Say you apply for a college. The college will traditionally send you a rejection or acceptance letter. What happens to / where is the original application that you sent to the college? Is it destroyed? Is it kept on file? Who keeps it on file? I need to know!
2007-02-12 02:16:13 · 6 answers · asked by Megan 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
I'm in the US
2007-02-12 02:27:37 · update #1
Are they allowed to share applications with the former high school, former university, and parents? Hopefully not. I know high schools and universities are required to share information with the prospective university, but I wouldn't want it to be the other way around. I just don't want my past schools to inadvertently find information about my present & future life. If I wanted them to, I could communicate with them myself. Rather than them digging up my records. I also don't think parents should see their child's application essay, since I know students who write about how much their parents affected them, it's so touching it could make anyone choke.
2007-02-12 06:10:17 · update #2
They are destroyed -- usually within two years.
In the second year of my MBA program at Duke, I asked a question about my application. I was told that it had been destroyed a year earlier.
2007-02-12 02:30:00 · answer #1 · answered by Ranto 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
US eh? Pretty much same as I wrote before,
If it is less than seven years ago, they may have it. They usually keep it for a short amount of time, to compare applications if you apply again (so they know you aren't a liar).
Then they may destroy it, when they are allowed to. or at least put it in a classified file. Sometimes they'll keep a file somewhere, but they'll probably have a hard time finding it after seven years.
(in the US, they are supposed to keep it but I don't know how long. They need to keep it to show they aren't discriminating, they aren't losing applications and a few things like that. But they don't need to show you any records they feel will hurt them or you.).
2007-02-12 02:29:52 · answer #2 · answered by dude 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the UK, we have the Data Protection Act (1998), which requires information such as college application to be confidetially destroyed after a certain length of time.
2007-02-12 02:24:12 · answer #3 · answered by Mighty C 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-02 00:27:57 · answer #4 · answered by raffone 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is sold to people in the Cayman Islands who profiteer off of your information such as name and Social Security Number by using them for internet Phishing.
2007-02-12 02:23:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Well here is my personal favorite:
http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2007-02-07
2007-02-12 02:30:19 · answer #6 · answered by Ryoko M 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋