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[quote=Anonymous]DC got a lot of mail from the colleges she's already applied to. Why? They probably don't coordinate their mailing lists. It means nothing OP. Don't reach out unless your child is excited about this school and wants to increase interactions. Otherwise, it's a waste of time.
For example, I get daily emails from UMW, where my kid applied EA, asking her to apply! She's already visited too, but she gets emails asking her to visit. Daily! Crazy. I also get daily emails from Clark U where my kid is not applying. She put Clark on her EA list, then removed it, but Clark didn't get the memo, so the emails pour in. 
U Chicago sent DC a letter asking her to apply after she'd already put UC on her EA list, and days before she completed her application. I've heard UC sends these letters out to just about anyone trying to increase their applicant pool. Sleazy, but that's the way it is. 
I very carefully instructed DC not to put her email in the SAT's mailing list, yet she gets at least 50 emails every day from colleges that she'd never apply to! We get weekly postcards from colleges she would never apply to. They go directly into recycling. I don't know why they waste their money mailing cards to kids like DD who is not going to go to Bumfeck U in Middleonowhere!! 
College is a marketing scam these days. [/quote]

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