do admissions office keep track of you calling their office?

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just a thought, I REALLLY hope i was not rude to this girl, but I do not remember really.
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ha, okay. prb just too worried about little things.

i had some misspellings on my amcas, for a while i was worried about that too.

good for me
 
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MacBookMD said:
just a thought, I REALLLY hope i was not rude to this girl, but I do not remember really.
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if you were rude I bet they would keep track....since it reflects on you....did you say your name?

For example, I called and spoke to one person since the other was out.

The other knew about it when I called several weeks later....
 
I don't know about phone calls, but most admissions offices (in general) do keep email correspondence. I worked for a pretty prestigious grad program for a summer and did some work with the admissions files. They printed out every email from every applicant and kept it on file. So I would definitely be careful what you say in any medium. You never know who you're saying it to and who else will hear/read it.
 
TheMightySmiter said:
I don't know about phone calls, but most admissions offices (in general) do keep email correspondence. I worked for a pretty prestigious grad program for a summer and did some work with the admissions files. They printed out every email from every applicant and kept it on file. So I would definitely be careful what you say in any medium. You never know who you're saying it to and who else will hear/read it.
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:ninja: :nod:
 
ejay286 said:
What'd you do drunk dial the office or something?
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LOL! If they reject you, you can treat them like the ex-girlfriend, calling pointless times for them to give you a second chance.

Every time I call I ask for general things, I just say for us who interviewed on this week, have they given out decisions for that time yet? So my name never really gets brought up.
 
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So, while, no, i did not drunk dial the office (funny thought)....one of the dept chairs today emailed me that i owe the admissions office an apology and in my eagerness to determine my admission decision, i need to not lose my respect. i needed to err on the side of too much respect.

even better, i got reviewed 5 days after i rudely called and am now just waiting to hear.

i am an idiot
 
i have no idea what sort of connect there is between the admissions office and admissions committee, but i feel i totally screwed myself at my top school
 
MacBookMD said:
So, while, no, i did not drunk dial the office (funny thought)....one of the dept chairs today emailed me that i owe the admissions office an apology and in my eagerness to determine my admission decision, i need to not lose my respect. i needed to err on the side of too much respect.

even better, i got reviewed 5 days after i rudely called and am now just waiting to hear.

i am an idiot
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Wow, they really sent you an e-mail? Geez. Mind if I asked what you said?
 
MacBookMD said:
i have no idea what sort of connect there is between the admissions office and admissions committee, but i feel i totally screwed myself at my top school
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The two are usually joined at the hip...
 
simply apologized, emotions got the best of me, said there was no excuse.

doesnt matter tho, damage was already done
 
i trying to find out the status of my admission decision.

i was frustrated bc it had been 7 weeks and i have heard nothing. it was my first interview and the only school i have not heard back from.

I did not say anything rude particulary, just proded a little too hard with a poor demeanor. said i did not understand why i had not been notified (i think) then might have hung up the phone rather quick
 
MacBookMD said:
So, while, no, i did not drunk dial the office (funny thought)....one of the dept chairs today emailed me that i owe the admissions office an apology and in my eagerness to determine my admission decision, i need to not lose my respect. i needed to err on the side of too much respect.

even better, i got reviewed 5 days after i rudely called and am now just waiting to hear.

i am an idiot
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wow, sorry about that!! I thought you were kidding really....😳
 
MacBookMD said:
i trying to find out the status of my admission decision.

i was frustrated bc it had been 7 weeks and i have heard nothing. it was my first interview and the only school i have not heard back from.

I did not say anything rude particulary, just proded a little too hard with a poor demeanor. said i did not understand why i had not been notified (i think) then might have hung up the phone rather quick
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always kill them with kindness.....

Well at least it was a good life lesson.....I would start looking for a new top school....👍
 
ya great i know...not looking forward to getting my notification email
 
well...waitlisted.

ha, for those of you following this, thought u might have cared.

still hope to get in later, but, obv thrilled about my other acceptances.

VERY valuable lesson learned
 
at least u didnt get rejected, right?
 
ha thats pretty funny...certainly surprising.
 
Rolling Stone said:
nah, just a front desk receptionist.
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Be careful about this kind of thinking--office workers have more power than you might think. If someone who is "just" a front desk receptionist lets an adcom know that you've been rude or condescending, I wouldn't be at all surprised for the adcom to take that into consideration, especially if they were on the fence about you. Just saying, it's best to be nice to everyone. 🙂 You'll probably get a lot more help from the office people, too. Can you imagine how sh*tty it must be to have to field phone calls from obnoxious pre-meds all day?

Anyway, not trying to pick on you in particular, but your post just made me think of it.
 
merryjoulton said:
This isn't really an answer to the question but on a related note, Sean Spellman in the U. of Colorado admissions office puts your name and phone number in his cell phone at some point during the admissions process (I forget whether it was after you were complete or after you had been invited for an interview). I didn't know this when I was applying last year and when I called he picked up and said "Hi Merryjoulton how are you?" I was pretty surprised!
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wow, 😱
 
so, as stated i am on the waitlist.

honestly, i got another email today saying my apology was noted which was certainly good, but then after reading more of the letter, i feel i am on the waitlist just to be punished. HA from the remainder of the letter i just do not know why I was just not rejected.
 
ejay286 said:
What'd you do drunk dial the office or something?
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lol on this note...I realized the other night that one of my student hosts was still in my phone. that would be weird if I drunk dialed him.
 
TheMightySmiter said:
Be careful about this kind of thinking--office workers have more power than you might think. If someone who is "just" a front desk receptionist lets an adcom know that you've been rude or condescending, I wouldn't be at all surprised for the adcom to take that into consideration, especially if they were on the fence about you. Just saying, it's best to be nice to everyone. 🙂 You'll probably get a lot more help from the office people, too. Can you imagine how sh*tty it must be to have to field phone calls from obnoxious pre-meds all day?

Anyway, not trying to pick on you in particular, but your post just made me think of it.
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Agreed. One of our dept chairs used to be a program director at another school. Apparently, after he finished his rank list for the match, he would hand the list to his secretary and say, "You can cross off anybody's name you'd like, no questions asked." Now, obviously she wouldn't haphazardly end people's residency dreams, but if she thought anybody was a jerk to her, who's to say that person wouldn't be a jerk to nurses, or to patients, or to their families...and that person would end up not ranked.

ALWAYS be more than courteous. Make it seem like they're doing you a favor by talking to you.
 
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