<p>This is one of the few topics of college admissions that I can honestly say I am in the dark about. Can anyone give some anecdotal evidence that meeting with a regional admissions officer is important or unimportant? I keep reading in books how these admissions counselors demand that their clients make contact, but for the average person out there, how important is it?</p>
<p>Your regional rep should know you well, whether it's through you GC or yourself. Regional rep at the end will either push for you or not, and he is often the first gate keeper.</p>
<p>What's a regional adviser?</p>
<p>Contact with my GC? My school hasn't ever sent a kid to a top 10 school. That sort of incestuous relationship between school/private counselors and admissions deans makes me sick. The schools who consistently send kids to top schools are the wealthier schools, so those are the schools where the deans will know the GCs. So much for equality.</p>
<p>I met with the regional director/advisor, whatever and still got rejected by the school...</p>
<p>I think you mean regional representative. They are your first gate keeper. They are your contact to the school. They will often do the first cut, and push for good applicants from their region. You will to make sure they know who you are (show up to meet them at college fair, and when they come to your school), but don't pester them too much. Your HS GC should have good relationship with them. My daughter did contact her regional representative a few times through out the process.</p>
<p>1MX; I totally agree...given this post, you are at the mercy of your guidance department (you are not the only one)..Our department has no relationships with any schools that we are aware of....not their style...it's the students' responsibility to form these "relationships".....Not easy, I may add....</p>
<p>Ya, if your GC does not have a relationship with the admissions officer, good luck having your rep remember you amongst the thousands of kids that they meet. You can only say hello, introduce yourself, and have a little small talk. Even on say Penn's app where you post a picture, the chances of them remembering you are minuscule.</p>
<p>my dtr's pediatrician used to be an adcom and he said that they get sooooo busy with appl during this time they really don't have time to make "small talk" with potential students.</p>
<p>I am referring to at regional information/school information sessions.</p>
<p>The brief meeting moment afterwards.</p>
<p>Is it important to e-mail and admissions counselor if say you met with them a year ago, and just to tell them you are still interested? Also, what if you met an admissions rep, and the school changes reps on you over the summer?!?!?</p>