Reduce follow-up after sharing details at a college fair

If the student filled in interest cards at several booths, list the schools that received them. Ask each unwanted sender to stop printed recruitment material. Keep any general fair-organizer signup on a separate line until you know who received that information.

By Junk Mail Magic. Updated October 2, 2026.

Rebuild the list of booths

Sit down with the student and the fair's exhibitor list, if you still have it, and mark each booth where the student filled out a card.
Next to each school, record whether the student wants to keep receiving mail.
For schools marked stop, find the admissions contact on each school's official website.
In each request, give the fair's name and date and the name and address the student wrote on the card.

Where the test programs fit

College Board Student Search is voluntary, and organizations that already have a student's information may keep contacting the student after an opt-out. College Board recommends contacting those organizations directly. ACT Recruit Me has its own opt-out form. A brochure that arrives soon after the fair could come from any of these sources, so put it on the list instead of guessing.

Private fair-signup worksheet

Example for your own use. Replace the bracketed details and review what you share.

Student name as written on cards: [student name] Fair name and date: [fair name], [date] Schools that received an interest card: [school names] For each school: keep mail / stop mail (student's choice): [school name, keep or stop] Admissions contact used: [contact address or form] Date request sent: [date] Mail still arriving after request (school, date): [school name, date]

Plan for the next fair

Before the next fair, have the student choose which schools get an interest card. Use the worksheet to check which schools keep mailing after a request. Contact those schools again, mentioning the date of the first request.

Official sources

Reduce brochures after touring a campus Opt out of College Board Student Search marketing Stop college mail that continues after Search opt-out Schools and student recruitment All practical mail guides

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