<p>Does anybody else think that it is slightly ironic that some of the college notification dates are April 1st. What if one of their letters went </p>
<p>"We are delighted to inform you that you have been accepted to the class of 2009.... just kidding, April Fool's, look for another college because you sure aren't getting into here."</p>
<p>lol this topic is always brought up. It would be beyond cruel if they did that. But if they said "your'e rejected...waiit no April fools you're actually in" I wouldn't mind one bit.</p>
<p>im sure when it comes to admission letters at Yale there would be some people who would automatically start crying, or worse kill themselves, if they read the first line and it has the word REJECTED in it</p>
<p>If I see the word REJECTED then I'm going to call them up and ask them whether its their idea of an April Fools prank or not. No harm trying after all :p</p>
<p>They probably won't say rejected straight out but use much more "flowery" language to try and calm people down.</p>
<p>LOL I don't appreciate their "flowery" language, because all in all, all that matters is either I'm in or im not. And no one honestly reads the entire letter, they first scan it for some sign of a yay or a nay, if its a nay proceed to cry and wallow in self despair, and if its a yes either faint or jump for joy. IMHO, I think they should just put a letterhead, and type ACCEPTED or REJECTED. How much does their "political correctness" matter at the moment you find out anyway?</p>
<p>if you are in....you should see Congratulations!</p>
<p>if not...then its We are sorry.....</p>
<p>What about those hidden wait listers. What is on their letter.
I like the "flowery" language because when you look back at that letter you will not think that the Adcom laughed at your app, but instead that they had to make a hard decision.</p>
<p>lol...im not sure what the wait listed letter says...maybe.."You dont suck enough...call back May 1?"</p>
<p>lol. I actually will read the whole thing, good or bad I think. I read the whole deferral letter...then I cut it into a billion pieces and it's still sitting on my desk in a zip loc bag :p</p>
<p>I still have my deferral letter. I think it is sitting in my drawer. Maybe if I get rejected I will set fire to it I don't know. Reading hte whole thing however will occur. I probably will read the whole thing on the internet first though.</p>
<p>Getting wait listed is basically the same as getting rejected considering 0% of applicants were accepted off the list last year.</p>
<p>Yes but supposedly Yale is trying to accept less people at first then take off from the wait list to "build up" to their desired class size, since in the past years they have had higher than expected yied and thus bigger classes.</p>
<p>not true, yale accepted 25 people off the wait list</p>
<p>And just getting waitlisted means would make me feel better because it is a division from the rejection.</p>
<p>sempitern555,
Yes Yale accepted 25 people from the waitlist but a total of about 2000 are admitted so 25/2000 is .0125 - rounding down will give you about 1%, however in the Fiske guide 2005 it is listed at 0%.</p>
<p>I think a waitlist would feel very inconclusive, if the chances of getting in are so small at that point, I'd rather be outright rejected.</p>
<p>Laertes, we're reading Hamlet in class right now. Bleh...too many long speeches.</p>
<p>If you get waitlisted, how do you inform any school of a decision by May 1st? do you just put deposits in several schools?</p>
<p>yea I think you'd have to forfeit (erm, waste) a deposit.</p>