There needs to be a national movement for kids to opt out when they take the SAT. Someone should make fliers explaining the the CB is selling the kids’ info so that they will get mailings from schools that will then lure the kids to apply when their chances are next to zero…and then hand them out as kids walk into the SAT. Not everyone reads the WSJ and will see this. The kids who are most likely to fall for this are most likely NOT reading the WSJ or reading about this on CC.
This whole thing really bothers me. I have a Common App account in my name that I’ve used to see supplements, etc., and I used it to look around when we were new to college admissions and S19 was a junior. I still have some schools on there but I haven’t looked at it in a while. Today, I got an email (addressed to me) from Dartmouth saying “This is your place! These are your people!” So, schools are also getting info from the Common App. If I were a student getting this email, I would think they saw my info on the CA and think I fit there!
This is just all kinds of wrong.