<p>LOL O RLY! :o</p>
<p>I have a friend at my school who carries his Duke reject letter around with him (It’s January now). The letter was brutal. It was like, “We normally defer qualified students, but in your case, you wouldn’t have been accepted then either.”</p>
<p>what if the uni sends u a huge, beautiful letter with two sheets on april 1st:</p>
<p>the first letter says “Congratulations!!!.. blah blah blah”
and the next one says “Oh, and Happy April Fools Day!”</p>
<p>I wudnt know whether to believe them or not.</p>
<p>hey guys, try to contribute to </p>
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<p>so we have a list of dates for all the colleges</p>
<p>thanks <3</p>
<p>Indiana’s was pretty nice. Big envelope with a bunch of papers and a $40,000 scholarship :p. But, they sent it in kind of late and now I only have like 1 week to apply for other scholarships :(.</p>
<p>llewis999 I am speechless!</p>
<p>As far as the acceptance/rejection letters are concerned - are they personal? Do most universities explain why they have rejected/accepted the student or the rejection/acceptance letters are the same, full of general info(for instance “you are very talented, but it’s crowded here bla-bla…”) and nothing specific?</p>
<p>^ Almost every single sends out generic denial letters. Some schools do provide handwritten notes/postscripts on emails about the outstanding parts on your applications on acceptance letters.</p>
<p>Well, I only received one acceptance letter from CSU San Bernardino so far…
The acceptance letter was plain and simple, but quite long.
It starts out by saying, “Congratulations! The faculty, staff and adminstration at CSU San Bernardino are pleased to inform you that you have been admitted on a conditional basis for Fall 2009 Term.”</p>
<p>I found out online for Chicago, Ohio State and Purdue. I didn’t pay much attention to the regular mail letters, but none of them blew me away.</p>
<p>Not that it was the actual acceptance letter (though the acceptance letter was supposed to be personalized, they apparently couldn’t find anything special about me), Kalamazoo College had this on another sheet in their admission packet:</p>
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<p>I thought it was cute.</p>
<p>I thought Villanova’s acceptance letter was nice…said that the EA pool was their most competitive round of admissions ever, you should feed proud of your acceptance, blah blah blah. And a pretty folder.</p>
<p>UMass’s was terrible. Ugly icky folder that basically said “You got in, and you got into the Honors College, but since everyone in this state uses it as a safety, here’s a deposit envelope on the off-chance you DO decide to come.”</p>
<p>Elon’s was…weird. Nice letter, but the online acceptance had a “click here.” So, duh, I clicked, and it was a video of a bunch of parents/students in bleachers screaming and waving foam fingers while “Congratulations!” scrolled across the bottom.</p>
<p>^ lol, really for Elon? That’s actually quite exciting!</p>
<p>I got the acceptance from Rutgers too…very fancy</p>
<p>East Carolina University’s admission notice was wrapped up in a fancy purple box thing with a floral print on the inside that unfolded funny…pretty cool.</p>
<p>My first acceptance was pretty simple. I wasn’t expecting it at that time…I was doing some Physics reports and I happened to check my email…and there was one from Indiana University Bloomington saying…
“Congratulations! I am happy to inform you that you have been admitted to Indiana University! We are pleased to invite someone with your academic preparation and success to join our university, and we hope to welcome you to IU beginning with the fall 2009 semester.”</p>
<p>It was only my safety school, so I was relieved more than anything lol. the excitement died out in an hour, but I sure wasn’t expecting a decision then. I kept checking my app status and the morons never updated it lol. But hey, the best part was that it was unexpected =)</p>
<p>I can’t wait till my mail package arrives!!</p>
<p>dear XXXX,</p>
<p>I regret to inform you blah blah blah…</p>
<p>Please be assured that this decision was reached after a careful and thorough consideration of your application. As you know, the competition for admission to the College is keen; many more qualified studients apply than we can admit. The task of the Admissions Committee is particularly challenging because we must deny admission to many qualified applicants who, like you, are appealing to us on many levels. I realize that it is difficult to experience a denial letter as something other than a personal rejection, and I understand that this decision is a great disappointment. </p>
<p>Gee, thanks. I’m appealing and yet… not so appealing that I’m worthy of acceptance? Way to drag it out, Swarthmore.</p>
<p>^ Yeah, I know what you mean, but I think that that’s actually a decent attempt at being courteous. There are way worse rejection letters than that</p>
<p>The University of Maine sent my rejection letter along with a pamphlet on how great community college is.</p>
<p>ouch.</p>
<p>thats cold.</p>
<p>Yay the 100th entry!. . .I think one of the most applicant-friendly universities is MIT for sure</p>
<p>I got a postcard from UNL…pretty unexciting and lame.
But I got a text from Creighton (my top choice) that said, “Congrats! You’re in! Welcome to Creighton!”</p>
<p>I freaked out and jumped in circles for about 5 minutes.</p>