Missed TJ teacher name entry deadline (appeal process)

[Anonymous]

That letter is ridiculous (as are the excuses), and if I were your kids, I'd be embarrassed.

Signed,
TJ alumni whose Stanford Business School app was invalidated by a late letter of recommendation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That letter is ridiculous (as are the excuses), and if I were your kids, I'd be embarrassed.

Signed,
TJ alumni whose Stanford Business School app was invalidated by a late letter of recommendation.

BS, now you proved to be not the worth of going there

Signed - TJ Alumni who went to Harvard Business School

[Anonymous]

But given the fact that multiple people missed the deadline, it's clear their process is bad.

Further, if the teacher recommendations are not actually due until 2/11, then prospective students should be able to submit them. Why does the school need to know the teacher's name? What if the teacher agreed, something happened, and they had to get a different teacher to do it? It doesn't make any sense to have to give the teachers name ahead of time. It would only make sense if the system they were using or their admin people had very poor processes or could not understand the system itself.

[Anonymous]

Interesting discussions.

From my experience of college admissions with several kids in different colleges (2 of them in ivies and 1 private and 1 in state school), college application itself is really hard deadline. Supplementary documents/details are soft deadlines with many colleges accepting them even after deadline. For example SAT/ACT scores, teacher or counselor recommendations etc.

All the best for the kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Way too long

Agreed.

[Anonymous]

The train has left the station, and now you want it to turn around and pick your kids up because they were late to the platform? I can understand that they worked super hard to prepare but so did all the other kids who did not miss the deadline. Life makes choices for us sometimes and they are with the best intentions. Learn to accept and move on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The train has left the station, and now you want it to turn around and pick your kids up because they were late to the platform? I can understand that they worked super hard to prepare but so did all the other kids who did not miss the deadline. Life makes choices for us sometimes and they are with the best intentions. Learn to accept and move on.

Nice analogy. Imagine there are multiple deadlines to get into that train. Cutoff time to reach station, cutoff time to buy ticket and time to get on train. Imagine if you could not reach station 3 hours before train departure at the station, you are not allowed to buy ticket and get on that train.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Way too long

Agreed.

Agreed! bad structure and way too long.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Interesting discussions.

From my experience of college admissions with several kids in different colleges (2 of them in ivies and 1 private and 1 in state school), college application itself is really hard deadline. Supplementary documents/details are soft deadlines with many colleges accepting them even after deadline. For example SAT/ACT scores, teacher or counselor recommendations etc.

All the best for the kids.

Yes. Usually with college applications, anything the applicant is responsible for is a hard deadline. Anything that comes from someone else, such as scores, transcripts, recommendations can be later.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
But given the fact that multiple people missed the deadline, it's clear their process is bad.

Further, if the teacher recommendations are not actually due until 2/11, then prospective students should be able to submit them. Why does the school need to know the teacher's name? What if the teacher agreed, something happened, and they had to get a different teacher to do it? It doesn't make any sense to have to give the teachers name ahead of time. It would only make sense if the system they were using or their admin people had very poor processes or could not understand the system itself.

They’ve had this same process for a long time. They need the names because they send the selected teachers the forms to fill out on line. The teachers are not handwriting recs and mailing them in. They generally don’t just switch teachers. Teachers in these grades know how it works and they are prepared.

I’ve followed TJ admissions for a few years now and I’ve never heard of anyone complaining about this before. I’m not aware of this happening to any of the other kids who applied at the same time mine did (from the same school) or in the years since. Maybe if you could show that the number of days to respond was so reduced this year that numerous kids missed the deadline they might extend the deadline?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
But given the fact that multiple people missed the deadline, it's clear their process is bad.

Further, if the teacher recommendations are not actually due until 2/11, then prospective students should be able to submit them. Why does the school need to know the teacher's name? What if the teacher agreed, something happened, and they had to get a different teacher to do it? It doesn't make any sense to have to give the teachers name ahead of time. It would only make sense if the system they were using or their admin people had very poor processes or could not understand the system itself.

They’ve had this same process for a long time. They need the names because they send the selected teachers the forms to fill out on line. The teachers are not handwriting recs and mailing them in. They generally don’t just switch teachers. Teachers in these grades know how it works and they are prepared.

I’ve followed TJ admissions for a few years now and I’ve never heard of anyone complaining about this before. I’m not aware of this happening to any of the other kids who applied at the same time mine did (from the same school) or in the years since. Maybe if you could show that the number of days to respond was so reduced this year that numerous kids missed the deadline they might extend the deadline?

Earlier it used to be 2 weeks time, now it is reduced to a week out of which 3 are only working.

[Anonymous]

That letter is just embarrassing - total wall of text. And a lame shot at prep centers. Implying that YOU did not prep and therefore should get special treatment?

I'm so sorry that this happened to your children, but deadlines are there for a reason.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The train has left the station, and now you want it to turn around and pick your kids up because they were late to the platform? I can understand that they worked super hard to prepare but so did all the other kids who did not miss the deadline. Life makes choices for us sometimes and they are with the best intentions. Learn to accept and move on.

The train is actually still sitting in the station and they refuse to open the door.

[Anonymous]

You have dodged a bullet. Trust me on this.

[Anonymous]

I guarantee that the admissions staff read this board. They know EXACTLY who the parents are that posted this. And I don't think the posts are helping your case.