Admissions office not returning calls with inquiry!

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Anonymous wrote:I work in enrollment, and if somebody calls me two or three times before I've been able to return their first call, I put them on the bottom of my return call list with the time of their most recent call. More calls does not mean faster response. My message says I'll return your call ASAP, and I will.

I work in Admissions and our website says to email me. Frankly, this time of year as much as I'd like to chat with every prospective parent, I just don't have time. Yet, if they email me per the instructions on the website, I will answer every single time and schedule a tour. We can chat then.

You can't return a call to schedule a tour? The holier than thou attitude of some of the staff members here! If I am at work and I receive a business call, I return it within a reasonable amount of time. It isn't that complicated and you aren't that busy or that special.

+1. That is arrogance, not busyness..

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Anonymous wrote:I left a message at Potomac school in September and am still waiting.....

I thought Potomac had replaced their jerk.

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Anonymous wrote:I've called the admission office of a less talked about school twice and left clear voicemails asking to set up a tour. No one has called me back. I am taking it as a sign to leave this alone. But, I've never heard of such.

OP again. We are new to the school. They don't know us and we do not know them.

OP, it is a PRIVATE school. Your job is to shut up and write unlimited checks. If you want to gain admission, you have to obey the universe of staffers and demonstrate that you embrace having no rights or expectations of any kind. That's PRIVATE school. Sure that's what you want?

While you're right about writing the checks, you're not right about shutting up. Thats the thing when you BUY something, you have expectations and the schools will be dealing with those expectations because that's what you'e paid for.

You should have no such expectations. As many of the more abusive private school admins will remind parents who complain, tuition does NOT purchase anything accept a heavily conditional, contingent, right to attend. If you have any further expectations, you may withdraw and receive a refund, at the school's unilateral discretion, -IF- you execute a confidentiality agreement and if you make such further payments to the school as the school may require. You enroll in a private school, you surrender 100% of your rights at the door, including the right to ask a single question.

Good gracious, how bitter!

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Anonymous wrote:I've called the admission office of a less talked about school twice and left clear voicemails asking to set up a tour. No one has called me back. I am taking it as a sign to leave this alone. But, I've never heard of such.

OP again. We are new to the school. They don't know us and we do not know them.

OP, it is a PRIVATE school. Your job is to shut up and write unlimited checks. If you want to gain admission, you have to obey the universe of staffers and demonstrate that you embrace having no rights or expectations of any kind. That's PRIVATE school. Sure that's what you want?

While you're right about writing the checks, you're not right about shutting up. Thats the thing when you BUY something, you have expectations and the schools will be dealing with those expectations because that's what you'e paid for.

You should have no such expectations. As many of the more abusive private school admins will remind parents who complain, tuition does NOT purchase anything accept a heavily conditional, contingent, right to attend. If you have any further expectations, you may withdraw and receive a refund, at the school's unilateral discretion, -IF- you execute a confidentiality agreement and if you make such further payments to the school as the school may require. You enroll in a private school, you surrender 100% of your rights at the door, including the right to ask a single question.

Do you have any children in private schools? We have several children who have attended a variety of private schools around the country and I would say our experience is the complete opposite of this.

We did. About 1/3 of the children in our class withdrew at the end of the same academic year.

I know this school!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I've called the admission office of a less talked about school twice and left clear voicemails asking to set up a tour. No one has called me back. I am taking it as a sign to leave this alone. But, I've never heard of such.

OP again. We are new to the school. They don't know us and we do not know them.

OP, it is a PRIVATE school. Your job is to shut up and write unlimited checks. If you want to gain admission, you have to obey the universe of staffers and demonstrate that you embrace having no rights or expectations of any kind. That's PRIVATE school. Sure that's what you want?

While you're right about writing the checks, you're not right about shutting up. Thats the thing when you BUY something, you have expectations and the schools will be dealing with those expectations because that's what you'e paid for.

You should have no such expectations. As many of the more abusive private school admins will remind parents who complain, tuition does NOT purchase anything accept a heavily conditional, contingent, right to attend. If you have any further expectations, you may withdraw and receive a refund, at the school's unilateral discretion, -IF- you execute a confidentiality agreement and if you make such further payments to the school as the school may require. You enroll in a private school, you surrender 100% of your rights at the door, including the right to ask a single question.

Good gracious, how bitter!

Or rather: how fanciful.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I work in enrollment, and if somebody calls me two or three times before I've been able to return their first call, I put them on the bottom of my return call list with the time of their most recent call. More calls does not mean faster response. My message says I'll return your call ASAP, and I will.

This is a terrible attitude given that your ASAP doesn't seem to be that soon.

ASAP is "as soon as I can," not "as quickly as you'd like." It's usually 72 hours-a week. I'm rarely at my desk. I'm running around campus, in meetings, at community events, etc. As with the other admissions person, I'm on top of email.

I'm sympathetic - it's no doubt a thankless and not well compensated job, but you do have a pretty bad attitude for someone who is the first exposure a family has to the school. The OP is ready to write off a school because of the admissions office. There are only a few schools in town that can afford for their admissions offices to have a bad reputation, the rest really do need to have a more customer service and marketing oriented attitude.

OP again. It's off the list. I don't care who recommends it. Just wanted to discuss.

St Johns did that to us. When they did call back they said no tours unless he's admitted. In a weeks time before you decide? We
scratched them off the list quick - terribly rude and unprofessional. We had some simple questions that we asked too - nothing. Never answered.
They were awful and it makes the whole school look bad - especially in contrast to the other schools he applied to who had great, polite and professional staff. The admissions office is the first impression people get and 'you never get another chance to make a lasting first impression'. Those schools that have rude people at the helm should seriously reconsider.

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Anonymous wrote:I am the admissions chair at a small school in the area. We have no lack of applications. If someone is rudely persistant or impatient I make a note of it. It could be the difference in your acceptance.

Wow, all that power has really gone to your head.

I'm sure the Board would love to know you turn down perspective students (money) for this.

The Board doesn't want rude parents, either. Especially when there are plenty of applicants.

It will be a very small school always with a dwindling endowment because no one is going to send and philanthropy your way.
People are rarely rude all the time without reason. Our son goes to an expensive private school and most parents are lovely. For those that aren't, well, maybe somethings going on with them (husband diddling his secretary? Mom died?) - be polite anyway.
You sound very unprofessional

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Anonymous wrote:I am the admissions chair at a small school in the area. We have no lack of applications. If someone is rudely persistant or impatient I make a note of it. It could be the difference in your acceptance.

Wow, all that power has really gone to your head.

I'm sure the Board would love to know you turn down perspective students (money) for this.

The Board doesn't want rude parents, either. Especially when there are plenty of applicants.

It will be a very small school always with a dwindling endowment because no one is going to send and philanthropy your way.
People are rarely rude all the time without reason. Our son goes to an expensive private school and most parents are lovely. For those that aren't, well, maybe somethings going on with them (husband diddling his secretary? Mom died?) - be polite anyway.
You sound very unprofessional

Funny. In my experience the insecure, pushy, entitled b*tches are the less likely to give any money away.

We know your game, sweetie.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am the admissions chair at a small school in the area. We have no lack of applications. If someone is rudely persistant or impatient I make a note of it. It could be the difference in your acceptance.

Wow, all that power has really gone to your head.

I'm sure the Board would love to know you turn down perspective students (money) for this.

The Board doesn't want rude parents, either. Especially when there are plenty of applicants.

It will be a very small school always with a dwindling endowment because no one is going to send and philanthropy your way.
People are rarely rude all the time without reason. Our son goes to an expensive private school and most parents are lovely. For those that aren't, well, maybe somethings going on with them (husband diddling his secretary? Mom died?) - be polite anyway.
You sound very unprofessional

Funny. In my experience the insecure, pushy, entitled b*tches are the less likely to give any money away.

We know your game, sweetie.

Are you that misogynist in pjs who doesn't have kids and just spends his life trolling the DCUM boards? You sound like him.