<p>Hi. Did Rick Shaw write a personal comment on anyone else’s letter (from him)? He wrote “Please come!” at the end of it…</p>
<p>My sister got that letter, and she’s trying to choose between Stanford and Princeton.</p>
<p>D’s said they were impressed by how many leadership positions she’d acquired in such a short time at the school. </p>
<p>She’s still undecided between Harvard and Stanford.</p>
<p>nope, no special comments sans the one on the counselor letter, which I think everyone got?</p>
<p>Harvard and Stanford? That’s a really tough choice. What does she want to do. </p>
<p>My sis thinks that she wants to get an MBA in grad school and she wants to do finance/psychology or maybe pre-law as an undergrad. She’s all over the place… </p>
<p>Haha. That’s cool. Rick Shaw doesn’t have the best handwriting, so it took me a while to make out what he wrote when I was reading her letter…</p>
<p>She decided on Stanford.</p>
<p>i did not get a personal comment! i am so jealous! why did he leave a personal comment to some and to others none? does he only leave a personal note to the best applicants?</p>
<p>I didnt get a personal comment either…and i find it hard to understand why anyone should(regardless of how good his/her essays apparently were).</p>
<p>Just a thought, though. :P</p>
<p>Um, my letter had a blue ink, hand-writtened, underlined “congratulations!”. Does that count? lol</p>
<p>I didn’t get anything on my letter…I guess I’m worthless in Rick Saw’s eyes lol</p>
<p>From what I understand, they add a personal comment to letters adressed to very strong applicants - those few they know for sure will have to decide between several top universities. The whole idea behind such letters, especially “likely”- letters, is to try and convince those students that the university really wants him/her.</p>
<p>A very strong student who chooses to attend will not only raise the intellectual level on campus - but it makes the college look better since good students=better statistics=makes xyz college look better when compared to others. </p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>I got a personal note, yet I didn’t get into any top 10 university (as per USNews rankings) besides Stanford. They may have missed the mark on this one :)</p>
<p>um, just a question
how does someone get in contact with the admissions office through email? i have an update to my resume since i submitted for early action (national shotokan champion) and thought it’d carry a lot of weight if added (especially for stanford). I used the contact us link but I got an automated response… anyone have any suggestions?</p>