Out-of-the-blue email from adrep

<p>I"m sorry, but I think these extra mailings make sense before the apps are in, but not after. One letter we got introduced the adcom rep to my S, which I thought was nice. The letters from the departments, though, I just don’t understand the rationale at this particular juncture. Especially from an environmentally sensitive school like Oberlin. If they’re not going to admit the kids, why are they wasting paper at this point on a sales job?</p>

<p>We ignored the bait from most schools that tried to get my kids to apply. I knew very well that those schools were sending materials to increase their applications, not because they were prepared to accept my kids!</p>

<p>Anyway, if Oberlin really does do holistic review, there’s no way that these mailings can mean anything anyway, because they couldn’t have gotten a thorough review of the applications that fast. </p>

<p>Whatever. I"m just glad that I was forewarned thanks to crazypianist.</p>