email to admissions
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Anonymous
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my kid got a very personal and encouraging response from an admissions officer yesterday after sending in an email update to a college.
should DC respond? worried about filling the AO's email inbox with unnecessary chatter. the school does track demonstrated interest. |
Anonymous
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They spam you, spam them back.
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Anonymous
odd. a state school? |
Anonymous
You don't send a thank you for a thank you. |
Anonymous
no, a T10 SLAC. RD applicant. Met the AO in the fall at high school. |
Anonymous
OK, thanks! That's a good perspective on the nature of this kind of exchange between the admissions officer and the student. |
Anonymous
Replying can't hurt. And if the AO keeps it going you can see if it's a Matt Gaetz / Ron DeSantis type situation with a rogue AO using the opportunity to groom teens. |
Anonymous
| Yes, your DC should definitely respond back. This is the time to show enthusiasm. If they are your kid's top choice, your kid should say so - they may be fishing for some indication that your child is likely or not likely to accept an offer of admission. |
Anonymous
Who said anything about a "thank you"? |
Anonymous
| It’s hard to answer without all the context, but if they’re a demonstrated interest school than they you don’t have to fear communicating like the others. I agree with other poster that it’s a bit of a thank you for the thank you situation. At most, if anything at all, I’d send a 1-2 sentence if a reply could be tailored to what they said. If they highlighted something then say how excited to do that there type thing. Don’t think doing or not doing will change outcome if that offers peace of mind. |
Anonymous
| If the AO’s email had useful or specific information or feedback, a simple “Thank you very much” is a nice touch and never hurts. If the AO’s email was “thanks for the update, this looks great and congrats on your accomplishment!” there is no need to respond. |
Anonymous
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i would reply back, but have your child add something useful beyond thank you. every touch point needs to be productive
Ask a smart question about their major dept or a research program or school related program. show engagement. are freshman allowed to xxx or can you connect me with someone in the xxx dept to answer some specific QS illustrate you enthusiasm about the school. |
Anonymous
| I would absolutely send a very brief reply acknowledging they got the message and something about their enthusiasm for the school or something like that. But just a couple sentences. |
Anonymous
I think you're getting a bit of bad advice here. My dd attends a top 10 SLAC and there is NO downside to responding with a brief, enthusiastic email - that is very different than spamming their inbox. SLACs are way more personalized than larger schools - when my dd was applying, she had a peer interview at a SLAC and the director of admissions decided to sit in at the last minute (big surprise for her when she got to the meeting!). When she attended accepted students day at the school she now attends, the head of admissions remembered her and her application in detail. When she was finalizing her college list, she emailed a department head at her 2nd choice school (also a SLAC)nand the department head happily corresponded with her for a couple of weeks. She also corresponded with the head of the same dept at her current school, and before orientation week that professor reached out to my dd and said how thrilled she was that dd would be joining their community, and suggested they grab coffee after dd arrived on campus. All this is part of the reason some students want SLACs (and probably also why others would run in the other direction lol). |
Anonymous
Email 1 was student to the AO with an update. Email 2 was AO to student (I'm guessing with a kind acknowledgement of the update.) There is no need to send another email. The interaction is complete. Don't be annoying and write again. |