<p>Yale Rejection Sucked.</p>
<p>Congrats on Berkeley/Georgetown/WashU! I actually wanted to apply to UC Berkeley, but couldn’t meet the deadline. My senior’s there and apparently loves it, and it’s just supposed to be a pretty great place (plus… San Francisco!) Another of my seniors is at Georgetown and loves the place too… =D</p>
<p>Yeah UK apps can be a little confusing, but the overall process is much less painful than for the US - you need just one essay!</p>
<p>Thanks! Yup edited it… I’m facing a few problems with courses etc though so things are in a pretty weird state for me right now…</p>
<p>I love UCAS. It’s so simple, yet a little demoralizing when your final results come out in July and THAT’S when you know if you’ve been truly accepted or not. :(</p>
<p>Edit: I wrote this after psych13’s post. CC’s jumping around posts…</p>
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<p>True. Formal, impersonal, and short.</p>
<p>Yeah but at least UCAS is really so simple compared to the US system! Though the downside of it is that you end up not knowing when you’ll get your decisions and thus check Track religiously…</p>
<p>USC’s was a big package… and I still was freaking out about it. It was a nice folder and they also gave you a certificate of acceptance. I wish i got a shirt…</p>
<p>psyche - yeah. I love filling it out. It so “la la di da…” 
I was obsessive about Track last year, too. (Decided to forgo - right spelling? - UCAS this year. Too expensive.)</p>
<p>Boston University’s: Came in a nice red folder with the acceptance letter to the side. Nothing spectacular, but still nice all the same.</p>
<p>Emerson: Very creative, came in a purple folder and had a PODCAST CD (only Emerson, right? lol). Unfortunately, I can’t go there because I can’t afford it…didn’t get into the Honors Program. That stung, especially since I was supposed to visit on Saturday. Cancelled the visit.</p>
<p>WUSTL’s waitlist letter was BORING. It started out like “We are writing to inform you that you have been placed on our waiting list. Please fill out this card if you would like to accept this spot.” I didn’t accept a spot though - good luck to everyone who DID accept a spot though!</p>
<p>Fordham gave a huge packet congratulating the individual being accepted. They had tons of inserts as well… It was awesome!</p>
<p>Farfield U. Gave the same thing, in this great lookin folder. Man… That was thick as well.</p>
<p>Duke rejection: not wante but expected and the letter was very nice. Here it is:
It is with very real regret that I must tell you that we will not be able to offer you a place in the class entering Duke this fall. I realize that this is disappointing news; I want to assure you that we considered your candidacy carefully and that our decision was not an easy one.</p>
<p>This was in many ways an extraordinary year for the admission process at Duke. We received more than 19,000 applications by far the largest number in our history. In addition, our applicant pool was significantly stronger academically than it has ever been. As a result, in filling the 1,665 places in the first-year class the Admissions Committee faced an extraordinary number of difficult decisions, and found itself not being able to admit students it might well have admitted just a year or two ago. It is clear to us that almost all of our applicants are outstanding young women and men, people who we know are fully capable of performing well in Dukes classrooms and of contributing to our community. Unfortunately, the sheer volume of applicants means that we can admit only a small percentage of the students we find appealing, a task that was made exceptionally difficult by the unusual strength and size of our applicant pool this year. </p>
<p>You may be asking what was lacking in your application; for most of our applicants the honest answer is nothing. If youre like most of the students who applied, youve put much effort into doing well in school, made significant contributions in your extracurricular activities, and worked hard to balance the many demands on your time. The Admissions Office staff and the Admissions Committee carefully evaluated each application, finding it extremely challenging to distinguish among the many exceptional students who would flourish here. The decisions of the Admissions Committee are guided by our understanding of our applicants as individuals, and our sense of which students together, with their particular combination of interests, backgrounds, and experiences, approach our sense of the class that is most appropriate for Duke right now. We have no quotas by school, by state, by race or ethnic group, by gender, or by area of interest. Our decisions are ultimately based on our evaluation of the many factors that together suggest to us the best match between our applicants individually and as a group and Duke. In creating our class, in choosing among the large number of outstanding candidates, we could select only some of the many applicants who would be wonderful Duke students and alumni. I can tell you that at one point or another every staff member remarked how difficult the selection process was this year.</p>
<p>You and your fellow applicants have exceptional academic and personal qualifications, and I regret that we could not offer you a place in the first-year class. I know that you will find an institution at which you will be happy; I know, too, that the school you choose will benefit from your presence. I wish you all the success I know you are capable of as you pursue your education further.</p>
<p>Sincerely,</p>
<p>Christoph Guttentag
Dean of Undergraduate Admissions</p>
<p>Yales was horrible. The new dean did not even change it from last years letter.</p>
<p>Wow! That’s a rather nice letter from Duke.</p>
<p>Woww… the Duke rejection is a really amazing letter! And yes, it is SO immensely better than the Yale rejection…! The Yale was just short and abrupt…</p>
<p>Rejection letter from cornell. It’s short and it sucks. I would rather have Duke letter anyday…:</p>
<p>We are providing you with our decision on your application for admission to Cornell University. We regret to have to tell you that we are unable to offer you admission to Cornell. </p>
<p>This electronic message is not your official notification. You should be receiving an official letter from us in the mail shortly. </p>
<p>We understand that this is not the news you were hoping to hear from Cornell. Given our very large and competitive applicant pool, it is not possible to offer admission to all candidates who would benefit from a Cornell education. If you would like information about transferring to the university after freshman year, please visit: <a href=“http://admissions.cornell.edu/apply/transfer/[/url]”>http://admissions.cornell.edu/apply/transfer/</a>. </p>
<p>We wish you the best. </p>
<p>Sincerely, </p>
<p>Jason Locke
Director
Undergraduate Admissions Office
Cornell University</p>
<p>The Cornell waitlist letter sucked just as bad. It started out the same, and it was just really hard to find where the decision was.
Yale’s was very bad. Very bad.
Brown’s was okay.</p>
<p>And Vassar’s acceptance was the same as everyone said before, the:</p>
<p>You’re in!</p>
<p>The graphic and to the point description of the Yale rejection letter above was created by my child under my screen name, but I have to forgive her because I agree with her, even if the terminology would not be my own. She got two rejections out of all her applications-one from Yale and one from Duke. The Duke letter so outclassed the Yale one that I cannot believe it.</p>
<p>ok, for all you people who want to know, the brown rejection letter is definitely the worst. i mean seriously , who would actually say “denied” in their rejection letter.</p>
<p>The Brown Board of Admission has completed its evaluation of more than 18,000 applications to the Class of 2010, and it is with real regret that I must inform you that your application has been denied. </p>
<p>The great majority of the young men and women who applied to Brown this year are very clearly capable of satisfactory academic performance and of making significant contributions to the college community in other ways. With nearly thirteen candidates for every available space, the Board’s task in selecting the members of the Class of 2010 has been extremely difficult. </p>
<p>We acknowledge your accomplishments and want you to understand how much care we have taken in the admission process to get to know all of our applicants, and how much more painful it therefore is to deny so many. Although you may well be disappointed by our decision, remember that in the long run where you go to college is far less important than what you do with the opportunities you surely will have. </p>
<p>Your official admission decision letter has been mailed to you. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have questions that remain after reading that letter. You have our best wishes in the meantime.</p>
<p>Chicago’s rejection letter was somewhat comforting.</p>
<p>Cal’s and Northwestern’s were not.</p>
<p>none of the ivy’s seemed to have very nice rejection letters.</p>
<p>yale’s rejection letter can go suck it.</p>
<p>berkeley’s REALLY STING</p>