<p>Lol I see myself crying already at the Yale rejection letter. </p>
<p>These anecdotes are quite interesting! Very helpful to know what we’ll be expecting in a couple of months.</p>
<p>Best of luck to all applicants! :)</p>
<p>haha same! I already picture myself getting small little letters of rejection in the mail, since I’m international.</p>
<p>When my son applied to Caltech, they were in the middle of a fund raising effort that had a slogan along the lines of “There is only one Caltech” The Caltech post office used this slogan on all mailings. So, my son’s acceptance came in a beautiful envelope with a personal note from the head of admissions. The postage meter had stamped “There is only one Caltech”, sadly no one thought to turn that off when they sent out the rejection letters…</p>
<p>i like these =) </p>
<p>one question though: regular applications such as UCs and suchh… those are all over the internet now, right?</p>
<p>My sister’s acceptance envelope from Reed was full of confetti. I joked that they put thumbtacks in the rejection envelopes. :D</p>
<p>I have only received a couple letters so far, but out of the ones I have received, Redlands University was by far the best. The second line reads, “WELCOME TO THE CLASS OF 2015!” in bolded letters. Followed by lots of kind words, and congratulations on my academic accomplishments. The best part of the letter was that at the bottom there was a long, very kind, very welcoming, personalized hand written note from the Dean of Admissions. </p>
<p>I’m not sure if I’ll end up going, but the letter was great. They made me feel really good about myself haha</p>
<p>My daughter got an acceptance phone call from her admissions counselor at St Johns (New Mexico) I thought that was pretty cool, but sadly, my daughter hates speaking on the phone. I think he was expecting a lot of enthusiasm, but instead got a mild “Cool, thanks” Then he went on to say all the things they were very impressed with, and she kept saying “Thanks”, but then felt a bit stupid, but did not know what else to say. She likes the school very much, but it is not her 1st choice. I think if she got a call from them, she might muster up a bit more volume.</p>
<p>Congratulations! You Made It Early!!!.</p>
<p>psyche.
you suck and we don’t want you. ■■■■ and go die</p>
<p>also you’re stupid and we drew unicorns on your application</p>
<p>Merry Christmas,
Admissions Office</p>
<p>^who’s psyche & why are you hating on him/her?</p>
<p>psyche - meaning “fooled you” and the acceptance letter was really a rejection letter.</p>
<p>At least, that was my interpretation.</p>
<p>ohhhh, I didn’t know it was “psyche” in that context. I see :)</p>
<p>We got out of physics and we had about three minutes left 'til decisions. Classmate had her laptop on so I just went to check from there. I didn’t even read word of the letter after the fourth. This is how the letter started.</p>
<p>"Dear ____,
Hurrah, hurrah Pennsylvania!</p>
<p>Congratulations! Blah blah blah"</p>
<p>Of course, all I saw was the word “hurrah” initially and i started jumping and screaming. Saw the second “hurrah” started screaming a little louder. Saw “congratulations” and I started running down the hall screaming (in hindsight that was a really bad idea…). Ran to the other side of campus to get my bags and catch the bus, but as soon as I opened the door a bunch of my friends started screaming. Apparently the girl whose laptop I check on texted them. Crazy day.</p>
<p>Swarthmore has a good rejection letter. A girl let me read it and I felt motivated even though I didn’t get the letter</p>
<p>Rejection: How colleges do it: <a href=“Rejection: Some Colleges Do It Better Than Others - WSJ”>Rejection: Some Colleges Do It Better Than Others - WSJ;
<p>My daughter received the bad news that her admission decision has been delayed, possibly until March. Does anyone know if it’s possible she will hear something earlier than that?</p>
<p>^WOW. </p>
<p>To sum it up.
Most Toughest rejection letter - Bates
Most Final rejection letter - Stanford
Most Confusing rejection letter - UCSD
Most Gracious rejection letter - Duke
Most Kindest rejection letter - Harvard</p>
<p>Re: Hopeland #1474</p>
<p>My son borrowed a friends cell phone to check his e-mail on acceptance day, but before he could look at it he had to run to the next class. He waited until he got home later that day to check the e-mail and found out that he had gotten into Harvard. Within minutes of reading the e-mail, he got a congratulations IM from his friend on getting into Harvard. He then realized that he hadn’t told anyone (including us) and wondered how she knew. She confessed that she read his e-mail because he had already signed on to his account (and in his rush forgot to sign out). I don’t think that she told anyone else about it before they talked, but he was a bit miffed with her.</p>
<p>The acceptance letter (online) for UPenn was great! Very specific and gracious, and it seemed genuinely excited. “We can’t wait to meet you,” “Of 4,500 applicants you are among the most promising,” etc…I can’t wait to get my package in the mail!</p>
<p>Most students who don’t get accepted early, and are deferred, will receive their admissions decision around the same time the regular decision pool does. Your daughter will likely hear sometime between March 1st and April 1st.</p>
<p>@ hopeland </p>
<p>Classmates!</p>
<p>Wow, UC San Diego really messed up. I can’t imagine what the applicants had to go through: deep sadness b/c of the rejection, then a timid hope b/c of the invitation to join the coffeehouse, then a deeper sadness/anger b/c of the re-rejection. It would probably feel like you got slapped, then slapped again. Glad I’m not applying to any UCs lol</p>
<p>That was a really interesting article 
thanks for posting. I read through the rejection letter samples and felt like I was being rejected haha NOT a good feeling, but it’s probably what I’ll get come April…</p>