<p>Today I received an email from them that said </p>
<p>“University Research Partners is conducting research for a university you expressed interest in attending. As a successful college-bound student, we hope you will participate in a study about the entering class of 2012.
University Research Partners
[University</a> Research Partners](<a href=“http://www.universityresearchpartners.com%5DUniversity”>http://www.universityresearchpartners.com)
1920 East Parham Road
Richmond, VA 23228”</p>
<p>Does anyone know if this is legitimate? Has anyone gotten this and done it? And does anyone know what schools do this? I only applied to 3. Thanks.</p>
<p>My daughter received one too, I keep deleting but they keep sending them. I have no clue if it is legit. It has a .org next to the site but not sure if that is enough to make it a legitimate site</p>
<p>First, this .com does not have anything to do with scholarships or financial aid so I don’t know why it is posted here.</p>
<p>Looking at your link, this is a marketing research firm, providing information about prospective students to universities. This does not benefit you personally in any way except that you may be chosen to be a student panelist and give your opinions and then get access to a forum for discussion. Some marketing research firms put you in a drawing for a gift card but this one doesn’t even give you that carrot. </p>
<p>In any case, this has nothing to do with getting you into college or any particular college, they just want your opinions to sell to the colleges in aggregate. Like a music company might hire a marketing research firm to give eSurveys on prospective college student music taste.</p>