<p>So I sent in an arts supplement CD before the deadline...online to realize the CD was defective. I sent another one today and wrote "I <3 Yale" on the back of the envelope flap. Is this a good idea?</p>
<p>Did you contact Admissions to explain why you were re-sending and make sure the replacement CD would be accepted after the deadline?</p>
<p>Yes, the woman who picked up in the admissions office just said to send a letter explaining why the second CD was sent.</p>
<p>I heard in the good ole days of paper packet applications, people stuffed the most random things in the packages... ranging from candy, to cake, to even cash...</p>
<p>^ LOL . Cake</p>
<p>i heard that this one person sent in a mini hand-sized coffin, and in it had a poem talking about how he was "dying to go to yale."</p>
<p>i don't know if he got in. if he did -- that's epic.</p>
<p>That's genius. But I'm sure that it had a lot of effect on his decision. It's not everyday that a student is that creative, even at Yale. The coffin part of course . I read one article where a Dean of Admissions was talking about how if a student can make them laugh in the essay, they have an advantage. It might have been UVA because the question he was referring to was "What is your favorite word and why?" The answer the student gave was "If I told people my favorite word, everyone else would try to use it in their applications." (not exact) So the kid got in. Woohoo lol</p>
<p>And then there is the story about the applicant whose hobby was taxidermy. To demonstrate his passion, he stuffed a preserved specimen (a squirrel, if I recall correctly) into an envelope and sent it to the Admissions office of some fancy school. The clerical person who opened the envelope screamed, thinking the enclosure was a dead rat. And, as it turns out, the applicant was not as skilled at the art of taxidermy as he thought: The squirrel smelled awful. </p>
<p>The student was not admitted.</p>
<p>To go along with SuperMarioJ, one of my friend's friends applied to UVA also and the prompt, like you said, was "what's your favorite word?" And their essay was:</p>
<p>"Brevity, because it's concise."</p>
<p>and they got in!</p>
<p>^ lol... its like that old joke about a supposed Harvard application essay that asked: Define Courage</p>
<p>and all he or she wrote was "This is..." </p>
<p>Supposedly he or she got in... probably more an urban legend than truth... :)</p>
<p>^ I heard a version where the kid wrote, "Go Yale".</p>
<p>^Lol that would be suicide.
And at the "this is" thing, it's most definitely urban legend. That much would be not taking the application seriously. But hey, he saved himself a lot of time.</p>
<p>I don't think writing "I <3 Yale" will affect you negatively or positively.</p>
<p>@wjb - this was for Harvard right? haha, the admissions officer that came to my school said something about this.</p>
<p>^^I heard the story a while back from a friend who is a college counselor. I think the lucky recipient was Harvard, but I'm not certain.</p>
<p>one person -- and i know this story is true because i know the guy -- got waitlisted at harvard and had an opportunity for a second interview. evreything went pretty basic and all.</p>
<p>when the guy left, the interviewer got up and saw the kid had left a shoe box. when he opened it, there was one shoe in it. "i've gotten one shoe into harvard, help me get the other one in, too."</p>
<p>he got in. that -- my friends -- was genius.</p>
<p>^ pure genius. aaah if only i could be so creative</p>
<p>i know, i know. i just realized in my essay i mentioned rubbing "mr. yale's" foot while touring yale's campus. what i obviously failed to consider was that it wasn't elihu's foot, but rather theodore woolsey.</p>
<p>screwed.</p>
<p>^ That is hysterical! Ahahahahaa</p>
<p>I ended my Why Yale with </p>
<p>"And I look good in blue ;)"</p>
<p>hahahah...who knows...Why not, right? =P</p>
<p>thanks jedis. blue is a pretty classy color.</p>