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My son received this letter. Why does a place like Princeton with a fine reputation, need to do something tacky like this? I thought I read that this letter has been sent for several years.
It's from the dean of the college (or someone), who says something like
The director of admissions (or someone) mentioned your name SPECIFICALLY to me, and this makes you - well, i don't want to say 'creme de la creme' - but - oh, hell - the creme de la creme of the applicant pool.
That was my reading, anyway. I found it a rather odd letter.
Years ago my husband attended Stanford and swore that the Dean of Admissions knew quite a lot about the kids who were accepted. Maybe they sent it out to many students...the kids who get accepted do get discussed.
Yeah, when I visited for Preview Days I happened to run into a few Ad. Officers (not Rapelye, although she was around and available if prefrosh wanted to talk to her). Most of them remembered where I was from and what school I went to after I said my name, and they asked how one of my ECs was going. I think foto2gem is right.
Sounds tacky. Hard to believe that Princeton University would utilize such tasteless tactics. What's next--an incentive to purchase a used car from Princeton University Autoplex?
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