The worst mistake you can make sophomore year is to check yes on the student search survey box on the PSAT. That one check mark condemns you to a three-year barrage of college mail, some from schools you’re not even completely sure exist.

But if you’ve already made that mistake, here are some things you can do with that stack of mail piling up on your desk.

1. Try your hand at some origami.

2. Save them up for the first bonfire of the summer.

3. Make a paper-mache replica of the college of your choice.

4. Have a paper football tournament.

5. Use it as a bookmark to make it look like you’ve read that English book.

6. Make a collage of racially diverse and happy kids sitting on grassy quads.

7. Start the next great American novel on the back.

8. Shred them for confetti.

9. Turn them into SAT flash cards.

10. Practice making some wintery snowflakes.

11. Use the thick ones for coasters for your (legal) beverages.

12. Cut out letters to use in an anonymous love letter (or a ransom note).

13. Create some festive party hats.

14. Get your environmentalist on and recycle them.

15. Use them to make an informed decision about your college future.