<p>^ haha i feel you! It's like an obsession. Hi, my name is Alexi, and I'm addicted to getting into college. </p>
<p>::vacant stares::</p>
<p>:D We should start a support group, then. Hmm... College Applicants Anonymous. The CAA. We can even have a 12 step program and lectures and all...
"Hi, my name is Ami, and I built an addition to our house specifically so I could put my acceptance letters in it. I have other rooms, for the free stuff I got, and rejection letters."</p>
<p>Actually, I think I'm addicted to receiving university/college viewbooks/prospectuses/brochures. There's just something about a big fat envelope and seeing the book spill onto your lap... And then flipping through and reading it or lookin' at the pictures... <em>swoon</em></p>
<p>haha yes. I've got a huge plastic crate for those. I don't think I've ever once thrown one away. </p>
<p>However, I rue the day i put my email address down on the PSAT...</p>
<p>Me too. I've gotten the same Princeton viewbook 7 times now.</p>
<p>Swarthmore's ED acceptance letter was ok. It mentioned the fact that as an ED student, I would excel, etc. etc. However, I think the signatures were genuine, which is a big plus :)</p>
<p>The doorbell rang last night at 8:30. Nobody ever comes to our house at night without calling first, as we are out in the boondocks. I answered the door and two young people were at the door. They asked for my son and said they were from the Dartmouth Alums; they were 2001. They came in & spent time talking to my son and gave him a Dartmouth tee shirt.</p>
<p>What a nice thing to do!</p>
<p>Aw, I'm jealous! The Dartmouth alum from my area didn't do that for me...and I'd love a Dartmouth T-Shirt :P</p>
<p>The year my son was accepted to Carnegie Mellon the big envelope actually said "fat envelope" on the outside, if I recall. He ended up going to U of Illinois because they kept giving him more money and C-M gave him none. I'm sure he took some pleasure in finally sending C-M a "thin envelope." :-)</p>
<p>Skidmore's wait-listed letter was okay. They did mention that they would review my application again since they don't rank their wait-list. They also offered me an opportunity to spend my first semester in London for some program.... nice but not ready yet!</p>
<p>My letter from Stanford was from their first year of SCEA... so it ended up being snobby saying that I didn't pull all the big shots to make myself absolutely unique like tap dancing in front of Her Majesty or discovered a cure for cancer. It offered no words of conclonces. :( Definitely lengthy to make up for the sadness. It also included FAQ about SCEA and what to do then.</p>
<p>MIT's tube!</p>
<p>It even came with confetti in it. Haha. It was awesome.</p>
<p>Looks like a TP roll, extra large. But then its MIT so who cares :j</p>
<p>Sweet. I want some confettii. It's really too bad I lack that super genius quality... :P</p>
<p>Bump...I like this topic.</p>
<p>Anyone know about NYU's acceptance letter? I'm not even sure if I'm applying (deadline is only about a week away... I should make up my mind already, shouldn't I?) ... </p>
<p>Waiting is the worst part. I'd gladly write 5 extra essays if I could know the decision right away. Even getting rejected beats the suspense.</p>
<p>I think we should start a support group.</p>
<p>Harvard's acceptance letter was really nice....really professional, lots of information, nothing really shiny/flashy/funny though.</p>
<p>Penn State's said Congratualtions! on it, which definitely made opening it less exciting.</p>
<p>Getting a T-shirt would be the greatest though.</p>
<p>DD received a nice folder from UMich, Ann Arbor - kind of a tri-fold thing, bright colors, a personal letter, invitation to campus visit day, etc. It did NOT have a certificate with ribbons or gold stars or confetti tho - meh. Letter was a bit impersonal, with a well-worded (non-insulting) "warning" at the end reminding DD to remain an outstanding student, as their admissions offer was contingent on her continuing to do well. The all time WORST acceptance letter has GOT to be from the North Dakota University System. She received a small envelope congratulating her on being named a 2006 ND Scholar - this basically gives a full ride scholarship to any college or university in ND. Included was a sheet of paper with CHECKBOXES (egads) to indicate if she was going to accept the scholarship (yes or no) and what college campus she wanted to attend (choices with small boxes in front of the names). Not impressive. Nice thought, but not impressive at all.</p>
<p>Here's stanford rejection letter, i didn't think it was harsh:
I write to tell you that we are, regrettably, unable to offer you admission to Stanford University. The overall strength of our applicant pool and relatively small size of our freshman class means that we disappoint the vast majority of our applicants each year. We acknowledged your strong interest in Stanford, which made the task of sending you this news especially difficult. I am personally sorry to share this disappointment with you.</p>
<p>UVAs acceptance letter was pretty lame. if i hadn't found out online that i got in i would have thought i was rejected (little envelope). it didn't say too much either. i was smart enough to leave it on the counter for 5 minutes too and my baby brother promptly spilled his apple juice on it. lol. its a beautiful thing now, all brown and crinkly and short. ;)</p>
<p>Well the Chicago rejection letter was pretty rough. It's an enormous envelope, so I was psyched. I opened it, but I really wasn't expecting the punch in the face by the actual president of the board of admissions. I mean come on, that's a cheap shot. He jumped out, and ran down the street, laughing maniacally.
The letter itself was pretty bad too. I could take the insults about my mother, but come on, did they have to show the photoshopped picture of her with a monkey for a face? That was just wrong.</p>
<p>Sadly, I feel that for the benefit of some people on this forum, I need to say that this was not really the case. Actually, I got accepted, and their letter is magnificient! It's a nice folder that you open up, and you flip up a little flap that says "Welcome." on the inside. Then, "We are pleased to inform you that you have been admitted to the..." and then I didn't get much farther. I was celebrating.</p>
<p>There were lots and lots of pages, perfectly cut so that the first was a little bit shorter than the second, which was shorter than the third, and so on, so you could thumb through the tops of each.</p>
<p>No t-shirt, though.</p>