This question is for my daughter who took a year off from college after High School but now wants to find a school she can go to THIS fall. She has a pretty good school record and SAT scores, and is looking for a Liberal Arts school in a major city or maybe the midwest. She is interested in spanish, film, photography and social sciences.
I know some schools have rolling admissions as one of her friends got into a school in Omaha this way recently. Please only answer if you have REAL answers such as actual college names or places where I can find the information easily. Please do not type answers like "do a seach on google". :) Thanks.
2006-08-24 09:22:31 · 5 answers · asked by R U 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
Most likely no. Classes start in a week or two. And while many colleges have "rolling admissions" that means that they will give you an answer as soon as the look at the application instead of waiting and telling everyone at once. Yes, its true that they might admit people after the due dates, and over the summer, but its very rare and very unlikely. In addition, if you were to find a school that does this, its probably because they didn't fill their quota, which might not make it a very good school.
Your options:
1) Sit down one day, go online and look at colleges in the cities you want, that have the programs you want. Call the admissions office, and ask them flat out. They'll say yes, no, or maybe, and then tell you what to do. Since time is of the esscense, I wouldn't wait around from someone on Yahoo! Answers to solve your problem.
2) Look into a local community college first. There, you are much more likely to get in this close to the start of classes. Just have your daughter go there for one semester, and immediately start working on transfering. You still have a few months until the deadline for transfering into a college for the spring semester. So, look at a local CC, go there for a semester, and transfer at the end of the semester.
2006-08-24 09:51:34 · answer #1 · answered by nicholas_fahrenkopf 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only places that still admit students at this point before the semester begins are community colleges, or if a student has been on the waiting list. In fact, I know that this point in the year, depending on the college, that deadlines are impending for mid-year (January) admissions as well for most schools.
College is tougher and tougher to get into and schools that have rolling admissions tend to be lowly ranked (I would also want to check and make sure that the school is legitimately accredited as well). The best thing for your daughter, from my experience, would be to try community college a year, or at least a semester (while applying to the college that she wants). I took 8 months off between schools, and it is very difficult no matter how good you are at school. The local cc is a great way to get back into the swing of things (as they tend to be a bit more accommodating than universities) and get some credits at a lower cost than a traditional college.
For more on colleges and admissions, this is one of the most reliable resources out there: http://www.collegeboard.com
2006-08-24 11:49:45 · answer #2 · answered by Jamir 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't know, but I would really be shocked if she could be admitted for this fall if she hasn't even applied. And are you paying for it? Because she definitely cannot get any financial aid this late. She might have to wait until spring. Also, your idea of rolling admission is a bit skewed. It really just means that the committe will continue to review apps until the limit of students is met, but there is still a deadline to apply. And if you're looking at a smaller school, then I'm pretty positive that those numbers are met already. Really, rollling admission is done more at larger state universities.
2006-08-24 09:34:23 · answer #3 · answered by danika1066 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-11 14:42:33 · answer #4 · answered by hayakawa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your daughter applied to any colleges while she was a senior in high school, and they accepted her, you can try calling them and asking if they have any last minute open spots in their incoming freshman class. What probably would have been better was if you daughter applied for college with everyone else and then deferred her enrollment for a year.
I really doubt that you are going to find a spot for her, but good luck.
2006-08-24 11:49:06 · answer #5 · answered by Samantha 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋