<p>Last year my son received two acceptance letters with no mention of financial aid -- I called and found out that the school sent FA info in a separate information package to the parent (which I got almost a week later).</p>
<p>Give the school a call and ask -- it can't hurt at this point, she has an acceptance in hand.</p>
<p>Avoid calling the school if you can - they are all overwhelmed with calls right now, and many are largely closed down for break. FA info will probably arrive shortly if it is coming.</p>
<p>I would scope the school culture and see what is valued. Beyond that, I believe that in BS, a kid who is independent and social is always good, but having a weird interest is best of all, such as playing the bagpipes. JMHO.</p>
<p>I would definitely call. They might be inundated with calls, but this is what they do this time of year. I know that my son's school is always open to calls and wants to help.</p>
<p>There is a reason the pre-preps and prep school sent acceptances/denials during thier spring break; it gives them an excuse to not answer that first flush of highly emotional phone calls from parent who did not receive admissions or FA.</p>
<p>Breath....call in a week or two if you still have questions. Better yet, follow the recommendations from the Columbia Admin Director: Don't Stalk the adcom; have the student send of follow up letter, identifing continued interest, and describing at most three recent accomplishments that would make the applicant more valuable to the school.</p>
<p>On Decision Day my S logged in to the Admissions Site of Lawrenceville and was happy to see that he had been accepted. However about 5 hours later we received an email to say that there had been an error on their web site and some applicants had been told they had been admitted when in fact they were on the Wait List. Needless to say he (and we) were less than impressed or pleased. Subsequently we have received a snail mail to say that there is little chance of making it off the WL.</p>
<p>How bad is that?</p>
<p>That's bad, very bad. Your poor S, how depressing for him.</p>
<p>What an unnecessary unpleasantness for chad and son. You would think that they would be more careful.</p>
<p>He should send them an email saying he accepts their wonderful acceptance. Also make a phone call and say you planned everything after seeing it...</p>
<p>See where it goes, I mean they DID make a commitment (at first).</p>
<p>Or say your letter just came and until now you were planning for BS... You bought all your crap even... See where it goes... ahaha.</p>
<p>I am uncomfortable seeing that a joke is being made about someone else's misfortune. We ought to be supportive, not joke about it. I hope smart alecks do not get into good schools. Chad, I think that what they did is unconscionable.</p>
<p>Sorry if it came off like that. I was not trying to make fun of Chad's misfortune...</p>
<p>In fact if he wanted to go there, there is nothing wrong in doing as such..</p>
<p>Sorry if it came off like that, and I agree what they did was pure wrong.</p>
<p>Chad56, thank-you for sharing the story of what happened to your son. It demonstrated a high level of incompetence on someone's part at Lawrenceville. </p>
<p>After going through the rigorious application process, schools have a minimum responsibility to families get the "notice" right on the day they set. To rescind an offer that was made hours prior is dispicable.</p>
<p>For wait-listed parents/ posted some of this elsewhere
1) Oldest daughter attended one of the top NE prep schools as day student, accepted May off the wait list, received a substantial named scholarship for FA. Graguated 2008
2) second daughter is waitlisted at Choate,Deerfiedl,And Taft as sophmore/ accepted at NMH no FA, accepted w FA at smaller BS as day student. She applied to one school last year, did not get final rejection letter until August.
30 Based on what little I know, FA is big big reason for denials/wait lists. Most of my daughter's "pre-prep" "feeder" school friends who do not need FA seem to be accepted in the first wave. We just do not have the ability to pay in full and will probably use the less well known school (with enormous gratitude).
4) You can apply again next year/ I know a few of the school even admit juniors who are not outstanding athletes. Schools' financial situation may be better next year. Best wishes/ second daughter is coming back from trip tonight (been gone since 9th) so we will be going through acceptances/wait lists/options famuily finances with her/ did not want to "spoil" her trip.</p>