I've been getting emails from various universities even before applying

T26E4
Fri, 03 Aug 2012 15:56:46 +0000

Quantum: it’s pure marketing. I’ll bet you the 93-92% of Harvard and Yale applicants who get rejected rec’d the same emails and mailers from H and Y. It means nothing beyond trying get you to consider them.

When does it mean anything? If you get an expense paid visit to their campus – then it means they really want you. *But that’s extremely rare. * Beyond that, you’re just a typical targeted HS student.