So a college messaged me. The person who messaged me was my admission representative. He said that he wants to help me through the search process. He talked about me going to the school. He said stuff like me being in the life style of the school and helping me picture myself at the school. He said that he’d keep in contact with me.
Is that normal? It’s different than all the other messages I got.
It is probably still marketing and no guarantee that you will get in. But refund politely, and send them questions if you have some not answered on the website as you go along.
I’m just curious if they have any level of interest in me. I know that I’m not guaranteed anything.
They are interested in your application fee, It’s marketing. Read nothing else into it.
Certainly keep in touch, particularly if you are interested in the school.
I am interested so that’s why I’m holding onto hope otherwise I wouldn’t have posted it.
It is normal for many colleges & universities to market their product to high school juniors & seniors. Typically this is an attempt to get you to apply to their school whether qualified or not since the more apps they receive the more selective there admission rate appears to be.
I’m only asking this because it’s the first time it’s ever happened to me. They said that they wanted me to visit. Is that normal?
Well, do some critical thinking here. Do you have some sort of achievement or skill that they would know about or have you done something amazing that’s come to their attention? In other words, why do you think a college would send you a meaningful, personal letter?
If you can’t think of anything or if you’re like 99% of the normal American high school kids who are awesome but not in ways a college would know about… then common sense says this is mass marketing that has been personalized to make you feel good.
If you’re interested in the college - great! Use this as a way to return contact if you have questions. But unless you have reason to think the college knows about you personally and is interested for some reason, don’t read too much into it - it is likely mass marketing AKA junk mail.
I was curious about the Dean part because it’s the first time that’s happened to me.
All it means is that the college is interested in getting your application. They cannot determine if they want you to be a student at the college until they do a review of your application. However, as noted above, since you seem to be interested in the school that contacted you, use this to your advantage by replying to the admissions officer/dean of admissions and let them know that you plan to apply and you can put in a sentence or two about why you feel the college is a good fit for you and what you might bring to the school (keep it short and sweet).
Please don’t make duplicate posts, even with slight variations. If you have an additional thought you can add it to the existing thread. The two threads have been merged.
Crap, I’m sorry. I wasn’t paying any attention.
You can ask the question seventeen different ways until Sunday - the answer is the same. Refer to my earlier message, and that of @happy1 , @Publisher , @milee30 , @intparent . We’ve all been around the block and know of what we speak. 
Good luck.
I’m sorry. New stuff keeps coming up and confusing me.
I do think it could mean something. While some colleges (in the highly selective categories) do things to get more applications…there are other colleges that just want to fill their class. This year, I have heard stories about those admissions offers reaching out to students who rejected their offer - to give them more merit $ and convince them to come. Perhaps you fit into a certain “bucket” of which they need more applicants.
Yes, I do think this is a personal approach that COULD mean something. Perhaps they feel they need to convince more students to come to their school. I think if the college has a LOW percent accepted, then it is marketing. If they have a HIGH percent accepted, but low yield (students accepted that are coming), then perhaps they feel a need to more personally converse with candidates.
It’s certainly not a bad thing! Some posters think of everything in terms of highly selective schools — schools not in this category may operate differently.
Depending on how you made your first contact with this college, or how they learned about you, it is possible that you really are the tyoe of student that they are looking for, and this communication might be truly personal. We don’t know you, and we don’t know this college, so we can’t make a judgment that this is a special case rather than standard marketing.
Now if you get a handwritten letter written on good quality paper and clearly signed neatly by hand, we might change our minds about the marketing thing. 
Well, we just got a handwritten note after a tour - but I’m sure that one was just marketing - but we really appreciated it!
Their acceptance rate is fifty five percent. Does that help you come to a conclusion?
I made first contact with them via website. The site messaged the college about me. Does that help?
I figure it’s just marketing.
The good thing is that you now have the contact information for the admissions rep, and can take any questions or concerns about the process diectly to that person. So if you do like the place, you can send a quick “thanks for your note” reply and let the rep know that you will keep them in the loop.