<p>ohhhhh countingdown...dig the "hand motif" ;) and yep I totally agree.</p>
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This is the case at some schools. Many are deciding to spend more money on other kinds of marketing. On top of that, budget cuts are affecting the amount of mail being sent by others.</p>
<p>Obviously, certain schools will always blanket students with brochures, but I think many are rethinking their mailing practices.</p>
<p>Just so you know how this looks on the back end: ETS file delivery is almost completely automated at this point. Anyone with a reasonably advanced Student Information System in place is adding a code to prospect records to show that ETS is a source of data on that student. Scores now arrive almost daily. Just a few years ago, scores came every few weeks on CDs or in huge packs of score sheets. The arrival of scores used to be a bigger deal than today.</p>
<p>I'd note that U.Va. is one of the universities that acknowledged receipt of scores by email - but if D wanted to sign up for the actual mailing list action was required. Of the schools D sent scores to, she has received far more email than snail mail from them.</p>