You and your student have been so busy with the application process for so long that it feels as though you should still be working at it until your student has that acceptance letter in hand. It’s difficult to stop. Here are a couple of things not to do:
- There is no reason to call admissions to check on the application. The admissions process takes time. Calling constantly to check on the status of the application will not help. Calls from parents especially will not help. Unless there is a major change in some information in the application, do not call.
- Don’t ask your student if she has heard anything, or whether her friends have heard anything. It’s time to put this on the shelf and let her enjoy high school for a while knowing that the job was well done. Let her live in the NOW.
If you wish to discuss graduation rates with admissions, I’ve found it productive to ask what steps your student can take to increase the chances of graduating in four years rather than asking why the four year rate is low (or low compared to others).
Here are some top reasons why a student might not graduate in four years:
- Transferring to another college
- A change of direction or major
- College not offering enough classes each semester
- Completing a double major
- Failing too many classes
- Artificially raising GPA to keep scholarships by withdrawing from too many classes
- Low GPA
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