<p>Lately, for some reason, i’ve been getting letter from the navy, marines, and the national guard. They said i was “interested” and they said based on the info i gave them, i do qualify. First, I am furious. I never wanted to join them military and they sent me a letter saying that I was interested and said i gave them my information. What is goin on!!! What should i do? I am planning to go to college yet im worried that the military will start to stalk me. Does this sound like someone is playing a prank on me or did my school just go balistic and sent out my info to the military.</p>
<p>I got lots of military mail too…You’re probably on the mailing list from when you signed up to take the SAT and checked the box to “let colleges contact me.” At least, that’s how I figure I got on the Army/Navy/etc. lists…</p>
<p>well the thing is, they said," Thank you for your interest and based on the information you provided us, you are qualified to blah blah blah…"
I understand the sat thing, but its said i was was INTERESTED!!! ridiculous.</p>
<p>Yeah, well a lot of the spam I get on via e-mail on all manner of topics says they are sending me stuff I “requested” too. Same lie.</p>
<p>whats even weird is my freshman brother is getting this mail.</p>
<p>My 8th grade daughter gets stuff all the time…wonder what list she was on…</p>
<p>in a word, CHILL!</p>
<p>They make good scrap paper, for notes or doodles or the like. Alternatively, they make good kindling. If you really can’t stand having them in your home, at least have the decency to recyle the paper ;). At least you’re getting something that is actually truly interested in you. Most unwanted junk mail isn’t. And as to the interest bit - well probably by not checking a box somwhere, you indicated your ‘interest’.</p>
<p>Tell the recruiters you’re joining the Peace Corps or something.</p>
<p>lol… idk… it seems that they are being silly. i get college/military junk mail EVERY day!.. it’s crazy! but i’m used to it. average: 5 per day… so youre REALLy lucky:::::</p>
<p>Would absolutely LOVE to get into brown, but… hmm, idk. here’s my FAQ:</p>
<p>new SATs 2400
PSATs National merit finalist
president of key
secretary of honor society
softball captain
science team captain and going to nationals! whoo hoo<< go us!!</p>
<p>yeah… RAWR GRR want to get in, but we will see.</p>
<p>btw, i’m a HS sophomore in senior year, so i might repeat everything again… just for the heck of it and better chance to get into early program. hmm… idk. i have 4.0 unweighted GPA, 6 and 7s on all IB exams (from freshman year taking them) and this year i just finsihed taking them again, hoping to have all 7s!!! and we will see… college next year? maybe… undecided. so far stanford accepts, yale accepts, harvard’s waiting list, and brown is “undecided”… so we will wait. if not, maybe one more year until i feel good and ready! and i’m 16… so idk</p>
<p>what do you think?? THANKS!!! :):)
do you think i’m CRAZY?? haha j/k </p>
<p>pLEASE PRIVATE mESSAGE mE!!! THANK YOU!!! :):):):):)</p>
<p>Rexrun: Check out this link for info about opting out of your high school’s giving info about you to the military: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=65317[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=65317</a></p>
<p>Confusedaboutcollege… You need to start your own thread and not hijack this one. To do that, go to the first page of any board and look at the top right. Hit “new thread” button.</p>
<p>Your school is required under the No Child Left Behind Act to give your personal information to military recruiters. Thank you President Bush! (last sentence is meant to be sarcastic) If you want your school to stop giving out your info, go to <a href=“http://www.leavemychildalone.org%5B/url%5D”>www.leavemychildalone.org</a></p>