<p>It’s not pretentious to do what I previously posted as long as you attack the situation with some humility. I approached the officers and said “I am very interested in applying to XXXXX Univeristy, here is some information about me.” The stuff I wrote and gave to them, I had showed to my English teacher and he assured me that what I had written wasn’t “pretentious.” I felt after I had given them my papers that I had given them good reason to consider me as a potentially interested candidate. Since then I have gotten very personalized mailings from the regional reps.</p>