<p>I agree with everything that was said…</p>
<p>but I think the OP was asking whether the LETTER ITSELF was blunt or sugarcoated - as in will it say “I regret to tell you that you have not been admitted to Yale for the fall of 2009” or something more like “Thank you for applying to Yale. You were an excellent applicant, but because of the limit in number of students we can admit, I regret to inform you that you have not been admitted. blahblahblah”</p>