I applied to a college ED 2 and was denied, but I was torn between applying to that school and another school because I love them equally. Is it okay, or even worthwhile to email that other school to tell them that after reevaluating my college options and thinking about what I truly want in a school that they are my top choice and if admitted I’d attend assuming I can afford it? I’d flesh it out more to make it a more substantive email but that is the general gist of it… Good idea or bad? Will it look like I am just begging to be admitted as a last resort? Help!
@intparent That would be a minor part of the email and it would focus much more on why I’m so interested in the school and just hoping that my applications receives a thorough consideration.
It makes the commitment to attend meaningless. The only way a school cares about that email is if you totally commit with no caveats. Then they (if they want to) consider the fact that you WOULD attend as something that would increase their yield numbers. Some colleges have great yields anyway and don’t care, though. But if you have any caveat at all, then it is meaningless.
Your real job is to find the right match list. We have no idea what else you think you’d put in the note. But I Love You, I Really Do sounds more like the recruited athletes dance: the suitor school hints a proposal is coming and you commit to say yes, if they do propose.
Your app was your chance to show why you are a compelling choice.
Imagine someone asked you to prom, and he said he really, really, really wants to go with you. BUT, you know he asked someone else two months ago, and they turned him down. Do you two extra reallys help his cause?
It sounds like you want to have it both ways. There was a way to convey the thoughts you want to put in your letter, of the school being your top choice and your willingness to attend if accepted. It’s called applying Early Decision.You had the choice, but you chose the other school. Adcoms are not naïve. They will understand that your attempt to build your own private ED 3 program is probably motivated by being turned down elsewhere. It may have been very tough, as you say, to choose between the school and the other one. But you made a choice and it’s only after knowing the outcome that you want to try it the other way. I’m not sure that’s going to get a lot of sympathy.