<p>I dont know what this means, and so many people have told me different things, but what does it mean when good colleges contact you in the mail without you telling them about yourself? For example, ive gotten letters from columbia, dartmouth, and stanford, as elite schools, asking for me to visit them and pestering me. what does this mean? why would they contact me out of everyone? are they interested?</p>
<p>It means you got a decent score on the PSAT (in other words, you made it into the top 40% of scorers). Or PLAN if your school does that.</p>
<p>so does this give me an edge? are they gonna look out for me, pay more attention?</p>
<p>nope, means nothing.</p>
<p>I would not say it “means nothing”. I would say that your SAT scores are in line with their target, and they MIGHT have experience with your highschool, which MAY have proven, in the past, to generate good candidates.</p>
<p>Okay, then beyond that, it means nothing. ;)</p>