<p>wow, where do all these schools get the money? All I got was a letter in a meager paper folder from U of Michigan.</p>
<p>SUNY Binghamton sent me what seems to be a handwritten acceptance letter from my prospective counselor @ Bing.</p>
<p>UChicago’s waitlist letter is pretty depressing…basically just “we considered your application & we decided to waitlist you. you can accept a spot on the waitlist–we typically take around 1-29% of waitlist ppl”. theres no consolation thingy even like 'we had a lotta good ppl this year but we cant take you all…" :(</p>
<p>Lizzie Poo, who are rejecting swarthmore for?</p>
<p>UChicago’s rejection letter was as cold as soiled steak. I guess I feel this way because this is my first rejection this season and that too from my first choice school (in case it wan’t obvious from my moniker).</p>
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<p>^^ I think UChicago’s admissions team is pretty bad at wording their letters. either that or they have no heart. at least for your rejection they said “best wishes” to you…for waitlist they didnt even say anything nice</p>
<p>American U had a nice packet with a bumper sticker to boot</p>
<p>CSU Long Beach had a window decal!</p>
<p>I really don’t like online admissions now. I didn’t check my e-mail yesterday or earlier today, so when I did, I had two e-mails from UCLA. Thefirst said that admissions decisions were online. The second one stated “Welcome to UCLA” and told me to start thinking about housing. Lame! I wanted the build-up.</p>
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<p>Dunno, every rejection, however well worded it may be, is as good as saying:</p>
<p>Hey a$$****,</p>
<p>We aren’t admitting you.</p>
<p>Macalester has a great acceptance letter. i got an email(13 days earlier than the notification date) and my package is on its way…I CANT WAIT!! the email sounded very personal, as if it were written specifically about and for me. It was kinda cool how each paragraph responded to something i had mentioned in my essay about why i want to go there. I would like to know if they have a standard letter for everyone, or if they actually write them individually. Anyone?</p>
<p>The letter from Union College opens with “The answer is yes, a resounding yes!”, I thought the letter was great :D</p>
<p>All of Chicago’s letters seem a bit distant, even its acceptance letter. However, the wonderful staff and the lovely Libby Pearson more than make up for it =D</p>
<p>Luki-That’s really cool. It would be awesome if they wrote those individually. </p>
<p>Though, there’s always the option that you’re just so perfect for the school that you hit their best qualities straight-on in your essay. My friend and I both did that accidentally with our dream schools, only to later find parts of the websites that talked about the exact qualities we mentioned. o.O</p>
<p>The University of Chicago’s acceptance letter was nice. 
I think it emphasized their personality and why I want to go there. </p>
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<p>I think the best paragraph I’ve received so far was:
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<p>Basically, all acceptances, however badly structured seem nice, and all rejections, no matter how well structured seem distant.</p>
<p>^^true, altho there are ways to not make the rejectee feel as bad or to make the acceptee feel more special. i’ve heard that harvard sends very nice rejections that dont make u feel like complete crap</p>
<p>Here is an excerpt from a rejection letter I received. It wasn’t for a college, but it was for a scholarship. The scholarship was a full ride to Penn State for four years including room and board, plus you got money for research.</p>
<p>We know that you are disappointed and realize that this may very well be the first time in your life in which you have not achieved the high goals you’ve set for yourself. Please let me emphasize that the only reason we cannot make you an award is that we do not have available the financial resources to do so. Every one of the several hundred applicants who, like yourself, made the final cut is a student we would dearly love to have with us and hope that this bit of news does not discourage you from accepting our offer of admission. Your academic profile indicates the very highest potential for a rewarding career in the sciences and we hope you will let us play a role in preparing you for that career.</p>
<p>Wait, people actually read their rejection letters? Why??</p>