Requesting information through email?

Applying to College
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<p>I have recently been requesting information from all the schools I'm planning to applying to. However, I can't complete my request for a few schools because they can't find my school/don't let me type in my CEEB code myself so it keeps on saying the request is incomplete!</p>

<p>My question is, how should I go about requesting information then? Should I send an email and what would I say in it? I don't want to 'ruin' my chances because of an unprofessional email or something (a little dramatic here but you get the idea). I don't have many options to show interest since I'm an international student so this is pretty important for me :P</p>

<p>Help please? Thank you!</p>

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<p>Many schools have a “request info” form right on their website - have you checked for that?</p>

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<p>yes that’s what i’ve been filling out so far… but some schools do not recognise my high school so i can’t complete the request form.</p>

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<p>Just put other into the field, if you can make an alphabetical entry.</p>

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<p>yeah that’s no possible for a couple of the colleges and one doesn’t even allow me to change the country? :(</p>

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<p>In the email just say you are interested in receiving information about the college. Say you’re currently a student at ---- high school in ----- [city], ---- [country]. You are interested in studying ----- and this school has piqued your interest. Give your name and mailing address; include your email address. Then close the email with a thank you.</p>

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<p>I’m curious however: what do you expect in the mail that you can’t get from the college websites?</p>

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<p>Thank you so so much SlackerMomMD - that’s exactly what I was asking for! :)</p>

<p>T26E4: well since I’m international it’s one of the few ways in which I can actually show my interest in a school because I can’t visit or interview! I also like getting things in the mail :P</p>

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<p>One of my favorite CC posts ever! :)</p>

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<p>I piled all of the mail I got from colleges into a cabinet, and after a few months I pulled it all out and it made a stack at least 4 feet tall. It seemed pretty ridiculous and wasteful for the colleges to send all these glossy, full color brochures when I hadn’t expressed a specific interest.
But let’s be honest - all that mail did make me feel pretty awesome.</p>