The secret ways of collegeboard

Hey you guys quick question! I’ve been getting so many college emails and recently a lot of them allowing me to apply for free. And they’re all praising and “congratulations on being great” lol and I haven’t sent them anything. So what’s the deal? Does collegeboard send my scores to schools or something?

I don’t think they send actual scores w/o your permission, but they do send “range lists” to schools. For instance, if your SAT is a 2150 and a school wants (pays for?) a list of students with scores within 2000-2400 range, your name might be on it.

Gotcha, thank you!

If you marked on your PSAT or SAT protocols that it was OK to send information then they would. Also some schools by lists.