Reporting Private Messages

College Confidential Community
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I got an e-mail from Drawrof that stated,

" Want your college-prep questions answered by Ivy League Students?
Dear friend,

We have noticed that you are an active, motivated student and we feel that this resource
will be useful to you. Any questions asked in the forums will be responded to promptly
by highly-successful, Ivy League students.

<a href=“http://www.■■■■■■■■■■■■■.com%5B/url%5D”>http://www.■■■■■■■■■■■■■.com</a>

An online resource and community for ambitious high school students.

Information on the following and more:

Academics
College Admissions
Contests
Research
Scholarships
Test Prep

Holler to friends and classmates to utilize this free resource!

Thank you and we wish you success in your many years of scholarship to come."

I’m assuming advertising on this site is not permitted. So, I’m wondering how to report this because I did not see any distinct area to do so.

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I received the same private message from another poster named “mneral.” You are correct that third party advertising is prohibited under CC’s terms of use. Following is a link to CC to report the problem: <a href=“http://www.collegeconfidential.com/contact.htm[/url]”>http://www.collegeconfidential.com/contact.htm</a>
I also plan on contacting CC about this.

3

Will do. thanks!

4

Ya, I got crap like this too, but no one ever answered my thread(below). Oh well.

5

that website isn’t bad though. i got some great advice from it about contacting professors for research and on USABO…if someone was advertising porn I would understand reporting it but w/e…