Finding Out Online vs. Regular Mail

Colleges and Universities A-Z Stanford University
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<p>what are most of you going to do: find out your decision online through the provided link, or wait for the letter in the mail?</p>

<p>To me, online decisions seems anti-climactic. I mean, have you waited years and years to apply and find out on the internet? Most kids dreams deal with going to the mailbox and seeing a large envelope or taking it into the kitchen and opening the letter in front of their family. The internet seems otherworldly and impersonal to me. </p>

<p>On the other hand, how long can you hold out when you see that email staring you in the face informing you that your decision is a couple clicks and less than a minute away. Regular mail may take longer but it has a greater panache to it. I have yet to decide how I will see my decision. </p>

<p>What about you all?</p>

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<p>email. no question =P</p>

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<p>email at school in front of friends... so we can all scream together or so they can catch me when i fall.</p>

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<p>email fo sho</p>

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<p>most definately email.</p>

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<p>Online. Less dramatic, sure, but it's an easier letdown. And I hear the envelope is thin for Stanford either way.</p>

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<p>Yea, I agree with somebodynew. For some reason checking my decision online will give me less stress.</p>

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<p>Hmm...I think I'd rather go to my mailbox.</p>

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<p>wow you would wait that extra time?</p>

<p>I would like the traditional I GOT THE LETTER LETS HOLD OUR BREATHS UNTIL I OPEN IT thing but I couldn't wait another second longer than I had to.</p>

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<p>dude.......whichever one is first</p>

<p>i dont think either one will be "easier" to take</p>

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<p>definitely email</p>

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<p>I prefer mail, but I'm ALREADY obsessive compulsive about checking my email, so I'll probably end up seeing it... and once I see it, it's past the point of no return. Then again, I live 30 minutes away from Stanford. I should get the mail by Friday...</p>

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<p>So are they sending the email WITH the decision, or just the link where we still have to type in out PIN number and all that stuff？</p>

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<p>I think they're just sending the link, then we have to follow it to type in our pin and stuff. I really hope we find out tomorrow, i honestly can't wait anymore. aal;djfal'sdfjal;sdfj stanford! hurry up!</p>

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<p>Shoot! It says that my account has been temporarily disabled because I have failed to login properly too many times (my pop-up was up), so now I have to contact technical assistance. Grr!!!</p>

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<p>lol darn. I prefer real paper envleope and letter and all but I just can't wait!! so I'll follow the link no matter what</p>

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<p>The email only contains the link to the website with the decisions...my bet is that what happened to the UPenn applicants (at my school) will happen - the site'll get clogged and people will have to wait a bit. I will swear like I never have before if that happens to me.</p>

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<p>SO I have decided to find out before I go to India on Friday. I'll pray that it comes in the mail, cause email is waaaay to anticlimatic.</p>

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<p>E-Mail for sure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Why wait the extra time and its way more private!</p>