<p>How many people get an application from Harvard sent to them in the mail? I just got one yesterday and I didn't request information from them at all. Could it be from the ACT and SAT tests that I took? Do people who get an application from Harvard actually have a chance to be admitted or is Harvard telling random kids to apply?</p>
<p>Congratulations! I’ve only heard of one other college ever doing that. I don’t know much about this process, but I know it’s something you should look further into.</p>
<p>GAPeach is mistaken. Your info was generated on lists sold to colleges. You’ll be getting hundreds of unsolicited mailings in the next few months. </p>
<p>Do you have a chance? Who knows.</p>
<p>it means nothing really. many people got them, qualified or not</p>
<p>It means you are within a certain (admittedly high) range of test scores. It does not however mean that you would necessarily have a chance at getting in. They do it to increase their number of applicants and therefore lower their admission percentages.</p>
<p>Yep, I got one too. I think their cutoff on SAT Scores is around 2000 (I had a friend get one with around that score last year). I think they do it to frustrate us :)</p>
<p>Harvard (and pretty much every other elite university) is a ■■■■■. Don’t feed it.</p>
<p>They want more people to apply so that their ranking is higher. Rankings are partially based on acceptance rate</p>
<p>Yeah a lot of people receive them</p>