Call from Admissions Officer

[Anonymous]

What grade? That will tell us everything.

[Anonymous]

what month is your kid's birthday, OP?

I bet it's a redshirting question. This has happened before on DCUM.

[Anonymous]

Either way I'm now invested! Please give an update afterwards. We're rooting for you!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Either way I'm now invested! Please give an update afterwards. We're rooting for you!

+1. Rooting for you OP!

[Anonymous]

These calls happen for a few reasons:

- Child is a sibling but going to be rejected, AD is doing a courtesy call.
- Child will be admitted but only if redshirted.
- Child had a conditional acceptance that’s too hard to explain in the letter.
- AD needs more information on something in the application (but it’s late for that).
- AD wants to know if you will accept if admitted.
- School really really wants kid and wants you to know how much they want the kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These calls happen for a few reasons:

- Child is a sibling but going to be rejected, AD is doing a courtesy call.
- Child will be admitted but only if redshirted.
- Child had a conditional acceptance that’s too hard to explain in the letter.
- AD needs more information on something in the application (but it’s late for that).
- AD wants to know if you will accept if admitted.
- School really really wants kid and wants you to know how much they want the kid.

Very helpful!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think it means you are either rejected or waitlisted and the Admissions person feels like you deserve a little bit of explanation.

Disagree. There is NO way that they would take this on before the selections are made. They need some sort of information from you - is this school your first choice, etc? I think it's a more positive sign.

+1. No way that is happening unless it’s for a sibling. They need info- that’s all.

I’ve definitely heard of offices that call for rejections early in special circumstances.

Same here, for legacies and siblings (although it's a little late for a sibling rejection).

+1 I got a call for a legacy rejection for K ahead of deadline.

[Anonymous]

In my experience, if a non-sibling, they are calling to tell you that they are going to offer a spot as a redshirt. Basically, if you want to go you have to repeat a grade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In my experience, if a non-sibling, they are calling to tell you that they are going to offer a spot as a redshirt. Basically, if you want to go you have to repeat a grade.

We got this call 8 years ago. DS was accepted if we agreed to hold him back. We did and it all worked out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In my experience, if a non-sibling, they are calling to tell you that they are going to offer a spot as a redshirt. Basically, if you want to go you have to repeat a grade.

Are these always for K?

[Anonymous]

We had a friend who was offered the same for 1st for her child. Have heard it happens in later years but don't know of any personally.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:In my experience, if a non-sibling, they are calling to tell you that they are going to offer a spot as a redshirt. Basically, if you want to go you have to repeat a grade.

Are these always for K?

My experience is with K. My son is an August 30th birthday, so right on the cusp age wise. The admissions officer called and asked to have him re-visit both the pre-k and k class so the teachers could observe. They also asked if they could call his preschool teacher to discuss their observations. He did the re-visit and ended up being recommended for kindergarten. High school age now, so it was quite a few years ago.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:In my experience, if a non-sibling, they are calling to tell you that they are going to offer a spot as a redshirt. Basically, if you want to go you have to repeat a grade.

Are these always for K?

My experience is with K. My son is an August 30th birthday, so right on the cusp age wise. The admissions officer called and asked to have him re-visit both the pre-k and k class so the teachers could observe. They also asked if they could call his preschool teacher to discuss their observations. He did the re-visit and ended up being recommended for kindergarten. High school age now, so it was quite a few years ago.

Wow!! Was it literally two days before decisions?

[Anonymous]

What happened OP? How did the call go?

[Anonymous]

I am an admissions officer and I make calls like this all of the time. Usually I need to get more info about something. So perhaps your child is being seriously considered, but one thing is giving them pause and they want to get more info.