<p>High Point University sent their scholarship awards in a box filled with purple confetti. Also in the box was a box of godiva chocolates. Yesterday they sent a large poster of the school rolled in a plastic tube. Let see what we get today!</p>
<p>Bentley University sent a t shirt.</p>
<p>Wharton gave a thumb drive with "Wharton - University of Pennsylvania" as well as "Class of 2013" printed on it for ED...</p>
<p>I got nothing special but a really generous financial aid package from Dartmouth when they sent me their ED acceptance envelope. But a Dartmouth alum came to my house in late December (I live in MA and it was snowing and freezing) and gave me a t shirt. I thought that was nice.</p>
<p>@ icecream,</p>
<p>I applied to the College of the Liberal Arts. Did you apply to the same college? It came with my letter from the Dean.</p>
<p>groupiegurl143- I bet that’s what the application fee is used for. Come on, what else could they REALLY spend (up to) $65 per applicant on?</p>
<p>Letters and e-mails, letters and e-mails. :/</p>
<p>A photo of a professor (or the dean) on one knee would be nice.</p>
<p>i got only a few things, and they were from the schools i didnt watn to go to. upittsburgh gave me a shirt, but it was apparently for an obese man. drexel gave em all sorts of little crap, and i think ive gotten like two decals.
Cornell sent me a likely letter, so i cant complain because that has lifted my spirits amazingly through three other rejections ive just received the past few days.
UCSD called me, which i thought was fabulous. it made me really happy to get a personal call letting me know i was accepted. although i too would rather have more financial aid than any other crap</p>
<p>Duke has had several professors e-mail me, the president sent me a hand-signed letter, and the admissions officer who read my file sent me a hand-written postcard.</p>
<p>lolcats4 was that ED?</p>
<p>I got phone calls from UCLA alums encouraging me to attend receptions, etc and I just got a really nice package with a UCLA decal a couple days ago. :)</p>
<p>Ithaca sent me a really sweet tshirt that I’m wearing right now. They got my size right and everything. Of course, I’m a medium, so they could just send that to everyone…</p>
<p>i got a decal from Pitt with my honors school admission in october.
in december, after i sent in my deposit to my ED school, Pitt sent me a calendar…i kept it anyway. saved me a few bucks on a 2009 calendar.</p>
<p>My CMU “fat letter” had a pic of 3 guys in kilts on the front, and one was jumping and clicking his heels together :)</p>
<p>A few weeks after my acceptance to my state school, I got a big package with a t-shirt, a pennant, a lanyard, some decals, and $12,000 in scholarships. It’s was really nice to get the stuff, even though the school is my safety and I’m not planning on going there.</p>
<p>i got a scarf as a reward for getting the highest scholarship package at my safety school. kind of random, but funny</p>
<p>update: UCLA had alumni call me for alumni interviews, got a scholarship certificate, they hosted a catered reception with admissions directors, staff, student panels, etc, and also Regents mentor personalized letter. </p>
<p>Apparently they have a special program for Regents scholars to stay overnight so i might do that as well. Also got decals and wallets. </p>
<p>Claremont Mckenna’s had a large envelope with “yep, you def got the big envelope” and a huge CONGRATULATIONS emblazoned on the front. alumni magazine included. Oh, but the dean did write a personalized note. That was really cute. :)</p>
<p>My son just got a poster from the University of Kentucky, where he will be attending Fall 2009.</p>
<p>My friend who got into Columbia College in Chicago got a trendy black box with nature images on it. In the inside was this transparent “acceptance letter” that simply said “you’re in” on it. Also, it came with a set of stickers, a sketchbook, postcards, and stationary. I was so jealous!!</p>
<p>Indiana University sent out scarves to all the students earning their highest scholarships… they sent a package with a letter saying “You Earned Your Stripes!”. Really nice scarf… too bad I won’t be attending there!</p>
<p>It may be because I’m in a very small, specific program, but I have received several emails directly from one of my potential professors at one school. It’s been really nice, since I can ask questions to her and she’s kept me up-to-date with what’s going on around the program and invites to apply for scholarships I might not have known about otherwise (which is always VERY appreciated).</p>