<p>These special invitation apps have got to be triggered by something outside of your control. Like Blink stated, I am guessing that it is tied to the various achievement tests. When a student signs up to take a test, they complete a whole profile about themselves including GPA and other parameters. Then of course the test company has the students achievement test results. I believe that this information gets distributed (I am guessing sold) to colleges.</p>
<p>My interpretation of the special apps is that the applicant must logically have a higher likelihood of getting in due to the fact that a certain level of pre-screening was completed before the mailing of the special ap invitation. The only thing that I have been warned (only after the fact) about some special apps is that there are colleges that send these out to primarily to increase applications, decrease % accepted, and therefore raise their selectivity rankings. I do not know this is true and I certainly do not want to imply that Brandies is participating in this but it was a parent of an '08 senior who warned me that not every school’s special ap is the complement that I thought it was (Her daughter was rejected by her #1 choice that was also an invitation ap).</p>
<p>Either way, we were thrilled to receive this opportunity from Brandies.</p>