<p>Interesting, Marite. We too got almost nothing from WashU, but were flooded with mailings from UT-Dallas--easily our top source of college mailings. And not just letters; all kinds of brochures. Didn't learn much about it as a school, but it looked like a mighty nice country club.</p>
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I have to agree with the poster above, too, that I often think people just keep repeating rumors, with nothing really solid to back up those rumors. I honestly don't think WashU (again, from my 2005 perspective) was anywhere close to the marketing we saw from other schools.
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Hmmm, looks like there are too many rumors about rumors here in this thread. ;)</p>
<p>OK, I'll have to present the first-hand evidence I have. When DD was applying to colleges (2000), WUSTL sent her about a dozen different (unsolicited) mailings. After that, she refused even to consider WUSTL, so annoying that was. Her brothers, seeing all her mail piling up on the floor, followed my advice and never checked the "tell the colleges about me" boxes when they took PSAT and SATs. </p>
<p>Oh, and DD continued getting the mail from WUSTL for two years after she graduated from high school... During the second year, we moved, so I don't know - it's quite possible that the new tenants are still getting those letters. :D</p>
<p>Maybe, that was the Midwestern feature... but we never, ever got THAT much mail from any other university.</p>
<p>Oh, and about the waitlisting... I know three kids who applied to WUSTL. All three were waitlisted (one was accepted to a coulpe of Ivies, at that). Well, I guess, one may consider it one more rumor, no? Maybe, anecdotal evidence?</p>
<p>I wonder what triggers certain schools to "spam" certain students? My D got frequent mailings from St. Lawrence college in New York for no apparent reason. They must have cut down a forest just for her. And some schools are still sending mail to my kids who are 3 to 6 years out of HS.</p>
<p>Glossy brochures/postcards are one thing, but sending out an entire app packet when it's so easy these days to request them online--just a waste of trees and money, IMO.</p>
<p>My son didn't get a lot of mailings because he didn't "check the box" - but when he requested info from a certain school that had been on his early first choice list he was completely ignored, LOL. Sent e-mails, written requests, went to info sessions and did everything but cartwheels in front of the admission office and never received a viewbook or application or any sort of mailing. He downloaded the app and was accepted EA, later declined, and just a week or so ago received a huge application packet in the mail asking him to apply in 2008! We're still shaking our heads and LOL.</p>
<p>Best of luck to you JasonShah89.
Loos like you are totally on top of it.</p>
<p>How is Harvard treating outside scholarships these days?</p>
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<p>Higher financial aid expands the confiscation of scholarships, which is to say that Harvard puts a larger thumb in the eye of "merit" these days.</p>
<p>To put Jasonshah's accomplishments into perspective, there are 250 Coke Scholars out of 100,000 applicants. You have a better chance of getting into Harvard than getting a Coke Scholarship. CONGRATS!</p>
<p>Even with your two big scholarships, that still leaves an approximately $35K nut to cover per year...</p>