College E-mails: How Important Are They?

SeanPM
Sat, 19 Feb 2011 13:04:06 +0000

I took the PSATs in september and checked off the box saying that colleges could contact me via e-mail… Little did I know just how many I would get. My inbox fills with 20-30 e-mails from colleges each day. I typically disregard them as junk since many of the schools are schools I would not be interested in/ would not challenge me enough (Not to sound pretentious…). But just the other day I got one from USC, a school I’m definitely interested in. In fact, it’s one of my top prospective schools.

So my question is: How seriously should I take these e-mails? I was basically disregarding them as junk, almost like advertising, until I got one from USC. How should I react to that?

Thanks!