Can someone Explain the Deal Behind College Mail?

bluebayou
Fri, 24 Jun 2011 11:01:50 +0000

I’m probably the most cynical person on cc, but not that cynical. The super selective colleges are also truly looking for the diamond in the rough. A kid that scores high on standardized tests, so can do the work, but perhaps had a really difficult life.

One poor kid from our school received marketing materials from an Ivy, for example. This is a kid who lived with abusive uncles until they were arrested, making him independent. His parents had been deported. He still ended up top 10 in his class. An easy admit for the Ivy. But they never would have found him, nor he them, if they had not followed the rules for ‘Marketing 101’ (which they teach on campus).