Colleges primarily communicate through email. Therefore it is
essential that students regularly
check, read, and take action on emails received from the colleges to which they apply.
Within 24-48 hours after submitting an application, most colleges will email students asking them to log in to their
individual online web portals (they all have different names for this). These portals are how colleges notify students about their application status. They'll almost never communicate personal information in the main body of an email, text, Common App, snail mail, or phone call (especially with a parent). They expect students to be responsible for managing this process.
When you log in to each college's portal, you'll probably see a list of items that the college has not yet processed - this doesn't necessarily mean they haven't been sent or received!!!
Many colleges take up to two weeks to process data that's already been sent - they
will see the original time stamp of when items were submitted so if you (and we) submitted on time, there's no need to worry.
Ms. Virden, Ms. Coll, and Ms. Hatch Blauvelt are here to support you in many ways. Let us know if we can help guide you or interpret confusing language in a college's emails and websites that students are in charge of checking.