Just for curiosity, but if admission letter doesnt start w Congratulations!, then is it likely a denied letter?
I think so. I’d imagine most colleges don’t want to make you hold your breath with lots of preface before giving the decision.
UC sandiego didnt say congratulations even though there was a huge picture saying welcome to uc sandiego. I still had to read the first few sentences to know that I was accepted
Penn States first line of their letter is something like “We are Penn State and so are you!” I think eventually it said congratulations somewhere, but it wasn’t the first word.
I think RPI had some celebratory music playing when you clicked the decision page. Nice touch
enjoy this at your leisure - goes through many years of examples: