<p>Is it true that if you get a fat envelope in the mail around decision time that it signals something good, aka you got in. And if you get a skinny one page envelope that it means that you got rejected...</p>
<p>I have heard that fat= good while skinny=bad, but sometimes schools may send just an acceptance letter alone in a skinny evelope and then send materials later.</p>
<p>You know what would be so cruel? If a university sent in like, 100 sheets of blank paper in a rejection envelope...I wonder if any jerky colleges have done that...</p>
<p>That is just plain evil...</p>
<p>Colleges don't reject in any way that would put them in hot water. At worst, they'll be cold about it. At best, they'll be comforting.</p>
<p>I sent a fake rejection letter from Holy Cross to my friend and she believed it...after I told her it was fake she hit me so hard that I had a bruise for a week.</p>
<p>^that was mean</p>
<p>but if youre so curious about what a certain size envelope indicates, then the minute you get it, before you even have time to analyze the size, rip it open and see!</p>
<p>Fat= good, skinny= Bad is the common steriotype for letters around acceptance time. It is generally the norm, but I've found several situations where it doesn't apply, so it's certainly not the be all end all. For example, as the person above said, colleges often send out a single page acceptance and send additional materials at a later date. That happened to a girl I met with her safety school. She nearly had a heart attack when she saw the envelope but when she opened it it said she got in. Funny, but so not if you are in the situation! Also, you can get rejected from your first choice program but still accepted to the school. I didn't get in to Ithaca's musical theater program but I got in to the school and this information came in a small envelope. They could also send all the materials when they accept you for your second choice program, which is very deceptive. Last but not least, you can get mail from the college that is completely unrelated to your decision. About 2/3 weeks ago my mother picked me up with a big, fat letter from Emerson College on the passenger seat. My heart stopped and I tore it open, though I was still wary that it could have been an acceptance for my backup major... and it was a letter and thick pamphlet letting me know about/telling how to apply for a new scholarship that they are offering. Again, sucked at the time but it's pretty funny thinking back on it. Some are extremely obvious (I got my University of Connecticut acceptance in a huge envelope and my boyfriend got his Northeastern acceptance in an envelope stamped with Congratulations!) and some are very secretive. So the bottom line- you just never know. As the person above me said, just tear it open! That's what I've been doing. You should see the state of the envelopes, seriously...</p>
<p>My Penn acceptance letter I think was a skinny envelope.</p>
<p>Not only am I worried about the size of the letter, but I worry about whether my mom will open my decision letters for me...She usually gets to the mail before me so I haved asked her VERY nicely not to open any decison letters. I think it is my right to be the first to know whether I was accepted or rejected.</p>
<p>She has already opened one letter from UVA...(a likely letter I think)...I was a little upset with her at that...</p>
<p>My dad tried to beat me and check online decisions before him ;) Just talk to your mom and be completely serious about it and tell her how you feel about her opening your letters for you.</p>
<p>I have talked to her and she said she wouldn't, but I have my doubts about whether she could hold out and not open the letters if she got to them first.</p>
<p>Haha, if I was a parent and got to my child's letters before them, I'd have trouble not opening them too ;)</p>
<p>It must be hard...but hopefully come April, things will go well.</p>
<p>As they say, size does matter.</p>
<p>It is a FEDERAL offense to open mail not written to you without permission. This applies to children also iirc if they are over 18....or maybe it is if they are over 18 and no longer dependents....whatever.</p>
<p>Who cares? If I were a parent, I would like to know where my paycheck's going to go for the next few years.</p>
<p>True for me so far, when i got UM little envelope all i said was "Oh".</p>
<p>I would not consider, even for a moment, opening my son's mail. HE is the one who has worked for this moment and if he wants to be the first to read the news, he should be. Yes, I will be paying the bill, but that is what I signed up for, it does not give me a right to invade his privacy.</p>
<p>My mom, being a nosey hag, opened my letter before i could get to it, and told me i got into UPenn.....I was so goddamn happy and angry at the same time, i didnt know wut to do.</p>