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Originally Posted by melindawarren
Yeah. Mailers need to stand out. I saved every piece of correspondence I received from colleges--even schools that just sent me lookbooks and such--and I got rid of over 300 pieces of mail when I finished high school (not admissions packets or anything. Just "come check out Hole-in-the-Wall U!" stuff). There were only a few schools that sent truly nice-looking mailers. One looked like another and another after that for the most part (I could only tell schools apart if they had snow/sun/mountains). The more a school can do to make printed information stand out, the better. My favorite was CalArts. SOOO pretty!
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Oh man, at one point in high school one of our teachers had us fill out some kind of college survey something, and from then on I was DELUGED in random mailers from every random college. I think I got the most mail from St. Olaf College, which I had never heard of, and have heard very little of since. I vaguely remember being sent random bits of schwag, too. I think St. Olaf sent me a compass key chain. Ya, not winning any points with that one.
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Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB
I'm OK with my school spending it on nice mailers, because I know that's one way they reel in students/parents/alumni. But I dislike how much they spend on palm trees and landscaping, and stupid stuff like speakers in the planters around campus!
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But the Pepperdine campus is goooorrgeous, and I can't even imagine the landscaping costs for that big lawn off PCH. I especially think the national flags display every fall is very pretty.