Are the college mailings targeted?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It’s meaningless and I do think it’s meant to drive up apps. DD with a 1300 SAT got tons of mail from Univ of Chicago a few years ago. There was zero chance she would be admitted.

You knew there was zero chance.

How did they?

Because they know what scores they accept.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it unusual to get mailing from Harvard
Or OOS public like UCLA

My kid got mailings from UCLA, Harvard, Chicago, UofMich, and so much more, many I had not heard of. Granted, DC is in a magnet with a high SAT Score.

It is a numbers game. They are definitely trying to drive up app numbers for their rankings.

As has been pointed out, acceptance rate is not part of USN rankings calculations, so no they are not.

Your comment isn’t logical. You say admittance rate isn’t factored into rankings, so that somehow means the school doesn’t care about admittance rate? Yes, they care. Harvard would never want to be at a 50% admittance rate. The high payers would be horrified!

Chicago, likewise, would never allow an admittance rate of 50% or higher. It’s a game. They play it.