<p>I got a letter from Johns Hopkins telling me to apply.</p>
<p>It kind of confused me. I'm only in the top 11% of my class, 1960 SATs, and just slightly above average all-around.</p>
<p>Anyone else get it?</p>
<p>Umm.. i think all the colleges tell random people to apply.
I just got a letter from Princeton telling me to apply. Doesnt mean anythign though.</p>
<p>True. Those letters are based on PSAT scores I think. What did you get on it?</p>
<p>yea a lot of people get random letters from different colleges telling them to apply. i got a lot of stuff from upenn, cornell, and rice.</p>
<p>you have to meet their mininum requirement in order for them to send you letter.
it means that you are qualified to apply.</p>
<p>yeah, seriously, I've gotten crap for Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Penn, Stanford, MIT, Caltech, etc. If they actually knew me, they'd know I'm not of that caliber. Don't pay attention to those letters.</p>
<p>same as colinization here, I think I've gotten spam from all the ivys.
Caltech's probably the cockiest though... Their letter basically said "I know your applying to us"
and i'm like... nope</p>
<p>Yeah, Caltech is insufferable. And the equations all over the envelopes? Are they actually trying to only attract nerdy kids? See, that's one of the things I liked about Hopkins' presentation- they essentially said they'd rather have smart, social competent kids than brilliant, reclusive geeks.</p>
<p>Are you saying I'm not a brilliant, reclusive geek? :)</p>
<p>you very well may be, but JHU is not catering exclusively to you ;)</p>
<p>Obviously, and if they were, that wouldn't be a very good idea.</p>
<p>^I agree; that's why I praised them. They said they're "trying to correct our image as a school full of people with no lives who spend every waking moment studying."</p>
<p>Personally, I think that perception is rather antiquated but for some reason, it has stuck around. It is definitely not true.</p>