“….taken notice of your impressive academic credentials” HOW EXACTLY?

[Anonymous]

So I (my kiddo) just got a generic college email inviting him to participate in such as such because “they’ve taken notice of [his] impressive academic credentials.”

Is this just generic posturing or is there’s something that my child, a sophomore (not a college applicant yet), would have done to actually get noticed?

Do universities have access to student grades or test scores or something?

Did I click yes on the 10th grade PSAT or something that allowed this and just don’t remember?

[Anonymous]

It's a form letter. Colleges buy scores in batches and send everyone in the specific range a letter. Don't read anything into it.

[Anonymous]

It's spam

[Anonymous]

Tulane, Northeastern, or UChicago?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's a form letter. Colleges buy scores in batches and send everyone in the specific range a letter. Don't read anything into it.

This. OP: you should be annoyed at the fact that companies (College Board, largely) profit off your kid’s info that your kid is essentially required to share with them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So I (my kiddo) just got a generic college email inviting him to participate in such as such because “they’ve taken notice of [his] impressive academic credentials.”

Is this just generic posturing or is there’s something that my child, a sophomore (not a college applicant yet), would have done to actually get noticed?

Do universities have access to student grades or test scores or something?

Did I click yes on the 10th grade PSAT or something that allowed this and just don’t remember?

Case Western Right?

[Anonymous]

College Board is primarily a company that collects and shares data.

[Anonymous]

When they sign up for the SAT, they tell College Board some things about themselves like their GPA (it might be in a range), academic interests, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tulane, Northeastern, or UChicago?

Schools buy these lists and send away. Vanderbilt has sent my sophomore two sets of junk mail. Nothing from UChicago yet nor Northeastern. The admissions department exists to maximize the number of applicants from which they could choose.

That's why Yale is coming to our high school next week. I doubt that they really intend on admitting anyone from our school, but that's the name of the game.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tulane, Northeastern, or UChicago?

Schools buy these lists and send away. Vanderbilt has sent my sophomore two sets of junk mail. Nothing from UChicago yet nor Northeastern. The admissions department exists to maximize the number of applicants from which they could choose.

That's why Yale is coming to our high school next week. I doubt that they really intend on admitting anyone from our school, but that's the name of the game.

That's not my admissions exists. The marketing team at the university wants to get the word out about the school, but admissions it's solely there to drive up applications. That's a pessimistic and uninformed opinion, but not factual.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So I (my kiddo) just got a generic college email inviting him to participate in such as such because “they’ve taken notice of [his] impressive academic credentials.”

Is this just generic posturing or is there’s something that my child, a sophomore (not a college applicant yet), would have done to actually get noticed?

Do universities have access to student grades or test scores or something?

Did I click yes on the 10th grade PSAT or something that allowed this and just don’t remember?

Case Western Right?

It was CWRU yep!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:College Board is primarily a company that collects and shares data.

More and more I’m realizing it’s basically a data mining racket.

[Anonymous]

It's nonsense, OP, just ignore.

[Anonymous]

The amount of money MIT and Yale have put into mail coming to our house is insane. Sure my kid is smart but I seriously doubt either are waiting up at night desperately hoping she applies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:College Board is primarily a company that collects and shares data.

More and more I’m realizing it’s basically a data mining racket.

And yet people want their schools to pay them more for more AP courses and they want their tests to be mandatory if you want to go to college.