<p>Well, Emory’s acceptance packet had a hugee skeleton on it. I guess that was the theme this year? It creeped my mom out, but I thought it was quite chill. I got a bumper sticker and a poster from them! SO HAPPY! I love little gifts like these :3</p>
<p>Hope College’s acceptance was an entire paragraph describing my DD’s qualities and achievements they admired. They mentioned over a dozen personalized facts and how those facts are relevant to Hope College (Holland Michigan). Case Western offered a stunning beautiful envelope featuring a large fold-out color helicopter-view of the campus. They also sent a t-shirt and a color deck of large 4x6 inch cards featuring endearing qualities and facets of the college. None of the rejection letters struck my DD as lacking in tact. Some bent over backwards to soften the blow. She realizes that all of tactfulness hides the simple message that she was not attractive enough compared to the other applicants to gain admittance. It stings, but it’s a fact of life that will recurr many times over the course of one’s life. As her father, I don’t want to shield her from such truths. She has had more than enough congratulations and adorations from fans near and far as have most applicants to the more selective schools. She needs a dose of reality to keep her humble and diligent.</p>
<p>@MidWestFather Case didn’t send me a shirt or a deck of cards D: noooooo they dun like meeee</p>
<p>Also, my DD had very modest expectations going into the college admissions process. She had heard of the record-breaking stiff competition in advance based on trend projections. So is grateful for each college acceptance and acknowledges her very good fortune. Yes, luck is a highly under-acknowledged factor.</p>
<p>My Daughter an a nephew are going through the same thing. My husband tries to tell her that he couldn’t have even went to college without a letter from a coach to his small private alma mata (and he didn’t play sports) and he was is now on the list of super attorneys and my nephews father was denied at all but small private school and he is a physician an educator at Harvard. Don’t let the denials define you let it challenge you.</p>
<p>I loved Case Western’s acceptance. They’ve been sending me so many free items after my acceptance letter that I feel bad for not going there.</p>
<p>Harvey Mudd’s acceptance letter made me feel warm and fuzzy inside, especially since they took the time to write a note at the bottom of my letter. Also, the folder is really quirky and adorable. It’s my dream school, and I won’t forget how happy I felt seeing the black folder.</p>
<p>Stanford’s acceptance letter was nice, but I didn’t get that gushy “welcome to the family!” feeling. They jumped right into business, and seemed to be more proud of themselves than they were proud of me. Oh well.</p>
<p>Carnegie Mellon’s acceptance letter seemed more like a brochure than anything else.</p>
<p>Caltech’s waitlist letter was nice–I didn’t even feel bad about it! Maybe it’s because I didn’t expect to get into Caltech. Rice’s letter was all right.</p>
<p>@lemming101
I’m an International student as well, and I would love a t-shirt, but none for me 
I was admitted to Duke as a transfer student though… Did you get it in your first acceptance packet?</p>
<p>Do transfer students receive a less fancy admissions packet in general? I mean there are only 40 of us… oh well I’m thrilled to be admitted anyways! Just wish I could flaunt some school pride over the summer.</p>
<p>Case did a great job with their acceptances! The letter had a handwritten note at the bottom mentioning something they found interesting in your essay, it was in a wonderfully designed packet and, shortly after, a t-shirt arrived followed by the deck of cards.</p>
<p>a state schools in Missouri gives a bunch of free stuff, everyone i know who applies there likes it, they also have like an 88% acceptance rate so i might just apply there to feel cool <em>____</em></p>
<p>I loved Pomona’s letter this year. It was long, but it would have really made me feel good.</p>
<p>Here’s the link to the full letter:
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<p>This year I got an acceptance letter from Stephen F. Austin State University. It was pretty bland actually, but I did like the acceptance certificate that was included. There was a postcard saying congratulations!! You’re a lumberjack in a small envelope with confetti.</p>
<p>Back in 2011 I got an acceptance letter from a private school in KS-I can’t remember how the acceptance letter went, but they sent me some nice trinkets and a bumper sticker. They also sent me 2 scholarships.</p>
<p>@Dreams - I visited Emory, and apparently that skeleton is like an informal mascot of theirs. Freakin’ adorable - it just makes me want to get in even more.</p>
<p>It would be cool for a college to send you a chocolate bar with a golden ticket inside saying you are accepted.<br>
And Emory’s unofficial mascot is the skeleton “Dooley”</p>
<p>Tulane’s acceptance letter was very warm and welcoming… and included a scholarship offer and invitation to the Honors Program. A second page that said, “Supplemental Material Prepared Especially for __________” (my daughter’s name). </p>
<p>I almost think that scholarship offer and honors program invite were a little more exciting than a t-shirt.</p>
<p>BTW, yes, Emory’s unofficial mascot is Dooley, the skeleton. But the official mascot is the Emory Eagle. I know, because I went there a long time ago!</p>
<p>“Hello Mr.____ this is the Cooper Union” it was like entering the matrix…</p>
<p>or being told you are a wizard…</p>
<p>SUNY ECC, Alfred State, and Niagara County Community College all had OK acceptance letters. But my brother got a t-shirt with his “future” graduating class number on it from Boniventure. </p>
<p>Colgate´s rejection letter was very sweet! :)</p>
<p>I’ve seen “we regret to inform you” eight times in a row now… Duke was kind of sweet but I wish they could send out ice cream coupons or something after all the blood, sweat, and tears shed over them.</p>
<p>U St. Thomas gives you a T shirt that says “I’m in” and a little post card that just says something like “You’ve been admitted”, only a sentence long. That’s it.</p>
<p>A week later some more information arrived in the mail about what to do. </p>