<p>Cal’s rejection had a nice conclusion:</p>
<p>“Given your academic qualifications, I know that you will receive other attractive college offers. I wish you every success in achieving your educational goals.”</p>
<p>Davidson’s waitlist letter:</p>
<p>*Dear Aaron,</p>
<p>We are writing to inform you that the selection of the Davidson College Class of 2013 is now complete. Although we regret that we are not able to offer you a place in the Class at this time, we recognize the strength of your academic experience and personal talent that places you on the waiting list among a very select group of students. </p>
<p>Our selection process was particularly difficult this year given the almost 4,500 students of extraordinary academic and personal talent who applied for a total of 490 places in the first year class. Our Committee’s evaluation was based on your academic record including the academic rigor of your courses, your grades, your essays, recommendations, leadership in school and community activities, test scores, and all other information received. In the majority of cases, the differences between those accepted and those not accepted were small and involved greater overall strength on the part of those accepted, rather than weakness in some particular area on the part of those not accepted. Because our decisions are based on the evaluation of each completed application, we do not attempt to give specific reasons for our decisions in letters of notification. </p>
<p>With the unique talent you could bring to this dynamic class, we hope you will remain interested in enrolling at Davidson. Through the mail you will receive a decision packet. In order to indicate your interest, please return the reply card by April 20 to give us a clear understanding of your intention at this point in time. We encourage you to contact our office with questions or to express your continued interest in Davidson. In addition, we welcome submissions regarding recent personal and academic accomplishments. </p>
<p>Though we cannot offer you a place in the Class of 2013 at this time, all of us on the admission staff were impressed by your academic and personal strength and look forward to hearing from you soon. </p>
<p>Sincerely,</p>
<p>Christopher J. Gruber
Vice President and
Dean of Admission and Financial Aid
*</p>
<p>I guess it was alright, although there really is no way to make a non-acceptence letter appear nice to the recipient.</p>
<p>I was a little put off by Middlebury’s rejection letter. It was essentially “You’re not in, and don’t you dare try to appeal because we’ve looked over your application thoroughly. Have a nice day.”</p>
<p>On the bright side, Colby’s wait list letter was comforting.</p>
<p>USNA sent a navy-blue leather folder with the USNA seal, which contained an official letter offering an appointment, a certificate of appointment, and a BEAUTIFUL dawn picture of a sailboat in Annapolis. Also, there were many folded papers, including a background check form, official acceptance/declination form, physical fitness workout form, etc.</p>
<p>Bucknell had an AWFUL rejection letter. Granted I didn’t expect to get in, but still…</p>
<p>Clarkson had a nice acceptance package, it came in a folder which sang when opened, going ‘Welcome to Clarkson!’</p>
<p>^About the Clarkson package… maybe I’m missing something obvious here, but it literally sang? That’s pretty neat, if so ^^.</p>
<p>Vanderbilt’s acceptance letter was pretty boring and didn’t make me feel special at all lol. It only came in paper form, so I don’t want to retype the whole thing, but it was basically like “Yay, you got in. . . . . . now pay your enrollment deposit and get your a** over here.”</p>
<p>Really short, too. Like 2 paragraphs.</p>
<p>Duke’s acceptance letter wasn’t that fantastic either, but their PACKAGE was great! Glossy Blue and Gold folder with a gold seal with your name and “Class of 2013” stamped across the front. Also came with a bumper sticker :)</p>
<p>The clarkson folder had a sound chip in it so when you opened it the band started playing and it said “Welcome to Clarkson!”</p>
<p>Dear Jack Bauer,</p>
<p>**** You.</p>
<p>Sincerely,
Northwesterm</p>
<p>Haha, I loved it!
Getting that letter made me so happy and seeing the guys in kilts made me even happier</p>
<p>The first sentence of Northwestern’s waitlist letter is </p>
<p>“The admission committee has completed its evaluation of your application and at this time we are unable to offer you a place in the freshman class at Northwestern University.” </p>
<p>I’m not sure how most schools relay the waitlist news, but that seemed an odd way to start.</p>
<p>^ that was somewhat similiar to pomona’ s waitlist letter :(</p>
<p>^ That’s similar to Vanderbilt’s waitlist letter. Extremely blunt, no apologies, very business-like… still, better than a rejection.</p>
<p>the worst rejection by faaaaaaaaaar is George Washington’s!!!</p>
<p>It just says “Denied Admission”.</p>
<p>I was waitlisted at Bates and the letter sucked. It basically said, “we hope you accept a place on the waitlist, but even if you are miraculously admitted your financial aid will suck.” Maybe not in those exact words, but you get the jist…</p>
<p>The worst rejection is when you get rejected but they don’t even send you a letter or post the decision online.</p>
<p>For UCLA online notification, I went through a ton of computer crap, like making a username with the 20 digit account number they sent me months ago, and after an hour of all of it it, REJECTION. I expected it anyways, but still hurts a bit…</p>
<p>Tulane’s admission thing online was very nice. (It was my first one, so it made me reallyy happy)
"Congratulations!</p>
<p>You have been admitted, and we welcome you to the Tulane family.
You will soon receive a formal admission letter and invitations to special programs for admitted students" </p>
<p>University of Maine (Orono)'s admission letter came in an envelope printed with “CONGRATULATIONS, YOU’RE A BLACK BEAR” on it. </p>
<p>Providence College came in a huge envelope and it was a pretty nice letter. Welcome to the class of 2013, etc. My mom had to call me and tell me i got in though, so i missed the whole fuzzy feeling. (I had a hockey game in new hampshire that day and my team captain actually ordered me to call my mom so i could find out…i bend to pressure) </p>
<p>Saint Anselm’s came in a blue envelope and the letter began with “Congratulations on your admission to Saint Anselm College!” it was pretty nice. it came on christmas eve too, so that was fun. </p>
<p>BC’s reject letter was quite heartwarming, i’ll admit. despite my two hours of crying afterwords. it said that i’d definitely be accepted somewhere else, just not there and talked about their mass amounts of applicants.</p>
<p>Colby’s reject letter was weird. It wasn’t outright mean. They spoke about having 4,500 applicants for like 265 spots for RD. whatever. none of my friends got in either so that was fine haha.</p>
<p>Trinity’s waitlist letter…this one made me laugh. it was like “you’ve been patiently waiting for trinity’s decision, and now we’re asking you to wait some more.” it came with a sheet about waitlists and how to improve your chances. I initally thought it was a deny letter…until i opened it up and saw “improve my chances” </p>
<p>oh college.</p>
<p>UChicago’s waitlist letter was also very blunt and business-like.</p>
<p>im excited to see how the ivies letter’s are</p>