All the top colleges sending mail to DD.

[Anonymous]

So glad my kid opted out if all mailings when she took her standardized tests. We wanted her choices to be based on research not marketing!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not just lowering their acceptance rate. It's also another source of revenue for them from application fees.

No, wrong, it is not part of any nefarious scheme, nor are application fees a profitable endeavor. it’s just marketing. They don’t know if your kid could get in or not and it is not the job of a marketer to decide that anyway.

Stop with the conspiracy theories, please. It is tiring.

You are quite a condescending asshat.

[Anonymous]

When I was in high school, WashU was the worst offender and it sounds like they still are. I wonder how much money is spent on each year these campaigns.

[Anonymous]

U Chicago and Case Western are the worst offenders

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Last year, U of Chicago. I could have used their marketing materials and wallpapered the entire house with it (3,000 sq foot, small by DCUM standards, but he got something from them at least once a week)

Mine too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:UChicago is by far the worst offender of this. WashU a close second.

This X1000. And it’s not outreach to URMs; it’s outreach to UMC kids they think will be flattered enough to apply. Went straight to the rubbish bin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So glad my kid opted out if all mailings when she took her standardized tests. We wanted her choices to be based on research not marketing!

This! I don't understand why people want to sign up to receive this torrent of junk mail.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So glad my kid opted out if all mailings when she took her standardized tests. We wanted her choices to be based on research not marketing!

This! I don't understand why people want to sign up to receive this torrent of junk mail.

The “people” are high school students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So glad my kid opted out if all mailings when she took her standardized tests. We wanted her choices to be based on research not marketing!

This! I don't understand why people want to sign up to receive this torrent of junk mail.

The “people” are high school students.

Also so glad someone alerted us to the fact that you should not fill out any of the info they ask for about all your classes and your plans for college. None of it is required and the College Board just sells it to colleges. I think I read it is like 69 cents per kid per school.