<p>I recently got a letter from a college in which i have no plans of attending(no offence(engineering))....Harvard.
It congragulated me on my academic achievements and said i should apply because of the unique oppurtunities at the college.
It went on to say that they will be sending me another letter filled with the application forms and the application process.
I want to know if this is common or if it is an ad campaign.
thx</p>
<p>This question has been asked and answered ad nauseum on this board. Many people get such letters because of good PSAT scores and interests/potential majors you checked off. It’s not uncommon to get such a letter. </p>
<p>Apply if it interests you, chuck it out if it doesn’t.</p>
<p>Yes, this is very common. Harvard receives from the collegeboard a large list of high-scorers on the PSAT and the SAT each year and encourages those people to apply.</p>
<p>Just to add to chrisiskey’s comment, it’s not only Harvard that does this – plenty of colleges, the most notorious being WashU – do this every year.</p>
<p>WashU… argh! I throw their stuff out before I bring it in the house. TOO MUCH!</p>
<p>This must be the week that they mail out those letters, because this question is coming up all over on College Confidential. An article in Business Week magazine </p>
<p><a href=“http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_34/b3998441.htm[/url]”>http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_34/b3998441.htm</a> </p>
<p>puts Harvard’s recruiting efforts in context. William Fitzsimmons has also been interviewed about his recruiting goals in the Harvard Crimson, the Harvard Independent, and the Boston Globe.</p>