Received an e-mail from Brown . .

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<p>Received an e-mail from Brown Classics Dept. thanking me for my “interest in Brown and the Classics.” Although I am interested in Latin and am president of my school’s Latin Club, I’ve never contacted Brown regarding same. I’m flattered, but am wondering why a kid with a 700M/610CR/540W would be contacted by Brown??</p>

<p>Can anyone out there explain?! Thanks.</p>

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<p>25 views and no responses? Please, someone out there give me your thoughts! Thanks.</p>

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<p>Did it seem like a generic email? I get emails from schools like that all the time that say "we're glad to hear you're interested in (insert school name, MIT, Yale, UT, JHU, etc...)" when I've never looked at half those schools websites. </p>

<p>A lot of them send those out just to encourage people to apply so they can raise the number of applicants, and therefore make themselves seem more selective.</p>

<p>But that may not be the case, it all depends.</p>

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<p>I have received a ton of these (not from Brown...my first choice). I had never contacted any of these schools. Count yourself lucky and pursue if interested after scouring the website. I think they may get the email addresses from the collegeboard or ACT.org if you checked the box to release and we know they buy lists based any number of qualities that they are looking for. My guess is you fit something of their criteria.</p>

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<p>The fact that one of your subscores is 700 and you are interested in classics probably attracted Brown's attention -- Brown is probably interested in attracting more classics concentrators. Brown probably asked the college board for a list of students who checked off Latin/Greek.</p>

<p>For the most part, the mailings and emails really mean nothing in terms of admission.</p>

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<p>But then again Classics majors are really really underrepresented, so you never know. The right thing to do would be to follow up with Classics professors, email them and have a chat. It's my impression that true Classics folk are quite desirable at any school.</p>

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<p>My latin teacher says that if you declare yourself a classics major, you have a much better shot at getting into Brown... I'm not sure if this is true, but he always says it and then cites the 'classics kids' he's had go to Brown.</p>