<p>If I've recently done something that I want Princeton to know about, what's the best way to go about it? </p>
<p>E-mail? Phone?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance for your feedback. CC is a lifesaver :)</p>
<p>Dunno what’s best. But I’m hoping my D will make it to National Merit Finalist, which is announced Feb 2-9. So I’ve compiled the fax numbers for each admissions office at the colleges to which she applied. I assume she’ll notate copies with her applicant number, SS, DOB, etc…and fax them. I’m assuming a scanned e-mail would be as good, or mail. I would NOT say “phone” of course, which is one you asked about. I’d want them to get to it when they had time, have a copy to file, and have it in black and white. </p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>i’m not sure it’s that great of an idea, unless you’ve done something ridiculous… my friend made USNCO after college apps and he called and told them that. other things might just be annoying.</p>
<p>Yeah your Daughter (how hard is it to write “aughter” anyway…) making National Merit Finalist will be the least interesting thing in the world.</p>
<p>And, seeing as how you, the parent, are so overinvolved in her application process, I have doubts as to whether she will get in. I honestly (and fortunately) don’t see many kids with super-involved parents walking around Princeton.</p>
<p>Thanks Newb. I appreciate your helpful response. I’ll take those incredible words of wisdom to heart. I particularly love your courtesy. I hope my “D” grows up to be just like you. </p>
<p>But I do thank you for showing me one reason to be happy if she does not attend Princeton. I’ve suddenly become “put off” by their lack of character analysis in applicant selection. </p>
<p>Now, if you’re done, can we go back to OPs question?
Altec-don’t let the irritability of any other posters deter you from doing what you know to be right, and hopefully you’ll get some more fruitful responses. You can go back through …um…someone else’s… responses to see that they’re always very nasty (and sitting in college hanging out on CC still…hmmm). Well, OP, I assume you also know how to use the “ignore” button" If not…let me know and I’ll explain. Off to hit “ignore” now…before I go back and helicopter my “D” to death.</p>
<p>Send them in whatever way works best for you. And best to ya.</p>
<p>Hey Newb…if they have a Manners 101 class at that fancy school of yours, you should take it soon. A degree from the best school in the world will do you no good if you can’t treat people with common courtesy.</p>
<p>Funny how I’ve been called out for being out of high school still on CC. Funny how people like me are the only way you’d get accurate information about Princeton (certainly not from random parents/other applicants). Funny how the person who called me out on this is at least 40 years old and - Gasp - still on a high school website. The irony is quite interesting. Certainly I can see where your daughter gets her brilliant genes from.</p>
<p>Manners 101 is actually a course offered at my fancy school - it’s cross listed with Don’t-take-everything-you-read-on-the-internet-seriously 501. Unfortunately as you’ll see by the catalog number it’s a graduate level course - hence why I am not surprised that neither of you two have taken such a course.</p>
<p>Please. Everyone knows a. I’m a jerk on the internet only because I can be, and b. something pointless like National Merit Finalist really does not need to be reported to any university on par with Princeton.</p>
<p>The mother is clearly just disappointed because her daughter’s “great achievement” has just been shown to be not so great, and is quite distressed at that realization. The other guy is clearly just jumping on a “hate on the guy who tells the hard truth” bandwagon, presumably because he too has his fingers in his ears singing “nananananana can’t hear you…”</p>
<p>I’m right. You both know it. And I imagine that being correct and upfront with the sad truth is much more productive than sugar coating something so as to not hurt someone’s internet feelings.</p>
<p>It’s the internet. Seriously.</p>
<p>Now if you’ll insist, something to help the thread:</p>
<p>It really doesn’t matter how you tell them, but something with a written record (EMAIL!!!) is probably the best bet. Also make sure to ask for confirmation that they’ve received it. But please also note that something relatively minor (such as being a National Merit Finalist) will probably not be worth the time to update the college. And not only that, but they may put a sticky note on your (or your daughter’s) application that reads something like “way too obsessive compulsive - do we really want this kid at this school?”</p>
<p>ha I love newb’s post</p>
<p>Just to clarify, it’s for qualification for CMO (Canadian Math Olympiad).</p>
<p>lol</p>
<p>pwned</p>
<p>Newb, you are right on a couple things.
- Yes, you are being a jerk. At least you acknowledge it.
- Anything sent in now should be through email or fax, so it can be filed quickly and whatnot.</p>
<p>Let’s be real, though. The parent of a kid going through the college application process has a much more legitimate reason for being on this website than we do.</p>
<p>Also, it’s kind of a stretch to say the parent is overinvolved if they’re just compiling fax numbers. He or she is just trying to be helpful, and if the daughter appreciates the help, or feels too pressured, it’s between them. How hands-on the parent wants to be is not a reflection of the girl’s intelligence, either.</p>
<p>I would abstain from sending in really minor updates (just to make their lives easier), but if you feel something is significant, I don’t see anything wrong with sending it in. I would like to think that Princeton adcoms wouldn’t be as petty as to punish you for sending in an update, even if it wasn’t ridiculously important.</p>
<p>Newb rhymes with pube. Just sayin.</p>
<p>i love you newb :)</p>
<p>Would a paid internship for a political campaign be important enough to tell my colleges. Its my first paid job since I wasn’t a Permanent Resident until a couple of months ago. And my intended major is economics/ political science.</p>