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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DS is a hs freshman and must have signed up for some lists, because he's getting marketing material from schools he doesn't have a chance of being admitted to - but because they're advertising, he thinks he does. I know we're not ready for the college search yet, but it's pretty upsetting to me as well. Why do they do this?[/quote]

Outside of a very select few (like HPYS), most schools don't have amazing universal name recognition and really do want more and different applicants. Schools like Chicago, WashU, Emory and top SLACs don't just want more DC prep school applicants since they obviously know those elite schools well. One of my funnier college-related memories was overhearing MIT interactions at a college fair in the middle of the US where several students clearly didn't know MIT and asked questions about "mitt" while making the rounds  :lol:   [/quote]

Yes, when I did college fairs for as a Purdue alum, people thought it was Ivy League. Point is, Purdue and most other colleges still get more than enough applicants to fill [i]every single spot[/i]. HYP is turning down qualified applicants. So is Chicago. [/quote]

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