All,
I submitted my Financial Aid and Scholarship form on Saturday just an hour after the deadline. I had such a tough time trying to get across the materials via fax..I probably tried a gazillion times before deciding to make a phone call to the financial aid office, hoping that someone would be there to help with this "Busy" fax problem..Guess what! When I called, Diane Bonin, the lady at Financial Aid office, had a voicemail greeting stating that the fax number has been busy all week with applicants faxing in their forms and noted that it is okay for the applicants to e-mail their forms to her or to the Financial Aid (
tuck.financial.aid@dartmouth.edu) e-mail address.. I almost fell of my chair when I learned that this e-mail alternative is in deed available. Had I known this earlier, I would have saved a ton of time and agony trying repeatedly with that busy fax number. I wish the Tuck folks made this announcement on their Web site apart from their voicemail greeting.
Later that evening when I sent in my forms as a PDF attachment, I included a note suggesting to make such information available to everyone through their website as well. Had I not made that phone call, I would have never known that it is okay to send the forms via e-mail. Did anyone of you had a similar experience sending in your forms?
Also, when I spoke last Friday to the Tuck Admissions (a staffer named Holly) , I was told that the interview invites will be going out all the way till March 21st (the cut-off date for January Round applicant decisions). So, looks like it is worth holding on to the shreds of hope that you still may have left after all these weeks and months of waiting..Good luck..