<p>I'm currently a Junior, when I took the PSAT Sophomore year I received a few solicitation emails from various colleges. I took the PSAT again this fall and scored significantly higher, enough to be considered for National Merit. More recently I took the SAT and scored 2100, however I have not received a single solicitation email or letter since Sophomore year. I did fill in the bubble asking that mail be sent to me and many of my friends who scored similarly to me are receiving mail. I know much of the solicitations are just junk mail, still it is nice to get some information and see what schools might be interesting. Anyone out there have an idea why I'm not receiving anything?</p>
<p>My son is not receiving nearly as much college mail as when he was a sophomore. His scores are similar to yours. I don’t know about your friends receiving more, but that’s our experience.</p>
<p>My DD in Junior is still receiving those mails almost everyday.</p>
<p>In my opinion, you should consider yourself lucky. Opening the mailbox to those first few glossy college catalogs were pretty exciting…but it got old. Quick. You’ve still got plenty of time to finalize your list of schools that you plan to apply to…but for the ones that you’re absolutely sure are in the mix, just go on their websites and fill our the “request info” tab. Pound for pound I don’t think there’s much correlation between academic success and the amount of college marketing mail you get.</p>
<p>You will probably be getting a lot of them at some point and I would not worry about. If you really want to receive something regularly just contact Washington University in St. Louis and ask for its promotional material. It will start sending you the same stuff over and over again until you have enough to hold a bonfire. For most colleges if you want their promotional material mailed to you, you can just go on-line to their sites and request it.</p>
<p>My son’s scores are similar to yours and getting absolutely zero mail. His school actually signed all the kids up for the PSAT and all the mail, scores, etc. goes to them. However, for the SAT we signed up at home. Do you all fill in the questionnaires on the College Board regarding interests, classes, sports, grades, etc. We didn’t and perhaps that is the reason why.</p>