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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is there really someone here who is defending University of  Chicago’s transparently sleazy marketing practices? [/quote]

What is "transparently sleazy" about their "marketing practices"?[/quote]

Sending weekly mailers to kids who they know they’d never admit in an effort to boost the number of applications they get is clearly sleazy. Come on. [/quote]

How do they know they would not admit ANY of the kids that get their mailers?[/quote]

Point is they can fill a freshman class without advertising. [/quote]

No, that is not the point.  The point is can they build a better class easier if they have a larger cohort to choose from.

So again your claim was they know they'd never admit any of the kids they send the mailers to.  How do they know that?[/quote]

If a school only admits 10-20% of applicants, yeah, they're not going to admit most kids they send mailers to.[/quote]

Not MOST.  How do they know they would not admit ANY of the kids they send mailers to.  And success is based on kids they would consider accepting.

.5%-%2 conversion is generally considered successful in a direct mail campaign.

https://www.themailshark.com/resources/articles/direct-mail-response-rates-and-how-to-improve-them/

You don't think these email campaigns get them at least 1%-2% qualified applicants?[/quote]

All I'm saying is that it's cruel and unethical to get kids' hopes up. Have some freaking empathy. [/quote]

And all I'm saying is that they are doing no such thing, certainly not intentionally.  Have some freaking common sense.

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