<p>All my friends with older children have espoused the " big envelope=acceptance" and "little envelope=sad news"</p>
<p>This is not always the case however. What schools send their acceptance letters in small envelopes?? I know these do...........</p>
<p>WPI
Hobart and William Smith</p>
<p>Any others?</p>
<p>Received a small one from Ramapo College of NJ. Its funny because when I saw it I thought I was rejected, but soon found I was accepted when I opened it.</p>
<p>Many colleges send acceptances in small envelopes, but no college I've ever heard of sends rejections in big envelopes. </p>
<p>It doesn't matter much anymore though. Most news is now received over email.</p>
<p>It's worth noting that some non-decision info is likely to show up around decision season, and it can come in any type of envelope. A small envelope might hold a student's application status, confirmation of received transcripts, a request for further info, or a notice about some on-campus event. Not necessarily a decision at all, and certainly not a rejection. Never throw out without reading!</p>
<p>We use envelopes that are slightly larger than a #10. The packages show up later.</p>
<p>We've been told that the envelopes move through the postal system more quickly than the package does. Speed over ceremony.</p>
<p>I got acceptances from Sonoma State and CSULB in standard-size envelopes.</p>
<p>Small envelope from Ohio University contained acceptance letter.</p>
<p>DD applied to one school that is making me nutso. The decision from this school should be coming any time now, but they keep sending letters in small envelopes--letters that have nothing to do with admissions decisions, but instead talk about what a great school it is, how their graduates earn an average salary of $XX,000, how students can play Division Whatever sports, just general stuff. Every time one of these little envelopes comes, I get anxious. Then she opens it and reads what students are saying about the wonderful co-op opportunities at the school....</p>
<p>I remember not only the expected big envelope for son but the red "yes" on the outside from UW- didn't have to wait for him to open his mail and tell us. Rolling admissions also makes a difference.</p>
<p>USC sends a huge envelope. No mistaking its meaning. OTOH, the acceptance at USC's School of Cinematic Arts, Department of Critical Studies came in a regular envelope and laid on our dining room table for several days.</p>
<p>Carnegie Mellon's envelope last year was large and said "Big Fat Letter" in plaid letters last year. I was pretty sure it was an acceptance without opening it. :)</p>
<p>Georgetown sent their EA admittance in a small, thin envelope, so I assume the RD comes in a small envelope too, though I'm not sure.</p>
<p>D convinced herself that she did not want to apply to G-town as she was sure she wouldn't get in as G-town rj'd everyone at her school last her. I told her you won't know if you don't try. When the mail arrived, she had large envelopes from some great schools and that one small one from G-town. I told her to open Georgetown's last as I didn't want bad news to ruin the moment of opening all the large envelopes. She decided to open it first and I never saw someone who convinced themself that they didn't want to go to a school so happy, dancing around the kitchen, on the phone with her friends etc. Needless to say, G-town has moved to one of her top schools. She now says all her talk about not wanting to apply or go there was to prepare herself for rejection - which luckily never came! :)</p>
<p>D received 7 acceptances, of which 3 or 4 were in a small envelope.</p>
<p>Big envelope = acceptance
Small envelope = could be acceptance, waitlist, or denial</p>
<p>You can always check last year's threads on the college forums to see what was sent last year.</p>
<p>Next logical question is: what schools send rejection /waitlist...etc in big envelops ?</p>
<p>It wouldn't make sense to send an acceptance in a big envelope, other than to mess with the applicant's heads. (What paper-work do you need to send to a rejected applicant, other than a little condolence?)</p>
<p>Honestly, they should probably just send all of them in small envelopes just to ease the drama.</p>
<p>^It's getting more common to send everything in small envelopes now, especially since a majority is done online. ^^</p>
<p>Sonoma by far was the most creative...along with my acceptance letter, they sent me a magnet with all types of important dates, deadlines and phone numbers and which said at the top, "Congratulations on your admittance to SSU! Check out our Campus Housing, you'll be impressed!" (They're known among the CSUs for their great housing.)</p>
<p>So far I've gotten acceptance letters from: </p>
<p>-RIT
-WPI
-Rose Hulman</p>
<p>All have been in big envelopes.</p>
<p>All 3 of my acceptances have been in big envelopes as well.</p>
<p>U of Pitt acceptance came in a big envelope with "Congratulations" printed across the top of the outside of the envelope - no mistaking there!</p>
<p>St. Mary's of Maryland was in a normal envelope...although it was a "likely" letter, so that's probably not as relevant. </p>
<p>St. Olaf was a small package, but the stamp says "So you wanna be an Ole?" so I was pretty sure it had to be an acceptance.</p>
<p>Colorado College was a folder, so it was about the size of a manilla envelope.</p>
<p>University of Pittsburgh was huge and had "Congrats" on the side... don't think that was a rejection! lol</p>
<p>I would assume that many universities are shrinking the size of their acceptance letters as students are applying to many schools. Packages are much more expensive than letters to send out and it would make sense to cut costs a bit there.</p>
<p>On a side note... out of 10 colleges that I applied to, only one offers admission decisions online (Middlebury). I love receiving letters in the mail!</p>