COLLEGE OFFICE

CLASS OF 2008 NEWSLETTER #22

á April 22, 2008 á

 

REMINDERS

 

*  Please complete the Final College Questionnaire you received via email last week as soon as you have made your final decision about where you will matriculate.  Completed questionnaires from all seniors need to be returned to us (email or hard copy) by Monday, April 28.

 

*  Final year senior grades will be sent in June after commencement; that is the only mailing planned for the spring. For wait list students, colleges may ask for spring grades.  If so, we will provide them but there will not be a comprehensive mailing to wait list colleges.

 

*  The deadline for responding to colleges is May 1st.  Be sure to check whether it is a received-by or postmark deadline at each of your schools and time the mailing of your response accordingly.

 

*  You may only deposit at one school.  Depositing at more than one school is a violation of policy which can lead to acceptances being withdrawn.  Do not even think about depositing at more than one school! 

 

 

WAIT LIST INFORMATION

 

We know there are many wait list decisions.  If you are wait listed, read carefully and follow the instructions below:

 

1.      Immediately send back the card indicating your desire to remain on the wait list (if interested). Colleges will be looking for indications of interest, and a speedy reply is one of the best ways to demonstrate interest.  Follow up with a letter (or email).  Feel free to come talk to a counselor about the content of this letter.

 

2.      Let us know of your level of interest in any school at which you are wait listed.

 

3.      You may stay on as many wait lists as you wish.  If you choose not to stay on a wait list, let the college know immediately.

 

4.      What does a wait list mean?  The wait list means that a college did not have room to accept all of the students it wanted.  Colleges usually do not rank the wait list.  If a college goes to its wait list, the Admission Office will go back and re-read the files and then make decisions.  Your level of interest and mid-semester grades will probably be major factors in wait list decisions.  Most wait lists will not move until after May 1st.

 

RETURN COLLEGE VISIT INFORMATION

 

You are permitted to miss up to two days this spring to visit any colleges to which you were accepted.  If you want to visit a college, read carefully and follow the instructions below:

 

1.      Talk to one of the college counselors to get their approval of your intended revisit plan. (We keep track of this information.)

 

2.      Pick up a Special Absence Form from Mrs. Lombard in the College Office.

 

3.      Get necessary signatures on the form and return it to Mrs. Flaherty in the DeanŐs Office as soon as possible.

 

4.      If you think you need more than two revisit days, you will need to get permission from one of the college counselors and Mr. Ball.

 

Have fun on your revisits!  Let us know how they went and where you think you will matriculate.