<p>Ha, I got a combination a great acceptance from Harvey Mudd last year (they sent it in this black folder with the chemical formula for dirt printed in silver on the cover). </p>
<p>I got a terrible one from Stanford though…email. About halfway through they started going on about environmental concerns and all, so that was why they wouldn’t send me an actual rejection letter…but they gave me the option of having one sent to myself (this could be in the Saw movies). Then my mom actually did order one for the novelty of having it or something. All in all, it was funny in a sick sort of way.</p>
<p>Stanford’s rejection letter is really bad. They send it in an e-mail and then give you a link where you can request a paper copy of the letter. I’m pretty sure 99.9999999% who request a hard copy of the rejection letter do so just so they can burn/rip it up. It’s also very impersonal and not sincere sounding in the least bit.</p>
<p>My daughter received big envelope from University of Minn, it contained a T-shirt, a substantial merit scholarship and an invitation to the honors program. She received a smaller envelope at the same time that rejected her for the theater program.
It seemed cruel and I think the school could do something to coordinate this better. There really is no excuse.</p>
<p>My friend’s bro got accepted to Seattle University. It wasn’t anything amazing, but for the letter they actually referenced his essay he wrote (on how awesome he felt when he ran a marathon I believe), and they said something along the lines of “we hope you can continue to feel the awesomeness you felt when you ran your marathon, at Seattle U”.</p>
<p>Dude, I know, seriously. The online status suggested that I got rejected from Madison, because there was no “congratulations.” Then like a week later I got the mail and there was a big envelope from UW-Madison, and I was all “OMG, I must’ve gotten in!”
I opened it up, and pulled out their ****ING VIEWBOOK. So I pretty much knew I was in at that point. Then I took out the letter, and the word “postponed” stood out over everything.</p>
<p>So basically, postponement at UW-Madison, last year, was like “Well we can’t make up our minds yet, but while you wait, here’s our viewbook so that you can see how amazing we are.”</p>
<p>I ended up gettin in though. </p>
<p>UIUC’s rejection is wacky as hell. My sister got rejected, but it still said “Illinois: Belong” at the bottom of the letter.</p>
<p>I got an email from Illinois Institute of Tech a couple days ago - really short and boring. So much so that for a split second I thought it was a hoax (it landed in my junk box).</p>
<p>"Hello ________,</p>
<p>Congratulations on your admission to IIT. Your admission package will be sent via TNT. You can track your package at [Welcome</a> to TNT](<a href=“http://www.tnt.com%5DWelcome”>http://www.tnt.com), your tracking number is _______, thank you and have a great day."</p>
<p>Talk about mail merged, impersonal and boring…I had to read it like 5 times to convince myself it was real Hopefully it gets a little more interesting when my package gets here. But at least I have a safety now, I was getting pretty anxious.</p>
<p>This year Stanford didn’t even send out rejection letters. Just e-mails. I thought you could request one, but my friends said they were flat out sending none. At least for early decision.</p>
<p>UIUC’s is pretty boring actually. and i cnt believe that Purdue students are called BOILERMAKERS!!! hahah guess im being mean, but like c’mon thts pretty lame.</p>
<p>When my older D was admitted to Wittenberg the letter was a single page, but a day or so later they sent her a coupon for a $5 sweatshirt, which was a great bargain when you consider most are closer to $30-40 (then). This was in 2003.</p>
<p>Now, with so many acceptances and rejections coming via email these days, it kind of loses the thick/thin envelope thing.</p>
<p>University of Minnesota sent me a t-shirt! it was really nice it said “Class of 2013” on it and everything. Also colorado sent me a nice certificate for getting into their business school :)</p>
<p>For me, the best acceptance letter was Case Western. It was something like,</p>
<p>"Dear molliegym,</p>
<p>[insert generic “You got in!” here]… we are pleased to offer you a president’s scholarship of $22k per year, renewable for 4 years provided you maintain scholarship requirements."</p>
<p>Colorado College has a pretty generic one. But there was a nice hand written note included in the packet responding to some of the notions I discussed in my essays.</p>
Hopefully it gets a little more interesting when my package gets here. But at least I have a safety now, I was getting pretty anxious.</p>