Letters from schools?

[jesse7771]

Hi, I am not sure if this is the correct place to post this but I was wondering what it means when a school sends you a letter asking you to apply for their graduate program? I have gotten letters and emails from a couple of places and was wondering if this is an indication that the chances of my being accepted into that school are good...

[bhr]

It means you took the GRE, most likely, which sells your information to schools. I've been in my program for three months, took the GREs a year ago, and still get spam mail for a handful of program.

[danieleWrites]

I'm still getting letters from schools and I'm in my second year. I'm fielding email and snail mail from a variety of institutions, some of them quite prestigious, inviting me to join an MA program or other. None of them are in my actual field, either. Not that my BAs wouldn't get me into these other fields, but, seriously.