I recently completed the inquiry form for Exeter, Andover, St. Paul’s, Lawrenceville, and Peddie and while the stuff is still coming in, I oddly received mail from the Ethel Walker School, which I haven’t even heard of much less inquired for. Admittedly, I find it a little creepy since I didn’t give them my name or address and they still could send things to me. Is this a normal prep school occurrence or has it only really happened to me?
Nope, it’s only you.
Just kidding, it happens to everybody. Wait until your junior year comes around and colleges crawl out of the woodwork to send you stuff.
Did you release your contact information to other schools when registering for the SSAT? That might be the reason why.
most if not all people get mail from boarding schools. i got some from military school, all girls schools, and memorably a school made websites under the names of potential applicants that redirected to the school’s websites
If you have taken the SSAT, they probably got your information there.
Aww. Ethel is not creepy. She’s just trying a little harder these days b/c there are so many co-ed schools out there now. She also has many alumnae who end up with only sons … Anyway, just make sure to let the SSAT folks know that you are not interested in being on their public marketing list for email and snail mail the b-schools use. Eventually it stops… and as others have pointed out, just wait until it is nigh the college years!