<p>Last week I wrote a letter to my top school choice, Northeastern University, explaining how much and why I wanted to go there. It was a very well written letter that I worked hard on and quite frankly, built myself up a little bit; without lying or misleading. My SAT scores and average GPA is quite lower than the average at NU, and had limited amount of extra curricular activities; although I did a few (including freshman baseball, XC, and track for two years) I also did a lot of community service, and art classes. This letter was written to the Dean of Admissions at NU and it just told them about myself and what I liked about Northeastern and how much I admired it. My next idea is to call the Admissions Office and just introduce myself, asking if they had received the letter. But I don't really know exactly what to say or ask them, so I was wondering if this is a bad idea, and if it isn't; what exactly should I say/ask when I call? Any feedback would be highly appreciated as I am new to this site and just need a few quick opinions and answers. Thank you. </p>
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<p>I also had a close family friend who is high up in the nursing dept. at NU to write a letter of recommendation for me. I'm not applying for nursing though, but engineering. Just thought I'd throw that in there.</p>
<p>You want to impress the adcom, not the person answering the phone in the Admissions office.
The letter to the Dean of Admissions will probably be in your file sooner or later but it will have little weight since he will let the admission committee do their job and decide to admit you by your transcript and scores.
Just wait like thousands of other applicants.</p>
<p>I see your point, but I have been told by my guidance counselors, other students, and even college representatives at school meetings that showing interest will only work in your favor. And I would talk to someone on the admissions committee or the Dean of Admissions, not just the receptionist.</p>
<p>Getting a gushing, complimentary phone call from an applicant is probably not the best way of showing your interest to a school, there is no way to verify who you are officially.
Perhaps you should have visited NE in person before you applied, had an interview with the department head of your major, taken a tour of the campus and spoke to the guidance department.
Then they would have written in your record you showed interest by your actions while on the NE campus.</p>
<p>Your mistake to not speak to a school officials and demonstrate your interest in the school by setting up appointments and interviews.
If you had done your research here on CC then you would have known what to do to show interest in a school before you submitted your application.</p>
<p>I just stumbled upon this website while google-ing what to do and how to do it. I thought this would be a good place to get answers. I’ve already done my research with a personal college-process aid, guidance counselors, parents, and fellow students. I have applied early action to all the ones I could and have applied regular decision to the rest. I was simply asking, and I don’t know where you’re from, but NU has over 20,000 students and on one of their large open houses, it is highly unlikely they will be able to speak personally with one student; I figured a phone call would do just fine.</p>
<p>Well, since jibler has stated your level of interest isn’t considered then your letter to the Dean of Admissions and a phone call aren’t going to factor in your acceptance.
You will have to get in on the strength of your application.</p>
<p>No need to get nasty about grammar because you don’t get approval for your actions.</p>