<p>Is anyone else getting as annoyed as I am about the massive amounts of fliers and pamphlets this school sends out? I mean really if a student is interested they will contact you, if not dozens of info packets aren't gonna help. (Ok its not quite dozens :)</p>
<p>WUSTL is the college equivalent of a used car salesman!</p>
<p>Did you know anything about Wash U before you received anything?</p>
<p>If yes, did you know that it’s one of the top schools in the country?</p>
<p>Unfortunately, most people don’t know these things. It’s necessary for Wash U to advertise very aggressively in order to attract the applicant pool that the school wants. If anything, the frequent mailings should give you the idea that Wash U is actively trying to recruit the best students, which is more than some other schools can say ('sup Penn?). </p>
<p>I recall receiving an amount of mail from Columbia similar to that sent by Wash U, yet I’ve never heard anyone complain about being “annoyed” by Columbia.</p>
<p>^Received same amount of mail from Columbia that I received from WashU.</p>
<p>Received faaaaaar more mail from 3 random state schools (2 Mississippi and 1 Texas) that continued sending me mail up until August before freshmen year (it’s not too late to enroll! national merit scholars get great scholarships!)</p>
<p>Nevermind I never even applied there to begin with…</p>
<p>Whether or not you receive a lot of information from the school seems to be totally random.</p>
<p>WashU was my D’s #1 choice and she never received a thing from them - and she was a NMF, val of her class, with SAT/ACT in the 99%tile! We have a photo of her sitting on the floor completely surrounded by a mountain of pamphlets, etc. she received from schools across the country (and many duplicates from several other schools), but not one piece from WashU.</p>
<p>Really? I have gotten at least 10 letters from them, 3 of which included applications. But then again, I turned in the data form/supplement the day it came out, so…</p>
<p>I absolutely get annoyed when others say they’re annoyed by the amount of mail from WashU. It honestly doesn’t take any effort at all to glance over a postcard then throw it away. I remember some mailings about the summer research biology research program which reminded me to apply, but I never did, and so I spent my summer working a laborious job instead of pursuing my true passion of science. It’s okay though since over half the people who say “omg, WashU must love me, they’re sending me a lot of stuff, i’m probably gonna get in” get rejected or waitlisted.</p>
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<p>I agree. I know it makes people feel good to say “look how much they’re after me, and look how much I want to throw them in the trash!! Yeah, look at me!!”</p>
<p>In personal household, there was lots of this type of thing…Columbia, Duke, Brown…others on the lower end.</p>
<p>Personally, I get excited by college letters, whether it’s from WashU, UChicago, or even Barry University, which told me they’d give me a scholarship. I love to feel sought-after, even if it’s not genuine.</p>
<p>^^ That’s the way I feel as well, Sirensong.</p>
<p>I think it takes arrogance to feign annoyance at something that is either (1) flattering, or (2) innocuous.</p>
<p>Agreed. I’m not sure how annoying it can be to receive letters from one of the best universities in the United States, but I agree with heyalb that this mail is innocuous, and if anything, you should be grateful.</p>
<p>I have to agree. If getting a lot of mail from Wash U is his biggest problem in life, then this is one lucky individual indeed.</p>
<p>I don’t know about all the mail you guys have gotten, but I have received very little. I definitely get more from Richmond - I get at least two letters a week from Richmond.</p>
<p>I recently attended a leadership seminar, and I’m pretty sure that they placed me on some sort of mailing list afterwards, because I’ve been getting mail that I did not sign up for voluntarily from many schools I had no idea even existed. WUSTL was one of them. (I live on the West Coast, and I’m assuming that was the reason why I hadn’t heard of it.) I don’t mind receiving the mail, so long as there aren’t too many repeats!</p>