<p>My daughter just received a letter from Williams today (November 1st). It started “Summer greetings from Williamstown”. A closer look indicated the letter was dated July 19th. The postmark shows September.</p>
<p>Ah, if only paper could talk - obviously this letter has a story to tell.</p>
<p>Not to mention giving us all a warning about making sure all applications materials sent through the mail actually arrive on time. :)</p>
<p>Fireflyscout,
we had a similar experience with Williams 2 yrs ago…we got an invite to an open house about 1 wk before the event, it had been mailed about 2 mos before the event…I was worried if lack of attendance would be interpreted as lack of interest??<br>
perhaps there is a black hole in the Williamstown post office…</p>
<p>At least it didn’t read, “Welcome to the class of 2009!”</p>
<p>What’s sad is that she had just recently crossed Williams off her list. This only confirmed to her that the odds of catching their interest were long.</p>
<p>On the other hand, she just received a letter from Rhodes that was more personalized and actually acknowledged that she had visited previously.</p>
<p>Sounds like a snafu at the post office to me. I wouldn’t read too much into it. We got our announcement to the Open House on time. Never any contact after that, but my D had already crossed it off her list (too few students in her major).</p>