<p>@Choueifati duke sent me a t-shirt and I’m an international student</p>
<p>USC and Notre Dame sent amazing acceptance letters.
Dartmouth and Brown had harsh rejections.</p>
<p>Penns admission letter was great, plus there was a very nice welcome video </p>
<p>The waitlist letter from chicago was probably worst, it sounded jist like rejection</p>
<p>Sent from my SGH-T959P using CC</p>
<p>@Justin I thought Brown’s rejection was nice…</p>
<p>I liked it when Harvard commended me for my ‘unusual potential’ in their acceptance letter
I laughed :’)</p>
<p>I guess that phrase can cover the tuba aficianado, saber specialist, or hedge fund monger–all the special snowflakes in the crimson bubble! ; )</p>
<p>I LOVED USC’s acceptance letter! One of the lines said something along the lines of “All of your hard work and late nights doing homework were worth it.” I really appreciated that.</p>
<p>Duke’s likely letter was also super enjoyable! I’m not ultimately going to go there, because of scholarship money at USC, but it made me feel really special and it made me kind of sad that I’m not considering Duke at all.</p>
<p>Vanderbilt’s waitlist letter was very meh, though. It wasn’t congratulatory or hopeful; to me, it came off like, “you’re lucky you even got waitlisted.”</p>
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<p>Dear Student,</p>
<p>We are sorry we cannot offer you a position at this time: you are but an ordinary snowflake and we only have sufficient space for our special snowflakes.</p>
<p>Sincerely,</p>
<p>Jack Frost
Director of Admissions</p>
<p>WUSTL’s waitlist sentence on the portal was pathetic, and the letter sent through the mail wasn’t any better.</p>
<p>My son’s BFA musical theater acceptances came via a personal phone call. Many of the audition schools use this approach, which is feasible given the small size of their programs. It is a nice way to hear the news, and I think it gives those schools a head start on yielding the student. One of his schools has continued to send little gifts, and today, one of the department heads left a message to call him back if he could answer any questions, leaving his personal cell phone. While my son has 2 schools he expects to hear from Monday, the school that is making the effort to make him feel wanted is certainly being seriously considered.</p>
<p>me too! i cry still when i read it!</p>
<p>I thought this would be a good place to put this :
“Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick. This 2,200-student institution added handwritten notes to almost all the 600 denial letters it sent this year, explaining areas of weakness, such as math grades or English skills. The personal detail, says Ron Byrne, a vice president who oversees admissions, helps students understand “it’s not a rejection of them, and they know very concretely some of the things they can do” to improve their chances if they apply again.”
[Rejection:</a> How Colleges Do It - WSJ.com](<a href=“Rejection: Some Colleges Do It Better Than Others - WSJ”>Rejection: Some Colleges Do It Better Than Others - WSJ)</p>
<p>I didn’t bother reading any of my rejection except Stanford’s and I thought it was quite comforting. It made me feel like I was a good candidate despite being rejected, it was just nicely done</p>
<p>UC Davis’s acceptance letter/packet weren’t anything special but the online portal was nice</p>
<p>Amherst’s rejection letter was the BOMB, almost endearing in a weird way… Thanks for rejecting me so sweetly, Amherst</p>
<p>Williams, though… What coldness! What lack of tact! They almost seemed to brag about their selectivity instead of using it to reassure the rejectee… They mentioned their “11 person admissions committee” and one couldn’t help but yell YOUR ELEVEN PERSON COMMITTEE CAN GO BLOW A COW</p>
<p>I love the acceptance letter from Simmons College. They take the time to put in the letter what stood out about your application. It made me feel that they actually took into account more than my grades and scores, and thought about me as a person.</p>
<p>Inaweoflacs, that’s quite a visual you just described! ;)</p>
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<p>Well no one’s going to top that.</p>
<p>W&M’s waitlist letter was very classy, apologetic, and didn’t get hopes up. UChicago’s reject was nothing special, UVa’s felt cobbled together. I haven’t had any great acceptance letters. I’m sure, if their deferral letter was any indication, that Georgetown’s rejection will seem fairly genuine.</p>
<p>It seems like some top schools need to get over themselves, no need to brag in a rejection letter</p>
<p>Brown said something along the lines of “I’m sorry you didn’t get in. We had to let go a lot of smart people this time. It’s what you do with your education that matters, not where you go. I hope the rest of your college searches go well.” It was nice.</p>
<p>Don’t know the text of Tufts’ rejection letter, but Admissions Dan in his blog post took the time to send a shout out to eight or so applicants he connected with—and they include denied applicants. I don’t imagine many other admissions folks would be so gracious and classy.</p>