<p>I just thought it was pretty cool they spent all that money to FedEx everything. Must have cost a lot.</p>
<p>So does Amherst.</p>
<p>And Wash U FedExed things to prospective students.</p>
<p>lol...almost all colleges either USPS or FedEx them...</p>
<p>Stanford does regular mail I think. Either that, or it's just taking a mighty long time to get to Hawaii.</p>
<p>Please tell me,
my daughter received the fed ex yesterday but it was OPENED! we live in townhome and it may have been delivered to a neighbor. There were two large "Welcome to Columbia" and a large "Comprehesive Financing Plan" brochures and that was it.</p>
<p>Stanford - snail mail - had a cool word magnet enclosure she got a kick out of.</p>
<p>Was there anything else in there? I was thinking of contacting FED-EX. Why would it have arrived opened?</p>
<p>there were two envelopes just like u said...one contained the FA and one was a general folder that contained a little invitation card to campus days, a enrollment paper, and a columbia brochure</p>
<p>09mom - I think it would be wise to contact FedEx about it. Who knows what information might be missing, privacy breeched etc. Any opened mail is suspect.</p>
<p>thanks shostakovich and gianievve
looks like she rec'd what she was supposed to-i will follow up with fed ex nonetheless</p>
<p>lol, we're gonna end up giving them about $160,000, I think they can splurge for the fedex....</p>
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<p>Really?</p>
<p>Because I got a FedExed package from Amherst.</p>
<p>Did you even apply to Amherst?</p>
<p>Actually, Amherst sent its earlier Regular Decision letters (March 3rd or so) by UPS -- I should know, I got one!</p>
<p>allureNY86 - I apologzie if I was mistaken. From skimming the Amherst forums, I was under the impression that they did not fedex decisions. My bad if I'm wrong, though you're the only person I know of with a FedEx :D Congrats!</p>
<p>raven001 - it's totally fine, don't worry about it. Sorry if I were rude in that previous post. But thank you, I am liking Amherst a lot more after the acceptance... it outshines Columbia for now, especially since it gave me a full ride :D. I wasn't one of the early-write ones, but one of the regular RD's. Nice though. Especially after Columbia. :)</p>
<p>For what it's worth, I just got my Amherst acceptance and it came Priority Mail. So we were both right :D</p>
<p>Hey, congrats to you too, raven! Where do you think you'll be headed?</p>
<p>Oh god it's a tough one. Harvard and Yale are both tempting, as are Williams and Amherst. I really need to get out there and visit, though at this point (for me), I'm thinking Williams > Amherst and Harvard > Yale. </p>
<p>What are you thinking?</p>
<p>I'm thinking Amherst = Swarthmore > Wellesley >>>>>>>>> SUNY Binghamton. </p>
<p>Are you coming to the Amherst accepted students day?</p>
<p>No, I'm not going to the accepted students day, though I may swing by randomly (possibly for an over-nighter). I want to see the campuses during their "normal" times, not when everything is dressed up to impress us :) Of course, if I lived in New York, I'd be over visited the schools like once a week :P</p>
<p>(I live in Arizona)</p>
<p>Ah, the geography factor. Yeah, it's definitely cooler to go when no one is trying to impress you and you get the real feeling.</p>
<p>I miss the Southwest. I lived in NM for two years.</p>
<p>But Swat and Amherst are picking up the tab for my transportation, and it's during spring break, so it's pretty convenient.</p>
<p>Looks like you have awesome choices. I personally am having a crisis over Swat vs. Amherst; hopefully it'll get resolved before May 1st and I won't vacillate afterwards.</p>