Mail guides
Schools and student recruitment
Control educational marketing without interrupting tests or applications.
Find the current ACT Recruit Me opt-out route
ACT Recruit Me is the current name of the voluntary program formerly called EOS. ACT has an opt-out form on its site. If the student registered with more than one physical or email address, ACT asks for each address to be submitted. List every address before you fill in the form.
Opt out of College Board Student Search marketing
Student Search participation is voluntary, so a student can stop taking part. Follow the current opt-out instructions in College Board's Student Search FAQ. Leave the account, test registrations and scores as they are. Opting out does not stop schools that already hold the student's information from contacting them.
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.
Stop college mail that continues after Search opt-out
A College Board Student Search opt-out does not remove the information a college already received. College Board says those organizations may keep contacting you and recommends opting out with them directly. Send the college a recruitment-mail request through its official admissions website.
Reduce brochures after touring a campus
After a tour, write to that school's admissions office and ask it to stop sending printed recruitment brochures. Include the visit date so staff can find the student's record. The student can prefer less paper while still considering the school.
Does a school directory opt-out continue after graduation?
Yes. The Department of Education says a school must continue honoring a valid directory-information opt-out made by an eligible student while attending, unless the student rescinds it. Graduation does not automatically cancel that choice. First identify the request actually on file.
Reduce graduate-school brochures after an inquiry
After an inquiry, write to that graduate program's admissions office and name the program. Ask the office to stop mailing viewbooks and event invitations. If you have an active application, ask it to keep sending the notices your application requires.
Check the high school recruiter-contact opt-out
Look for the school’s notice about releasing secondary students’ names, addresses and telephone listings to military recruiters and colleges. For districts covered by the federal rule, a written opt-out can restrict those disclosures. The school may combine this notice with its directory-information notice or provide it separately.
Reduce private-school admissions advertising
A parent can ask a private school's admissions office to stop sending prospect brochures and open-house invitations. Say the request covers marketing only, so the school keeps sending documents about a child already enrolled there.
Stop prospect mail after enrolling elsewhere
Choosing a school does not automatically stop other colleges from mailing brochures. Write to the admissions office of each college that still sends them. Say the student has enrolled elsewhere, and ask the office to stop printed recruitment material. You do not need to close an account or withdraw anything to make this request.
Pause unwanted recruitment mail during a gap year
Colleges do not necessarily offer a gap-year pause for recruitment mail, so ask each one. Write to the admissions office of each school that keeps sending brochures. Ask what mail preferences it can record for this year, including stopping printed material.
Check a scholarship invitation before sharing details
Before replying, find the organization that administers the scholarship and read its official eligibility page. Polished wording and an official-looking layout are not proof that the program exists. Share no student details until the program and the mailing match.
Use a school directory-information opt-out
A school directory-information opt-out limits disclosure of information covered by the school’s notice. Start with that notice: it identifies the categories, who may refuse disclosure and the period for a written request. It is not a request to erase every school record.
Check mailed honor-society invitations
Check the society and the invitation before paying or sharing student details. Ask the school whether it has a relationship with the organization, then find the society independently and read its terms. An invitation alone does not establish school endorsement, an award or a benefit the student will receive.
Review recruitment mail sent to two family homes
When recruitment mail arrives at two family homes, make a table with each address and the schools or programs that used it. Then send each request with the address that received the mail. The mail is addressed to the student, so the student should approve every request.
Reduce test-preparation course promotions
Identify the company advertising the prep course before choosing a contact. A testing organization, a course provider and a local center may have different roles. Keep registration and score notices separate, then ask the actual advertiser about printed sales material.
Control vocational-school brochures and invitations
Brochures and open-house invitations from a vocational or trade school name that school as the sender. Write to its admissions or enrollment office and ask to be removed from mailed event and course promotions.
Stop tutoring-center sales postcards
Send your stop request to the tutoring business named on the postcard. If the card shows both a national brand and a local center, name both. Keep the request about postal advertising only. It does not need to mention the student's grades, school or needs.
Request fewer extension-course catalogs
Ask the extension program to stop mailing printed catalogs for future courses, and name the class whose notices you still want. Putting both in one request makes it clear that the class updates should continue.