<p>I wondered whether Harvard was still sending those certificates. It was a cheesy turn-off in 1974. I wonder who thought it was a good idea in the first place. Obviously, someone at Dartmouth agreed, though.</p>
<p>I guess I don't understand why the certificate is such a turn-off. If someone applies to a school, they must want to go there, right? Our older son had some trouble in deciding which school to attend -- Dartmouth's likely letter and certificate gave him the impression that they really wanted him. We all thought it was nice.</p>
<p>ED/EA acceptances often come in thin envelopes. The fat one comes later at RD time.</p>
<p>sjmom,
I've never heard anyone complaining about getting the "likely letter". But the ones who don't get it , while their friends do, feel more stressed/anxious/unloved :)...</p>
<p>Congratulations SunnyFlorida! That's just great news.</p>
<p>Senator Chuck Schumer (NY) still jokes about his parents having framed his Harvard acceptance certificate and hanging it over their T.V where it remained for years and years. I know that I saw a picture of this on the web somewhere ... just can't locate it now.</p>
<p>Dream school for S1 was a snail mail hold-out and didn't notify by computer. So when the big package hit the mailbox, I ran out and got a bunch of balloons in the college's colors, tied them to the big letter and left it in his room behind his closed door. When he got home, he knew instantly that he was having a great day.</p>
<p>Now they too inform online. No balloon message this year for S2, I guess, since all of his choices will use technology.</p>
<p>Columbia sent the acceptance package Fed-Ex, and it arrived as a total suprise to my daughter the day of the night of the Ivy decisions. </p>
<p>Wesleyan was only snail mail too. It was the last of all the decisions for either of my kids and was a pleasant surprise for my son.</p>
<p>Like mythmom and nngm mentioned, ED good news here came in a skinny envelope--
two sheets total, which arrived several days after the decision was posted online.</p>
<p>When you get accepted to Duke EA, do they send out thin or fat envelopes?</p>
<p>my son got a postcard from NYU inviting him to an open house for accepted students. But he hadn't received the acceptance letter. We called the school and asked if this invitation meant he was really accepted. it did. The official letter coming a week or so later was anticlimactic. The FA package came even later. It was only then that we knew he could actually be able to attend. I cried tears of joy when I saw they were giving him a 30K per year scholarship. Not like I'm getting off easy with a EFC of 12K and I'm sure I'm spending even more with stuff like books....</p>
<p>At least he has 2 jobs and is making his own pocket money now!</p>
<p>Reed sent the most wonderful on-line animated acceptance before the paper one, with fireworks and al kinds of fun.</p>
<p>Ds#2 received an early write letter from one of the schools he applied to. We knew nothing about early-writes at that point but knew the date they said they were releasing acceptances. So when we saw the thin envelope from the school we were expected a rejection. It took a second reading for the news to sink in.</p>
<p>Two of my three admissions offers so far have come in thin, letter-size envelopes. Go figure.</p>
<p>One had a big "Welcome to Bronco Country" logo on it, though, so it wasn't tough to decipher ;)</p>
<p>I just applied EA to Georgetown and I can't find anything on their website about online decision posting. Does anyone know from experience?</p>
<p>My friends son found out he was accepted ED to Muhlenberg by phone. It was the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. Do any other schools call their ED applicants?</p>
<p>One of D's large white envelopes said, "This is your admission acceptance from xyz" or something like that. It made us wonder if they thought some of the applicants were too stupid to figure it out.</p>
<p>I'm having a hard time sorting it all out in my brain because there were envelopes with regular admissions, honors admissions, and scholarship competition stuff.</p>
<p>Final thought: I AM SO GLAD IT IS OVER!!!</p>
<p>anyone know what UNC Chapel Hill does for EA?</p>
<p>In 2006, the acceptance was online and then several weeks letter the acceptance came in a large (8.5x11) envelope.</p>