So Embarrassing. What to do?

[mswhk]

Earlier this morning I was on the phone with my father, discussing my frustration that I haven't yet heard from my top choice school. (I was supposed to hear back last week). To my horror, and without my permission, he proceeded to call the school and inquire about the status of my application. I am completely MORTIFIED that my father would do this and am so afraid it will hurt my chances for admission. Am I completely screwed?! Or overreacting?

[SammR]

I dont think they will think anything of it. It's totally normal to inquire regarding applications and see whats going on, or where they are with application reviewing/decisions. I wouldn't worry about it. 

[misterpyle215]

probably overreacting...but by your reaction i would talk to your father about boundaries! no time like the present to start practicing setting those! 

[Twoone]

Yeahhhhhh you need to relax.. You are wayyyy overreacting lol. When you call admission (whether its the school or dept) it's usually only the HR people who only knows if you submitted everything or not and if apps are in review. They themselves do NOT make decisions based on what you submitted unless you didnt submit something in time or didn't submit something in which they put you in the denied section. You should have called first to find out rather than waiting a week.

Earlier this morning I was on the phone with my father, discussing my frustration that I haven't yet heard from my top choice school. (I was supposed to hear back last week). To my horror, and without my permission, he proceeded to call the school and inquire about the status of my application. I am completely MORTIFIED that my father would do this and am so afraid it will hurt my chances for admission. Am I completely screwed?! Or overreacting?

[humblegirl]

Eek. My fiance joked about doing that and I shuddered at the thought. I can definitely understand being mortified! I bet it happens more often than we might think. They probably got a laugh out of it. Your dad's got your back. My dad once told me about a co-worker whose wife came in demanding where the h*ll her husband's check was. Everyone laughed about it and the guy didn't get fired. Probably the same kinda thing here.