<p>Even though I know I can check my acceptance online when it is made, Dec 11 or 15 (or 14 apparently), I am choosing to discover my fate through postage. The common conception on mailed decisions is that the fat package is the "acceptance" and the skinny envelope is the "rejection." Now I heard that Cornell avoids this little quandry by mailing all of their decisions in the same sized little white "rejection" envelopes, and those who are accepted receive the traditional fat envelopes a week or two later.</p>
<p>Is this true??? Has anyone heard about this?? Is there anyone on this thread that can speak testimony to this claim or am I bound be prescient of my fate before I read the envelope?? Thanks!</p>
<p>i prbly will want to but it would be to wierd. Its like your next four years of life instantly popping up on the screen and your eyes scramble around the page until you finally find what your looking for, and when you do, you are so shocked by what you're reading that you're looking around the page for reinforcement of the obvious, the inevitable, your decision.</p>
<p>It's like seeing your SAT scores on collegeboard.com except its like a function displaying exponential growth. Which means that it is a lot worse.</p>
<p>This is a weird question, but it's been bothering me for awhile. When they say they have your decision online, how do they word it? Is it a simple "Accept," "Defer," or "Reject" next to your name? Or is it a euphemistic letter, like...</p>
<p>"Dear __________,</p>
<p>We regret to inform you that we cannot offer you admission to Cornell's class of 2011."</p>
<p>ooh man, i'd be the person who will sit in front of the computer right after school and wait all signed in and everything and the moment the clock strikes 5 PM i will click the check application status and close my eyes for like 5 minutes and be like do i want to look?? do i really want to look??? and then i'll open and hopefully...hopefully there will be an A to the CCEPT on the screen =)</p>
<p>The day I get my the e-mail/letter from Cornell will be absolutely surreal....there are absolutely no words to describe the feeling that I'll have as I'm signing in to my e-mail address/holding the letter in my hands...if I get accepted, I will simply begin to cry. I won't tell anyone, not yet, just revel in knowing that my dream has come true. If I get rejected, I'll simply stare ahead for a while (my blood pressure will be spiking at this point), you know, that burning feeling you get in your bloodstream when something goes really wrong, maybe take a nap or go to bed, but when I wake up I'll be reminded of my rejection.</p>
<p>Last year the decision date was Dec 15 at 5pm (Cornell time). You don't get an email telling you to go on line, or with the decision. You log on to your account, & the decision is there. </p>
<p>I'm glad my S found out on line, because the old theory of fat envelope vs thin didn't hold true. The letter came (maybe even a week or 2) later and it was very thin & just says congrats, etc & I think asks for a $400 deposit. The "fat" envelope first comes in March-April, probably when they're sending out the RD decisions.</p>
<p>Good luck to all of you! This really can be a time of high anxiety, but try to remember that things have a way of working out. I know many kids who were initially disappointed last year, but by Spring time had some place to go that they were happy with.</p>
<p>I could make a fortune selling valium to students this time of year...</p>
<p>When you get a rejection letter for a job, it's traditional for the first paragraph to be blah-blah-lots of good candidates-blah-blah-you really impressed us-blah-blah. It's the second paragraph that contains what you want. If the second paragraph begins with the word "unfortunately" you know you are toast.</p>
<p>I don't know how it works with college acceptance letters today, but if the "second paragraph" rule doesn't work, at least you will be ready for when you start interviewing for post-college jobs.</p>