College Board is sharing e-mail with colleges

frazzled1
Sun, 03 Feb 2013 15:12:35 +0000

I found this on the collegeboard website in the Privacy Policy section:

Student Search Service: Student Search Service communications are sent by outside colleges, scholarship programs, and educational opportunity organizations. All entities who receive student information from Student Search Service are required to maintain strict confidentiality. We actively monitor these entities to ensure adherence to our guidelines. The frequency and mode of communication is determined by the entity which receives the student’s name. Every communication from individual entities is required to contain specific instructions on how to unsubscribe from that particular institution. To unsubscribe from the entire program, call 800-626-9795 or write to:

The College Board
11955 Democracy Drive
Reston, VA 20190-5662
Attention: Student Search Service

When you registered for the SAT, was there a question asking your permission to tell colleges “about students like me,” or something similar? That used to be what opened the floodgates for viewbooks, mailings, postcards, applications, etc. It’s easier to hit delete than to keep bringing those out to the recycling bin, and better for the environment, too. But if you don’t want all the college-related email, try following the steps above.