<p>If I remember correctly, when you apply to a school (at least on common app), you usually sign a statement that says the school has the right to review your application and make a decision before seeing all of the application’s components.</p>
<p>OMG, so did I…</p>
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<p>@Pennylane: Not unique as Colorado College in Colorado Springs has a similiar course schedule. So both CCs (Cornell College & Colorado College operate similiar schedules of one course at a time).</p>
<p>Thanks, I was only familiar with Cornell College.</p>
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<p>In all fairness, Cornell College is older than Cornell University ;)</p>
<p>can this really happen</p>
<p>Probably the school isn’t very selective and ‘admits’ lots who provide grades and/or transcripts. If this isn’t a college you plan to attend, I would toss it in the trash much like junk mail. Why bother calling the school if it isn’t a place you plan to attend?</p>
<p>Haha I was accepted to Drew University last year as a junior in high school. I hadn’t started applying anywhere. They sent me an email within a few days letting me know that it was a mistake, it was pretty funny though.</p>
<p>I had an even more strange thing happen… I got an email from Barry University notifying me that I had been awarded a $13,500 merit scholarship. The odd part is that I’d never applied! So if I apply, I get the scholarship, according to the email… Very odd. But I don’t want to go to Barry, so I never investigated.</p>
<p>I just re read the email, and I was actually accepted as a transfer student… :</p>
<p>Even though I love the school I got accepted to, I changed my mind and decided to go to an out of state school:) The OOS university has a great Business program and the campus is beautiful! My step dad graduated from there, so I want to give it a try! wish me luck!</p>
<p>Same thing happened to my daughter this past week! Right after she decided not to apply to the school after all. She never hit submit, never paid a fee, never wrote the essay. We are hoping the scholarship letter will follow!</p>
<p>There is a difference between a scholarship sent due to a clerical error by the college (i.e. sent to someone else’s email…etc.) and one where it is more of an advertisement for their college that they may send to MANY. I wouldn’t assume which one it is until you further investigate with that college. Obviously, if it was a clerical error, I am sure they will correct their mistake and indicate the scholarship was never meant for you.</p>
<p>You’d be surprised how low the standards get for even some of the Top 100 colleges.</p>
<p>There was this dream college I had throughout my younger years in high school that I forgot about when my ambitions became much higher. When the application cycle came around, I got an invitation for a free application based on my SAT scores or something. I just had to fill out some biographical information and hit the submit button. It was literally 10min and no fee. Few weeks later, I got the letter. It became my safety.</p>
<p>I actually got a very similar app from another Top 100 university too, but I just wasn’t interested, so I didn’t bother wasting their time.</p>
<p>That was 5yr ago. Maybe they decided to automate the process a bit more by just directly sending admission letters instead of requiring those targets to even hit a button?</p>
<p>If you are a Merit Scholar, a lot of Universities will want to automatically enroll you, and also wave the Honor’s Application. This happened to my D. As soon as the Merit Scholars were announced or the “list” went out, we started getting acceptances in the mail for schools we never applied for or requested information. Some of them offering Full tuition.</p>
<p>That’s pretty awesome, especially since its your dream school and all.</p>
<p>Hey, if anybody’s online do you mind chancing me ? Thanks!</p>
<p>You know that Cornell College has been around longer than Cornell University and some say it is a better school.</p>
<p>I never sent my test scores, nor transcript to my state college, but they sent me an acceptance letter anyway before the regular application due date. They had a program based on PSAT scores - if you got above a certain point and lived in the state, you would be admitted.</p>
<p>crittermom- D got just such a letter a couple of weeks ago, based on semi-finalsist status. At first we insisted it said she qualified, but after more careful reading, it said to claim her full tuition scholarship, she my apply by May 1st, so she can wait until the last minute and still decide to go there. </p>
<p>I think it works to their benefit, in terms of the Common Data Set. Kids can use them as a safety school, but if they don’t end up applying, it doesn’t lower their yield when they go elsewhere. These schools are big enough that they can accommodate a handful of extra students applying in late April.</p>
<p>CTScoutmom: I agree, it is good to have that safety net. My D has been accepted to all of her EA schools. Fortunately she has until March to make the decision, and we figure out how to pay for them since all but one is OS. She is waiting to see if a sports scholarship will be able to balance out her tuition. University of Arizona, Tennessee, & Illinois were among the schools that offered her full tuition and offered to waive the application if she just responded to the admissions office. They are not schools my D would have ever thought of….but always good to have a plan B!</p>