<p>I've been receiving huge volumes of mail from colleges (this is normal for juniors, right?) and I was wondering if there's any significance to receiving material from schools. Is this genuine interest or just advertising, and does it signify a better chance with admissions from that school? I've been receiving stuff all over the place, from schools I ruled out a long time ago (Ball State, Simon's Rock, OSU) to schools I'm much more interested in (Columbia University, University of Chicago, Williams and USNA.) Your thoughts?</p>
<p>Pure advertisements. It truely means nothing.</p>
<p>Means you have junk mail.</p>
<p>It means you checked the box on the PSAT to receive college mail.</p>
<p>means u did good on the PSAT.</p>
<p>My thoughts: (1) get some big green garbage bags and (2) tell the colleges in which you're not interested to take you off their mailing list. Save some trees. :-)</p>
<p>Cynical, I know, but think it means colleges want to improve their stats, if they boost number of applicants they lower the percentage that they accept -- makes them look more exclusive (ie school that accepts only 30% looks better than one that accepts 70%).</p>
<p>Email is much more environmentally friendly than snail mail.</p>
<p>means nothing. Put out a big box for WUSTL; many people here report they send you that much stuff...</p>
<p>nope. means nothing</p>