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University application didn't arrive! Anything we can do?

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peaceanddove · 02/01/2022 11:07

DD2 applied to the LSE at the start of November to study Economics. It's her first choice. She's heard nothing from them since, though she has now received offers from all her other choices.

She's just noticed on the LSE website that she should have received an automated email acknowledging her application as soon as they got it. Then a further email saying her application had been downloaded by LSE and was being considered. She should also have been given a log in to their online portal. She's had nothing.

She's contacted LSE but no reply yet. She's heartbroken now, panicking that there was some sort of glitch at LSE and her application never got there. She's in tears.

Does anyone know if schools receive an official receipt confirmation from the universities they send applications to? I can believe they don't, otherwise they're just blindly sending applications off into the ether!

If her school didn't receive any confirmation from LSE and didn't immediately chase it up then I just don't know what on Earth to do (apart from detonating like a small nuclear bomb in the sixth form office).

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peaceanddove · 02/01/2022 11:17

Sorry, just been told that both her and her school received official confirmation from UCAS that they'd received all her choices. All her other choices received her application and have since made offers. So, I just don't understand why LSE didn't receive one?

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Leafsontheline · 02/01/2022 11:14

Has she checked her junk folders? Automatically sent emails like acknowledgments often end up there, even if from a ‘proper’ source.

If the other universities have responded it’s unlikely that the LSE one didn’t get sent as well. Isn’t it all on one form? So if the school sent the form off, which they must have done if responses have been received from others, then it sounds like they did what they had to do..

Hercisback · 02/01/2022 11:10

This is all sort outable. Firstly calm down, it really isn't the end of the world for anyone. Secondly university applications are for the applicant to sort. Yes schools support with the process and often do more of the admin than they really should, but ultimately dd is responsible for her applications.

Did she apply via UCAS? The fact her other applications arrived is a good sign.

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