<p>Potential 2013 Yalies, did you guys get these in the mail yet? The ones from your admissions officer, I mean. I received mine today, and there was a note at the bottom about how he enjoyed reading my essay (one I thought was particularly weak) and how he thinks I'd be a good fit for EPE!</p>
<p>It made my day :)</p>
<p>Yeah, I got one in the mail yesterday talking about my essay. It was pretty cool and it made the fact that I actually got in, sink in a little more.</p>
<p>omg ditto, Mistofthekane.</p>
<p>There was also a note at the bottom of mine about my essay (which I thought was very weak)...I was sort of happy a first ("maybe it didn't suck as bad as I thought")...but now after reading you comment I'm beginning to think it was just a ploy to persuade me to commit to Yale. (compliments are a wonderfully deceptive tool). </p>
<p>blah!</p>
<p>*your</p>
<p>hehe...</p>
<p>Got mine today. Must be standard procedure to include a personal blurb at the end, complimenting you about something specific in your application.</p>
<p>Mine didn't compliment anything specific.. :(
Just said "I was impressed with all of the achievements" etc etc</p>
<p>Yes, they're obviously very keen on getting us all to matriculate.
So far, they're doing a pretty decent job. The more I think about it, the more I think I will actually end up going to YALE!</p>
<p>Yale YALE yale YaLe yAlE YAle yaLE yalE YALe</p>
<p>hm no matter how i write it, it still looks good.</p>
<p>who has the pennant up on their wall already?</p>
<p>Ha, if the handwritten note was a ploy to get me to want to matriculate... it's working. :)</p>
<p>How glad are we that we don't have to deal with the projected 26,000 applicants and 4.6% acceptance rate?</p>
<p>That is the real congrats.</p>
<p>oh darn it! i thought i was special... i too got a handwritten note about my essay that i thought was weak.</p>
<p>but who cares, i'm taking the bait lol</p>
<p>My note said:</p>
<p>"Come to Yale!!!! (yes it literally had that many exclamation marks) It is the perfect fit for your academic and leadership talents! I had so much fun reading your application and I hope to see you here next fall!... P.S. Thanks again for the shoutout on the admit website!"</p>
<p>(If you guys go to the admit website under the Admissions Committee subforum you can see the forum I created thanking my admissions officer - Lindsay Hobbs).</p>
<p>Yeah, the note actually is persuading me; although, I don't need much persuasion.</p>