you.

You’ve done your “extra”, now relax, dot the i’s and cross the t’s, and hope for the best.

5

I have already applied to the school, it is just my reach. I kinda was hoping for brownie points but i realize big schools like this don’t really care.

6

There are no brownie points to be gained with additional contact. Focus on getting your homework done and your other applications completed.

7

I would actually think that any more contact at this point would hurt you, unless you had specific questions that are not addressed on the college’s website.

8

Sending them a letter no matter how honest you are is not a good idea. They may perceive you as a bragger or an annoyance. They have over 40,000+ applications to read. You sending in another letter doesn’t exactly help them.