<p>Pure spam? No. It is a recruiting letter that itself says it has been sent to “thousands” (see the “return card” comment). Your stats put you easily in the top 10% of OSU’s usual pool of applicants and thus if you apply your chances of admission are virtually certain. Also, OSU gives out a lot of “merit” awards and your stats potentially qualify you for one of those, although what you are usually looking at is something that is merely a partial tuition waiver and in the $1,200 to $2500 per year range for residents and $5000 range for non-residents. Note, if you are wondering how OSU learned of you – most likely through information that you provided to the College Board when you took the SAT; it provides colleges with the identity of students and their ranges of SAT’s and grade info you provided in the App.</p>