<p>I've always heard that when you're accepted from a school, you recieve a big envelope and when you aren't, it comes in a smaller one. Is this true for most schools? If it is, I think that's stupid...I don't want to know if I got in just by looking at the envelope, I want to atleast have to open it...</p>
<p>Well, it was true for all of my schools... however, almost all of them also posted their decisions online a few days earlier, which provided me with the surprise factor.</p>
<p>I know at least Georgetown does small envelopes for all. I didn't know this in mid-December (had not yet found CC, it's pretty easy to just ask on this site), but I did know about the big letter / small letter thing. I got the mail and was pretty sure I got rejected. I pretty much ****ed myself when I read the words "It gives me great pleasure..." Anyways, back to your original question, I do believe most schools do big letters for acceptees, and small letters for those less fortunate (and slightly thicker small envelopes for waitlistees).</p>
<p>A lot of colleges have the fat/thin distinction but just as many use a thin envelope to notify you of the offer of acceptance. What you really need to ask is what the colleges to which you are applying do.</p>
<p>Yeah...when my mom got into nursing school this year, the envelope was really small and it freaked her out! My acceptances were all in big envelopes though.</p>
<p>Out of my daughter's 7 acceptances, 4 were in small envelopes. Go figure.</p>
<p>berkeley was a small envelope lols</p>
<p>NYU big envelope
University of Miami big envelope
Harvard small envelope</p>
<p>I found out online before my letter in the mail came, so when I saw my big envelope it didn't really make a difference.</p>