Where I attend is completely besides the point and irrelevant: the fact is that if Universites are sending unrequested mail, it's basically the same as advertising and spam.
It's like asking when you turn 18: "Gee, are all these banks mailing me now because I'm really fucking rich and they want me to deposit my money in their accounts?" No, it means the bank needs/wants more customers and is preying on their typical target demographic; Hurricane is (assumedly) nearing the age of college-entry, and so they're sending out mail to him to advertise and evoke interest in what they offer. You wouldn't see Harvard or Yale sending unsolicited mail to potential undergraduates, because they don't need the custom. Bitches go to them, not vice versa. You have to think what impression and message this gives out-- I mean, ever notice the only Universities that advertise on British television are low-ranked and copped out ex-Polytechnics? Low performance, low reputation, low initial intake. Of course it may not be the same in the United States' colleges, - but you've got to remember that at some point someone in their admissions department made the conscious choice to spam prospective students, which implies a certain something about said institution.
Hurricane wrote:
Besides, 2+2 = 4 at MIT and at Montgomery County Community College. After college, it's your work ethic not your piece of paper that counts.
Ideally, yes. Realistically, no. Elitism exists in the education system and it is just as pervasive in graduate employment-- it's a competitive world, that piece of paper
counts.
Last edited by Uzique (2008-11-10 14:16:43)
