<p>UM rejection was basically:</p>
<p>"Get ya weight up and try again. We had a lot more people who were better and prettier than you. Call me for questions."</p>
<p>Here's what I've gotten so far:</p>
<p>UCLA: Blue folder with "Welcome to UCLA" along with the UCLA seal on the front. Inside was some information about an open house, freshmen clusters, undergrad research at UCLA, and of course, the acceptance letter. Very warmly written, but it doesn't seem like anything was personalized.</p>
<p>Rutgers University: Black folder with the Rutgers seal on the front. Inside the folder, the words "welcome" were printed. The folder included a letter of acceptance from the school of the arts, a certificate of acceptance, a financial aid offer, and some information on housing. Nothing really personal in the acceptance letter.</p>
<p>Indiana University: I actually got two separate letters in different envelopes...one acceptance into the general school, and then another one accepting me into the music school. Neither of the acceptance letters had anything personal. They included some things on tours and such. The one think I didn't like from IU is that in their tours they list a "Multicultural tour" and the description says something along these lines: "For colored students and their parents to be familiarized with IU...." Those words do not give me a good feeling about the university.</p>
<p>Cleveland Institute of Music: Here, I got wait-listed, but the wait-list letter was very warm-hearted and left me feeling positive (regardless of my chances of ending up accepted).</p>
<p>Juilliard: Sort of a classic rejection letter. Thin envelope. Impersonal and a little cold. For a few days afterward, I hadn't emptied out my trash can and every time I looked I got teary-eyed.</p>
<p>I still haven't heard from The Curtis Institute and New England Conservatory. I'm hoping for the best though...</p>
<p>I think colleges should have a Common Rejection Letter. Like the Common Application. It would just save a lot of time and hassle.</p>
<p>"For colored students and their parents to be familiarized with IU...." </p>
<p>Are you kidding me??? What is this 1960?</p>
<p>DkTk
props to you for applying to Juilliard
I always wanted to for ballet
never had the guts though
stuck to what my mother called
a "stable" career</p>
<p>lonefreckle: it was an eagle, wasn't it?</p>
<p>regardless of what animal it was, you're right: cheese to the max!
but its better than a bland letter.</p>
<p>I was gonna say, I definitely thought it was an eagle.</p>
<p>But it would have been hilarious if it were an elephant</p>
<p>My older son's school did that too--and boy they must've really searched for that one thing they could comment on. But is was clear they'd made the effort. His worst rejection was from Goucher--something along the lines of 'we wouldn't take you even if you endowed a library you stupid loser.' At least that's how to seemed to him.</p>
<p>UCLA, BC, UCSD, UCI, Brandeis, and Swarthmore were pretty standard. Lafayette mentioned my EC's and essay in the letter which was nice. Bryn Mawr was standard but had a "Congratulations, Cristina" handwritten on it. It also had a button - sweet! lol. I thought Swarthmore would be personalized considering it accepts very few students.</p>
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<p>i just heard from cmc. big, fat envelope, and with it come letters, a viewbook, and something else.. i forget. really happy though :) waiting on pomona, my top choice</p>
<p>St. Louis University sent me an e-mail saying I was accepted and then a week later, a packet with information in such. An E-mail acceptance isn't all that exciting to say the least.</p>
<p>cool toilet_paper! i got in, but i haven't gotten my letter yet...</p>
<p>Emory's letter came with a CD and like 5 papers...I knew I was in before even opening it. Can you imagine a CD telling you that you were rejected?</p>
<p>Vtech's was quick to the point. I was denied enginerring, but they gave me help on how to transfer into it.</p>
<p>other than that, some flyers, and thats it, lol.</p>
<p>i got a pin from eugene lang. i thought that was exciting, haha.</p>
<p>barnard, on the other hand, was like, "umm, you're stupid. this decision is final. we don't do appeals. OMGZ GUDD LUK IN LIEF!!11"</p>
<p>posting a rejection letter is ok here right?</p>
<p>here was my blow</p>
<p>After careful review of your application for admission, we sincerely regret to inform you that we are unable to offer you admission for the Fall Quarter 2006. Let me assure you that we understand and share your disappointment.</p>
<p>UCLA continues to receive more applications for admission than we can accommodate in our freshman class. For fall 2006, we received more than 47,000 applications for 4,625 available spaces for freshmen.</p>
<p>Each application is unique, and each student presents wonderful attributes and potential. Our work is extraordinarily difficult: Admission officers thoroughly review each application and carefully balance grades, coursework, test scores, honors, awards, community service, leadership, and work experience. Admission officers also consider the opportunities and challenges students face while achieving so much in their schools and communities. Ultimately, no single attribute or achievement guarantees admissionthere are simply too many well-qualified, accomplished, and capable applicants for the number of freshman spaces available at UCLA.</p>
<p>Undoubtedly, your accomplishments assure you a place at another outstanding college or university. Although I realize our decision might be disappointing for you, we are sure you will have many opportunities to achieve your educational goals.</p>
<p>If attending the University of California remains your ambition, you should know that there are other opportunities for admission. Qualified California residents who are not admitted by any of the campuses to which they have applied may be offered freshman admission by another UC campus. UCLA also accepts applications from junior-level transfer students. To learn more about transferring to UCLA and how to optimize the transfer experience, please visit <a href="http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/transfer%5B/url%5D">www.admissions.ucla.edu/transfer</a> or <a href="http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/tap%5B/url%5D">www.admissions.ucla.edu/tap</a>.</p>
<p>Again, I wish you every success in achieving your educational goals.</p>
<p>Sincerely,
Dr. Vu Thanh Tran
Director</p>
<p>Looking at post #377 and #378, I kinda expected something far worse. It's generic, true, but...not as bad as "You almost made us die when we were laughing so hard at your application".</p>
<p>Kinda reminds me of Carleton's waitlist...</p>
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<p>The Wellesley and Scripps acceptances both came in nice sleek folders, and while both letters were kinda impersonal (and certainly made no reference to my application) both had a hand-written signature (I think) and a congratulations written by hand, and the scripps one had a nice note... Makes me kinda sad to know that I won't go there, unfortunately, because a lack of financial aid means it's just not possible without going into serious debt. </p>
<p>Both were very nice, and many times more so than most UC acceptances ^_^.</p>
<p>Columbia's rejection was stone cold.
So was Barnard.</p>
<p>Smith's was EXTRA special. Dean of admissions wrote me a personal message on the side of the letter, and signed her name.</p>
<p>UCs were impersonal, just straight to business. No fluff.</p>
<p>I'm going to assume Smith was an acceptance, then? :p</p>