College Board is sharing e-mail with colleges

xiggi
Sun, 03 Feb 2013 18:37:54 +0000

It’s just one more reason why I personally believe College Board should be stripped of their non-profit status.



Yep, that will teach those bad guys a lesson! And send a message to the organizations that … own the College Board through their membership.

Sarcasm set aside, aren’t there simpler and more sensible ways to avoid the contacts? Is it really that hard to create a specific email for the college applications? An email that would also convey the appropriate message of an earnest applicant? An email that could be monitored by the students and the helicopter parents? After all, aren’t they the basic gatekeepers, and the ones who resent the contact from the “beneath my darling” colleges and blush at the contacts of Prestigious U that is now … recruiting the same darling?

Fwiw, if you really want to stop the barrage, start checking your GC’s office and make sure that the PSAT information is cleaned to the barebone, and that the information on the SAT never, ever lists the high school. In case of doubt send a letter to the College Board to notify them of your desire to withhold ALL information and expressly NOT share scores with your high school, and copy the school board of your decision.

It really is not that hard to stop the contacts, but then again the big guns (loved by everyone for bragging rights) will also be on the non-contact list.

All in all, isn’t a very neutral email not just as easy and free?