Celebrating Acceptances

[Anonymous]

Is it true that some schools will come to your house to hand-deliver and/or celebrate acceptances? We’ve been hearing rumors of this. If so, which schools?

[Anonymous]

not really

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it true that some schools will come to your house to hand-deliver and/or celebrate acceptances? We’ve been hearing rumors of this. If so, which schools?

I've seen St Andrews do this in the past - red & white balloons etc.

And in the height of COVID, we saw schools come put up signs in our neighbors' yards. (this included GDS)

[Anonymous]

As I said elsewhere, if a school had done this to us it would be a big fat mark in the con column for us. Unannounced visitors to our home are never welcome. We’re introverts, and we’re messy. Give us a solid 24-48 hour notice. Even if you’re Mom, especially if you’re someone from a potential new school we might want to impress.

[Anonymous]

Have heard of packages in the mail and calls from the HOS, but not in person celebrating.

[Anonymous]

St Joe’s in Philly famously does this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it true that some schools will come to your house to hand-deliver and/or celebrate acceptances? We’ve been hearing rumors of this. If so, which schools?

Baltimore area independent schools (including Gilman, Loyola, CHC, etc) hand deliver acceptances.

[Anonymous]

It’s creepy af

[Anonymous]

As someone who have been through the admissions process, I can tell you that the only way I have received the acceptances news was via Ravenna portal on the announcement date. There was nothing else going on such as mails sent home or phone calls.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As I said elsewhere, if a school had done this to us it would be a big fat mark in the con column for us. Unannounced visitors to our home are never welcome. We’re introverts, and we’re messy. Give us a solid 24-48 hour notice. Even if you’re Mom, especially if you’re someone from a potential new school we might want to impress.

We are not messy. But agree. That’s so pedestrian (for those of you using word class, the prefix is low)

[Anonymous]

We got a phone call.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As someone who have been through the admissions process, I can tell you that the only way I have received the acceptances news was via Ravenna portal on the announcement date. There was nothing else going on such as mails sent home or phone calls.

We've gotten calls, emails, packages, etc. Varies by school and year.

[Anonymous]

We got a phone call from Bullis and a package that exploded into glitter when my daughter opened it. No house visits (thankfully, because I agree that is creepy AF).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We got a phone call from Bullis and a package that exploded into glitter when my daughter opened it. No house visits (thankfully, because I agree that is creepy AF).

Glitter bombs would also be a mark in the “no” column for me.

[Anonymous]

I have this amusing picture in my head now of a bunch of schools standing outside someone’s front door with balloons and flowers but no one is home.