Don’t call us… we’ll call (or email) you!
So we now present some helpful tips to get you (and us!) through the next few weeks:
1. If you would like to know the status of your application, log onto your online account and check the Status page. 
PLEASE DO NOT FREAK OUT IF THE STATUS PAGE SAYS YOUR APPLICATION IS NOT COMPLETE!!
As long as you’ve already submitted your online application, we will continue to process your credentials as they arrive and your application will not be penalized! 
2. If you are took the SAT or ACT in early December, keep in mind that it takes approximately 3 weeks for the testing companies to send us your scores… yes, that means they should be arriving soon! 
3. PLEASE, PLEASE be patient! We are STILL catching up with the mountains of mail you have been sending us and process all the various pieces of your applications. We are constantly updating the online status of your application, but it will take time. Again, be patient… and remember that we are a very small office at a very small school! We do not have an army of people dedicated to processing applications – it’s just us and a few awesome student workers.
4. Although it may seem hard to believe - and you should hear the gasps on the other end of the phone line when we tell this you and your counselors and parents - but if there is one thing we do pretty darn well, it’s follow up regarding an incomplete application. In fact, some may consider our reminder emails and phonecalls about missing pieces, well, a mild form of harassment! Once we get all that mail entered into the database, and if we find that your application is still incomplete, we will definitely contact you! We promise!
5. If your status is still incomplete by mid-January and we haven’t already contacted you, THEN you can freak out… and call us… or email us… or IM me… or harass us on the blog…
Tryin’ to spread some holiday cheer,
Allison
allison.bahme@olin.edu
781-292-2203
IM: OlinAdmission
http://www.olin.edu
Wow, late night at the office? You guys are indeed working very hard to get our applications all together! I was pleasantly surprised to receive an email on Saturday saying my application was finally completed and processed. Hurray!
P.S. How do you guys review all of our applications in January. Do you have a folder for each person?
Comment by Kevin S — December 16, 2007 @ 11:54 pm
thanks for all your hard work!
Comment by anxious — December 18, 2007 @ 5:13 am
Thank you so much!
…you’d be surprised how reasurring these posts are!
Happy Holidays!
Comment by Trevor — December 18, 2007 @ 2:03 pm