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It was also the year Caltech sent out acceptances Priority Mail and rejects regular mail. It took six very long days for the rejection to get to the east coast.</p>
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When my younger son was accepted early to U of Chicago, one of the things they did was send handwritten holiday cards to every accepted applicant referring to something they had liked in the application. My son knew that it was marketing, but he said it still gave him warm and fuzzy feelings for Chicago.</p>