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College bound: Be wary of mailings

Now that the rush of applications and essays for seniors has ended, the focus on college preparation is now on juniors, and that means attention from college admissions offices.

….Here are the facts: Colleges send viewbooks or paper applications to students because they want multitudes of students to apply, not because they intend to admit them. Colleges want many applicants because when they later deny most of them, their selectivity rate drops.