Recruitment letter from Yale to a HS junior

Colleges and Universities A-Z Yale University
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<p>How many of this type of letter inviting HS juniors to visit does Yale send out? I think they got contact info, scores (which were very high) etc. from college board. The letter arrived in April, and there was also an email from them. This is an unhooked kid and not an athlete.</p>

<p>Older child got similar from HPY several years ago, but we read on CC that H had sent out 70K or so such letters that year.</p>

<p>Wondering just how special this is (or not). Same thing from Princeton but they also sent a thick viewbook. How they use those application fees...</p>

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<p>I would guess they do this to attract as many applicants as posible, I think it means your an ok applicant but definately no admission guarantee</p>

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<p>They sent them out to NMS Qualifiers. Someone at my school was telling me they got one.</p>

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<p>How would they know who is a NMS qualifier? NM doesn’t announce this until next August. Score cutoffs vary from year to year. </p>

<p>Anyway, if this is somehow true, I guess this means that Yale mailed 16,000 letters?</p>

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<p>Letters like that are sent to everyone who has over a certain PSAT score. It’s just marketing.</p>

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<p>The top 50k PSAT scorers were notified recently and asked to name 2 schools they’re interested in, so this will likely trigger even more mailings.</p>

<p>For the OP, I’m afraid it’s of no importance, just marketing.</p>

<p>x-posted w/Booklady</p>

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<p>I was a NMS finalist and I got a thick book from Stanford, Harvard and Yale. Rejected by Stanford and Harvard. Waitlisted at Yale. Don’t read to much into it.</p>

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<p>It’s just marketing, but it’s only marketing to people with pretty high PSAT scores. So it isn’t entirely meaningless, but don’t read too much into it.</p>