How do colleges get my address?

Parents Forum
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<p>My high school junior has never requested info from colleges and has not taken the ACT, SAT or even the PSAT. The past 2 weeks we have been bombarded with written invitations regarding local info sessions for Yale, MIT, Wash St Louis and Illinois Wesleyan. He is a smart kid and is somehow they know this.</p>

<p>My high school senior was bombarded all last year with info from Tier 3 LAC’s (GPA appropriate) so somehow the access to our address is connected to the kids academic standings.</p>

<p>I don’t mind the information coming to us, I am just curious how they know GPA’s and home addresses.</p>

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<p>Did he take APs? College Board actually sells contact info to colleges, which buy names according to scores. Or maybe your kid entered personal information on a college search web site?</p>

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<p>I also think they get them when the students take the standardized tests like the PLAN test in their high schools.</p>