To call or not to call....

[stormpr]

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So, I am engaged to a med student and my question is, now that my app is complete at this particular ivy, should call/ contact the adcom to... move things along? I am an ok applicant, decent ECs 33mcat 3.5 gpa and URM. Basically i wonder if my relationship to an existing student should be added as part of my application and (since at present that information has not been divulged to the adcom) whether or not i should notify them. comments? suggestions?

 

[drguy22]

So, I am engaged to a med student and my question is, now that my app is complete at this particular ivy, should call/ contact the adcom to... move things along? I am an ok applicant, decent ECs 33mcat 3.5 gpa and URM. Basically i wonder if my relationship to an existing student should be added as part of my application and (since at present that information has not been divulged to the adcom) whether or not i should notify them. comments? suggestions?

call them....they will think that you are interested in the school...and possibly even take the extra step to offer you a interview on the spot.

good luck let us know how it goes if you do call.

 

[bewitched1081]

you could send a letter instead.

 

[Treg]

You should contact the director of minority affairs/diversity and work through them. They are there to help you and will be more receptive than the admissions office. Good luck Treg

 

[Graat]

Too bad I'm already married, I could use a, umm, leg in to an ivy. 😉

j/k. I would also let them know somehow.

 

[sfbear]

Sometimes the admissions office will let students at the med school attach a letter to an applicant's file. So maybe if your S.O. tries to talk to the admissions office, and you call, they'll take notice.
Good luck!

 

[stormpr]

So then the next logical question is how to broach the subject in my letter (a bit more formal than a phone call). "Hi to whom it may concern, my fiancee goes to your school, can I come too?" sounds more than just pathetic. And, even if I did call them with similar intent, again how do I tell the school my situation and that their my #1 choice? (without coming off as small scale obsessed or better yet just nuts)