<p>Last summer (end of Soph yr) Yale sent me an admissions packet + info about their college. But, the strange thing was that I had never even thought about going to Y or what college I wanted to go to(because I was an utterly carefree person). So is it common for Y to send out application forms to students? And where did they get my name, address... info from? My parents thought it was just b/c Y needed students b/c the economy was down....which I think is not true. Y probably would have tons of applicants no matter the condition of the econ. Anyone want to clarify?</p>
<p>Did you take the PSAT or SAT? Colleges get your information from the College Board if you designate them to upon PSAT/SAT registration.</p>
<p>Oh yeah! That must be it since I took the PSAT, but not the SAT. Though my scores weren't amazingly perfect either... just a tad abover average...imo</p>
<p>even HYP aren't uber selective in sending out informational viewbooks and apps. my suspicion is they prolly don't send them out to 400SAT kids, haha, but yeah, i didn't do amazingly in my PSAT and i still got their crud.</p>
<p>You also misused 'amazingly', so you've got me convinced :)</p>
<p>care to explain how i misused it? english is my second language so i'd love to fine-tune skills such as using the word "amazingly."</p>
<p>'amazingly' can describe something.....you could have said.."I didn't do amazingly well"...</p>
<p>I disagree that there is anything wrong in conversational English (which is what we use in online fora) in saying, "I didn't do amazingly." In the sentence, "do" is a verb and "amazingly" an adverb. Would anyone have an objection to the closely similar sentence "I didn't do superbly"?</p>
<p>Actually....i dont really think anyone knows proper American English...lol</p>
<p>"So is it common for Y to send out application forms to students? " Yep, its called marketing. The deluge is just starting! Unless you checked the box not to share your info, you will be receiving crates of brochures from colleges all over the place. It just means you matched their criteria for sending out an app, not that some adcom has personally reviewed your scores and is inviting you to apply.</p>
<p>I still got stuff from a few colleges during the summer after freshman year of college. It was kind of strange...</p>
<p>And you didn't end your sentence with a period. We're online. Let it go.</p>
<p>OMG... roflcopters.. woot woot! Wat?? Online lingo...</p>
<p>First off... American English was never proper in the first place.. so wateva! You use something enough and it becomes mainstream.</p>
<p>haha didn't mean to let this go on and on... i seriously wanted to learn (not that it matters a lot; took SAT2 writing ages ago...). anyway, i asked a couple of people at my school and the only consensus i got was that it's just awkward sounding.</p>
<p>yea, it is a little awkward sounding--but who knows, it could crop up into the vernacular (if it hasn't already)</p>
<p>the deluge of mail is indeed beginning! by checking the "Student Search Service" box or whatever it is, you're gonna get a LOT of mail. i didn't check it, and i haven't received a single piece of college-related stuff that i didn't want :D</p>
<p>The more students who apply to a college, the more "elite and selective" the college appears, hence the sending out of materiel to as many people as they get data on. The marketing of "selectivity" is important to the schools image. So if they think they can convince more people to apply, they think they look better. You may well be a good person for the school, I don't know. But the marketing has begun...</p>
<p>ps- regarding lingo</p>
<p><a href="http://www.pbs.org/speak/%5B/url%5D">http://www.pbs.org/speak/</a></p>
<p>Do you speak American by Robert MacNeil</p>
<p>I watched that program on TV a few weekends ago... it was pretty interesting.</p>