Hi, I’m a 10th grader in the IB program and some of my friends are getting college mails from for example like San Diego University & I was wondering what they do to get letters from University’s this early ?
When they took the PSAT as 10th graders, they checked the box “yes” which asked “can we release your name and address to colleges” and then the colleges buy marketing lists of thousands of students and send out materials. It says nothing about the colleges’ actual interest in that specific student, it is more like getting advertising. Don’t give it another thought! We always told our kids NOT to check that box, because it was a pain to receive all that wasted mail.
It is marketing and means nothing.