<p>So I got my first piece of college mail today–from Harvard, of all places. I was excited. The next step is to get three different magazine holders labeled “matches”, “reaches”, and “safeties”. </p>
<p>It’s actually starting! Omgah!!!1111</p>
<p>(yeah, that’s my story)</p>
<p>just remember that this mail is part of a marketing campaign and doesn’t mean Harvard is recruiting you, is interested in you personally, or is tipping you that you have a better-than-average chance of admission. Its just like the credit-card applications your parents probably receive by the basketfull each month.</p>
<p>I think you know this, but a lot of kids are excited to get mail from big-name colleges and don’t realize its just part of their mass-marketing campaign.</p>
<p>BTW you won’t need magazine holders, you will need large boxes if the experience of people on this forum is any guide.</p>
<p>Oh, of course I know that it’s just marketing…the reason I’m excited is that it’s the first step in the process. Really, I’m just sick of high school.</p>
<p>I know what you mean. Though I know you can’t tell much about a school from its marketing material, and I’m not interested in most of the schools (geographically) anyway, I still get excited opening the mailbox.</p>
<p>thisyearsgirl, are you a sophomore?</p>
<p>My first peice was from someplace I don’t remember. I research the school, or I immediately throw it out or keep it. I’m pretty much down to 15 schools now though, so most of it I immediately throw away. Some notable throw-aways: Scripps, Claremont McKenna, Yale, Duke, Columbia,
Some notable keeps: Amherst, Oberlin, Brown</p>
<p>juzam_djinn – Yes, I am. I haven’t really started narrowing down a list yet, but I expect I’ll get a book and start looking soon enough. ;)</p>
<p>Although I’m currently a junior, I haven’t received much college mail other than from a narrow, select group of colleges. Notably, I’ve received mail from the University of Chicago, Brown University, Carnegie Mellon University, and Washington University in St. Louis. Surprisingly, I may end up applying to only one of the aforementioned colleges, the University of Chicago.</p>