Has anyone recieved the engineering note from Swarthmore?

arador
Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:00:10 +0000

This has been a staple of non-college advertising for years now. While I’m sure people would like to think colleges are sending them personalized notes, so its a let down when one realizes its mass-produced, I don’t see what the real problem is. When you’ve got thousands upon thousands of applicants, and only a tiny handful of staff, it hardly make sense that the adcoms should spend most of their time hand-writing these things for people who (chances are) won’t be admitted, let alone attend, the school. Would it be better to have no contact at all? Or should Swarthmore spend more money hiring ad-coms and less on financial aid/academics?