<p>D1 got a letter from a dept head, back several years now. We took it for what it was, additional info/ sales pitch, thought it was kind of nice that they were making a little extra effort. Did NOT think it connoted anything about admissions chances. She got in, of course, maybe if she didn’t it might have been something to get all bent up about.</p>
<p>The way I figure it, the colleges these days are looking after themselves first, sensitivities of high schoolers/applicants second. My own alma mater sent mailings to my neighbor’s kid, induced him to think he had some remote shot and waste time applying there. At least that wasn’t Oberlin. I thought that was horrible.</p>