College Mailings

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>I get mails AT LEAST every other day from these colleges and universities (some top-of-the-line, while some down somewhere I have never been).</p>

<p>All of them come in a very similar format with parallel structure, because they all have:
-A letter with a digital signature trying to entice me to the institution
-A signup form asking for minimal personal information
-An offer for a free book/pamphlet (usually on college admissions)
-An envelope (postage paid)</p>

<p>I would appreciate if someone would help me in finding out how to take care of these... my options are:
-Trash them all
-Mail them all back with junk info and spam
-Mail them all back with true info
-Mail some of them back with true info
-Mail some of them back with spam
-Hide them in the corner of my basement</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

2

<p>I, unlike as shown in other posts, want to know what to do with them, rather than want to know when to get them and how (discussed elsewhere).</p>

<p>so.... anyone?</p>

3

<p>I just trash all of mine. They are worthless. Actually, I kept a few of the ones for the schools I applied to.</p>

4

<p>save all the good ones. trash the rest</p>

5

<p>When I just started to get those, I saved all the schools I was interested in and even mailed back some with true info. Neither the booklets on college admissions nor any other part of these mailings helped me with the college process. If you like a certain school, a better way to get info/show interest to request a viewbook and application package from their website.</p>

6

<p>It's nice for schools to see that you're interested in them by requesting additional information. So when I went through that whole college mailings ordeal, I trashed the ones I never heard of/didn't want to go to and replied to the schools I was interested in (even just a little bit interested in). After I received the pamphlets and what not back from them, I just threw it in a box in my room and left them until I was ready to start filling out applications. I know how annoying it is, but actually having all of this extra information is very helpful when trying to decide on the colleges you're going to apply to. For example, I thought I was interested in Swarthmore, received a "Why Swarthmore?"-like DVD from them, watched it, and decided I definately did not want to go to Swarthmore. So sometimes this stuff helps.</p>

7

<p>take the stuff you don't want and give it to your counseler or local library.... you can get rid of them and possibly help someone.... :)</p>

8

<p>i throw away all the letters unless theyre from schools that i'm actually considering.</p>

9

<p>Sounds like a solid technique to follow: use it or lose it
Thanks</p>