<p>I got two. :D</p>
<p>Hampshire’s acceptance pack was pretty big. It cost four dollars to ship through USPS. Considering it came back during FinAid time, it had a lot.</p>
<p>It had the standard acceptance letter (nothing special), the financial aid packet (head letter, award letter, worksheet to figure out costs, multiple copies of some sheets), invitation to an open house, response card, one of those flexible braclet things (like the Armstrong LiveStrong things) with their motto on it, invite to the discussion board, a list of notable alumni (a nice booklet).</p>
<p>Other than that, nothing out of the ordinary with the original letter. Stonehill’s was interesting, big bold print as a welcome and a little emblem/ribbon thing at the bottom.</p>
<p>Are you considering Hampshire?</p>
<p>Penn’s rejection sucked. I felt like I was having a knife continuously pushed into my stomach.</p>
<p>Gavroche: Honestly, no. It was below Marlboro to begin with, but any school on my list of applications had a shot with the right financial aid. The money simply doesn’t work, the one other school that sent FinAid is 10k cheaper. They basically expect the family making 50,000 to pay 20,000 annually, and I’m not willing to put a burden like that on my family for any college.</p>
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<p>oh celebrian. i entirely agree. i just got rejected from penn as well. it was a really horrible letter… i mean, i know it’s a rejection letter and those aren’t supposed to be happy but this one was especially awful. ughhh. and i really loved penn.</p>
<p>Hmmm Penn’s acceptance letter isn’t really that great - it’s actually quite formal and impersonal. =|</p>
<p>Here’s penn’s rejection letter for all of you (unlike my jhu waitlist letter I didn’t finnish it feeling like a qualified canidate with a tough break):</p>
<p>March 30, 2006</p>
<p>Dear (me),</p>
<p>I am sorry to notify you that after reviewing your application thoroughly, our selection committee is unable to offer you admission to the University of Pennsylvania’s Class of 2010. All aspects of your application, the academic and the non-academic, were considered carefully and compared to those of the rest of the applicant pool.</p>
<p>Perhaps the most difficult and displeasing part of my job is writing similar letters to thousands of students like you, whose accomplishments are promising and exciting. I assure you that the selection committee gave your application every consideration, but, because of an unprecedented number of outstanding applicants we have to deny admission to a large majority of the remarkable students who seek admission to Penn. Most of our applicants are qualified to pursue successfully a program of study at Penn; however, only a relatively small percentage can be admitted.</p>
<p>We are pleased to have received your application to our University. I am sincerely sorry to disappoint you, yet trust that you will have other opportunities to attend another very good college. I wish you the best in the future.</p>
<p>Sincerely,</p>
<p>Willis J. Stetson, Jr.
Dean of Admissions</p>
<p>^^ I got waitlisted at JHU as well</p>
<p>Penn’s acceptance letter for those who are interested… Seems rather impersonal. =|</p>
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<p>Congratulations! It gives me great pleasure to invite you to attend the University of Pennsylvania as a member of the School of Engineering and Applied Science. </p>
<p>The members of the Class of 2010, the 254th graduating class since Benjamin Franklin founded the University in 1740, are an outstanding group of individuals. After carefully reviewing nearly 20,500 applications for our class of 2,400 students, we are pleased that every admitted student will have the opportunity to contribute to our heritage of academic excellence, social leadership, and cultural advancement. We offer you world-renowned faculty, nationally recognized academic departments, and an unparalleled freedom of intellectual exploration. </p>
<p>While we are eager for you to join the Class of 2010, we realize fully the importance of the decision you must make in the next few weeks. If there are questions that you or your parents have, or if you have not yet visited Penn and would like to do so, please let us assist you. Our Welcome to the Class of 2010 website provides visitor information, schedules, maps, and telephone numbers for your convenience. When you reach your decision, please return the reply card, which you will receive in your admissions packet of information, and acceptance deposit to us by the first of May. </p>
<p>On behalf of the Penn community and the admissions staff, congratulations again on your outstanding achievements. We look forward to welcoming you to our campus in September. </p>
<p>Sincerely,</p>
<p>Willis J. Stetson, Jr.
Dean of Admissions</p>
<p>it is really terrible and impersonal. it’s like, they are robots with no real sympathy and so they wrote this letter. </p>
<p>i don’t know. maybe i’m all disoriented because i’ve practically been living at the wonderful, human, sympathetic uchicago uncommon application blog for the past few weeks. the adcoms there made these wonderful posts about how we’d all do well wherever we ended up etc. and it was really sweet of them. i felt like i knew them. </p>
<p>then again, maybe i love the uchicago adcoms so much because they, unlike penn, accepted me. argh. penn. argh.</p>
<p>Okay Yale’s rejection is REALLY impersonal…</p>
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<p>The Yale Admissions Committee has completed its review of this year’s candidates, and I write with sincere regret to say that we are not able to offer you a place in the class of 2010.</p>
<p>I realize that this decision may come as a real disappointment. I also hope that you will understand the decision as a reflection only of the extraordinary talent represented in our applicant pool, not a judgment about your own abilities. Of the more than 19,600 students who applied to Yale this year, most are fully capable of successful work here and of benefiting from what Yale College has to offer. Having to say no to so many talented candidates is, I am afraid, the unhappy consequence of our work in undergraduate admissions at Yale.</p>
<p>I extend my good wishes to you for a happy and successful college career. Thank you for your interest in Yale.</p>
<p>Jeffrey Brenzel
Dean of Undergraduate Admissions</p>
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<p>The good news? It’s not a real disappointment, considering that I have a place in somewhere I like much better than Yale. =)</p>
<p>ouch. i can’t get the yale site to load to see my rejection yet. </p>
<p>ughhhh rejection! terrible. where did you get in psyche?</p>
<p>actually, yale’s rejection is pretty ok. i’m glad to know jeffrey brenzel has “sincere regret” about rejecting me. hahaaa. </p>
<p>i think it’s much more human than the penn letter was. or maybe i expected to be rejected from yale, and was not expecting to be rejected from penn. thought i’d at least be waitlisted. </p>
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<p>sad faces are the emoticon of the hour</p>
<p>Haha I got into errr… JHU (but not BME… so probably won’t be going there), Penn, Cornell.</p>
<p>Also given offers by a few UK universities.</p>
<p>Rejected from Yale…</p>
<p>Waiting for Duke, whose server refuses to load…</p>
<p>Okay accepted to Duke too…</p>
<p>And I realised one thing about acceptance/rejection letters… After the first para or so I usually stop reading them…? Cause that’s when you more or less know whether it’s good news or bad news! =|</p>
<p>March 30, 2006</p>
<p>Dear Emmeline,</p>
<p>We have considered your application for admission to the Berkeley campus of the University of California. After careful review, we are sorry that we are unable to offer you admission for the fall semester 2006.</p>
<p>Our decisions were very difficult this year, as competition for fall admission was exceptionally rigorous. We received more than 41,700 applications for only 9,800 admission spaces, and most of these candidates were extremely well qualified. We regret that many very talented and promising students will not be included in our freshman class as a result of this high level of selectivity. We have prepared the answers to some frequently asked questions which provide additional information about our selection process and, we hope, address many of your concerns.</p>
<p>Given your academic qualifications, we know that you will receive other attractive college offers. If you took advantage of the University’s multiple application filing policy, you may well have opportunities to study at other UC campuses.</p>
<p>We would like to thank you for your interest in the University of California, Berkeley and wish you every success in achieving your educational goals.</p>
<p>Sincerely,</p>
<p>Walter A. Robinson
Director</p>
<p>psyche you edited it! well, congratulations on that particular uk university, because that’s pretty awesome… as are duke, penn, cornell and hopkins. baltimore is pretty cool! i used to live near there… it’s a city that gets a bad rap sometimes but is actually pretty nice. you have some lovely choices! i wanted to apply to uk schools, but i… err… couldn’t figure out the applications. haha. but i think i’ll study abroad in england. </p>
<p>i usually do that too. i’ll stop reading after the first paragraph as well, but then later i go back and reread the whole thing. </p>
<p>welll… penn’s rejection makes me a georgetown girl, unless i suddenly decide i’m in love with cal berkeley or wash u.</p>
<p>the William and Mary acceptance letter was fine, but the package itself is ridiculously light on…anything. I was scared when i first saw it, despite the big “Welcome” on the front, because it’s just a small folder with a few insets with random info, and thats it. No course catalog, no other letters, no nothing.</p>
<p>Well…I got in, so, whatever.</p>