<p>I recently got a postcard from UR that read, "Congratulations on your admission to the University of Rochester! You and your family are cordially invited to a celebrator event for admitted students in your area." It went on to state information not relevant to my purpose here.</p>
<p>Although I would consider myself a very strong college applicant, especially in terms of extracurriculars, I never applied to UR! I scored fairly well on the AMC/AIME (118.5, 6) this year and gave information to colleges, but I think that's all they'd have on me. Nothing on my personal life or grades.</p>
<p>Is this a fluke? I assume that it is. Obviously, I'm acting a bit irrational at the moment and fantasizing that I for whatever reasons was invited in (I'm a sophomore in high school who can't wait to go to college). Do colleges ever accept people who didn't apply? I've read about this in other threads on this website.</p>
<p>Could someone please connect the dots or slap me in the face and tell me to wake up?</p>
<p>Thank you,
Brian</p>
<p>By the way, I’ve been on their mailing list for a while and have responded to numerous pieces of mail and I think written at some point about how I love math - not that I think this will make a large difference.</p>
<p>Also, my math teacher (who I talk to often and has really helped me in my outside-school mathematical pursuits) is a UR alumnus who volunteers for admissions in the region. This might be some kind of reason, but I would find it highly unlikely that she recommended me or something just because I’ve talked to her about how cool UR would be a few times. </p>
<p>Just some extra data that might fill the picture a bit.</p>
<p>Obviously, I’d love to go! I’m just curious if this was a mistake or if anyone else has had this happen to them before. The postcard correctly had my address and name.</p>
<p>Brian,</p>
<p>If you are a current high school sophomore, then this is clearly an error on our behalf. Please call our Admissions Office on Monday and hopefully we can figure this out.</p>
<p>(P.S. - I heard from a member of our Communications Team that we accidentally mailed similar-sounding letters to a few students in California, perhaps you were one of them? If not, I would appreciate a private message so we could isolate the problem. Sorry for the mistake.)</p>