Do these letters mean zilch?
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Anonymous
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Colleges send letters on 8.5 x 11 paper saying they recognize child has done well this semester…
Are high schools sending grades or lists of students to colleges? How would a college know if the student did well? Do they send these to everyone and just hope the message resonates with those who actually did well? |
Anonymous
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Correct. They mean zilch. Colleges cannot know your child's high school grades unless your child's counselor sent a transcript, which they cannot do unless your child requests it.
Spam. Get used to it 
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Anonymous
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Haha. Thanks.
I’m used to the 4-color brochure spam. 🤣 The boring letters strike a different chord, though. They sound so…earnest. 😂 OP |
Anonymous
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Didn’t you get them in high school?
How does no one remember getting these brochures in high school? Why are you blindsided by college marketing? |
Anonymous
Who is blindsided? I mostly wanted to know how they would know if my kid had a good semester or not. Must be weird to be a kid who gets a D and then receives this letter saying “Due to your good grades, we hope you will apply…” Seems mean of the school. Don’t you know any first generation students? I guess not. Otherwise, you would be outside your bubble more and not asking “didn’t you get these in high school…” I see your privilege showing. Not everyone had the life, money, and support you had, you know. OP |
Anonymous
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What colleges?
Stay away from those scammers |
Anonymous
New poster here What year did you graduate high school? I graduated in 1993 and didn't get any marketing material from colleges--and I was a decent student that got into many colleges. The only marketing material I received was from ITT tech. |
Anonymous
1992. |
Anonymous
1994 |
Anonymous
| Colleges have been doing direct mail since at least the 80s. |