Will the college hold it against me if one of my parents called the admissions office without my knowledge? They only if it once with a quick question.
No.
I hope it was just the once, because at this stage of the game, unless it’s an FA question, you should be doing the communicating.
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Thanks because I was really concerned. I know it was only once so you really think they won’t hold it against me? Do they get a lot of calls from parents?
I am positive it will not hurt. Whoever answered the phone forgot all about your parent the nanosecond they hung up.
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During the application process (while you are still a minor), they receive a decent number of calls from parents. Most of the time it is about application logistics, financial aid, etc. and the admissions teams that answer the phone are happy to help. After you are enrolled, most schools will not talk to parents.
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Thank You! I hope other people feel the same way as it has me worried but I was thinking they must have parents calling all the time and they only really start to get mad if they call more than once and demand things. My parent only asked a question about the fact that the school had sent my SAT scores by mistake even though they are test blind.
Simple question and simple answer. Agree that they forgot about it the moment they hung up the phone.
When my kids applied, I called a couple of schools to make sure I had the right tax/income documents that they were requesting. The financial aid people seemed very comfortable talking parents through that process.
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Thank You! I guess I am overthinking it but it really bothers me and I was not sure if they put some note in your file if your parent called even if it was just once. Still a little concerned
On any forum it’s a good practice to be careful to assess the quality of the advice that you are getting. If the re-assurance you are seeing above was coming from other applicants I would agree that you could have some basis for doubts However, @skieurope is a SuperMod & @lkg4answers is a Forum Champ- both very experienced CCers. One of the reasons that CC has these roles is to help you recognize the experts.
Here’s a little un-asked for advice: start working on anxiety management. Application season is long and has a lot of unavoidable anxiety built into it. IME the best ways to fight the anxiety are physical activity and/or doing something for somebody else (so mowing your neighbors lawn is a two-fer). Spend a little time coming up with 2-3 things in those categories, so that when you find yourself getting anxious you can divert that energy to something more productive. Even if it means getting a hall pass, going to the bathroom and running really hard in place for 60 seconds (I know a student who did that a couple of times a week during the run up to ED results!).
100% no student has been denied admission to a college because of a single parent call clarifying documents.
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Thank You!
Yes. Every day and like every minute. Especially at small colleges. It can actually help in interest but yes, hopefully it’s to financial aid. I have known of parents calling for learning disability or mental health support. Anything about majors should come from you but yes sometimes parents call Admissions to ask questions. Maybe just let your parents know you would like to be the one to call about anything related to your major.
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