<p>My daughter may have made an inquiry at, has been considering it as a safety and will probably apply to have some safety choices. </p>
<p>But yesterday when she was out, we got a phone call from someone AT the university thanking her for applying, referring to her great academic record and asking if she had any questions. I actually had a few questions about the application process and merit aid for OOS kids, and it was pleasant and informative.</p>
<p>Last night she tells me she has not applied to the school. Hasn't completed any application, hasn't sent transcripts, nothing. Not sure what to make of this...nice to be recruited (and yes I should know where she has and hasn't submitted applications but I knew this was on the list) but I really got the impression this guy knew her academic history and all that.</p>
<p>Any thoughts about this? She was kind of freaked about it. Thanks.</p>
<p>Tell you DD to relax. The U probably has her SAT scores- bought them from Collegeboard. THEIR enrollment management company, the one that has the computer algorithms that figure out who to send college mailers, catalogs, mailers, emails , etc, etc.,to, in order to entice applicants to ACTUALLY APPLY, is probably the one who called her.They dont know who has applied- their job is to increase applications for the colleges that hire them.</p>
<p>If you think back to the conversation the information the person gave was probably pretty vague. Perhaps he was only giving the information your daughter shared on her initial inquiry. I have seen college inquiries that ask GPA, class rank, general ECs. Certainly these are self-reported by the student but they get on mailing lists for specific programs because of it. This may have been very creative marketing. The person may have assumed your daughter had already applied or just starts the conversations with the assumption that the person will apply. I wouldn’t read anything more into it.</p>
<p>Edit: I crossed posts with menloparkmom. This is a very real possibility as well. Either way, nothing to get worked up about.</p>
<p>If your D had good scores she will be or already is receiving a lot of promotional college recruiting literature. When it was all said and done, we tossed over 4 full cartons of mailings from approximately 215 colleges and universities. Yes, I actually counted the number of schools as I was amazed by the mountains of material as I sorted it for the big toss out.</p>
<p>Our DIL works for a LAC in Admissions and she indicated to me that the College Board sells the names from their testing lists based on the parameters the school wants. You can give them score ranges, gender, zip codes, type of HS, and so on to get a targeted list for your college or university.</p>
<p>As stated above, its all part of the admissions process / game. Good luck to your D in the roller coater ride called college admissions.</p>