Sanders, I thought exactly the same thing and freaked out thinking it was one of the schools, that's the only reason I didn't hang up on them. Where did you apply?
Called about schools (I am planning to attend college next fall). Refused to reveal who was sponsoring the call - sketchy. Especially since they were calling about colleges and acceptance letters are mailed about a month from now. I wonder if it's a college that i'm applying to... it makes me nervous that I answered the questions. Anyone else get a similar call? Said they got my address from SAT's - but the address was different than the one I gave there - should have called them on it.
Sanders, I thought exactly the same thing and freaked out thinking it was one of the schools, that's the only reason I didn't hang up on them. Where did you apply?
They have called me about ten times. I think they may have gotten my number from collegeboard.com or the princeton review. Not sure though. Those are the only two college sites I have used for research but I haven't applied to colleges yet so I don't think it was one for that reason.
market research firms are exempt from do not call lists so legal action cannot be taken against them. Most of the time it is the companies you do business with who contract the researchers to do the dirty work of picking the brains of the consumers in order to offer you a better product or service. For school studies it is usually funded by a foundation who wants to know why people make the decisions they do to go to college. I don't know why everyone is so paranoid. If you research WB&A you will see that it actually is a marketing research firm. They don't ask questions to try to coax you into buying products or anything they just want your opinions most of the time. As consumers you should give them so that companies can improve