<p>get your minds out of the gutter...</p>
<p>is it true you can tell if your letter is an acceptance or a rejection based on the size of the envelope? Has anyone experienced a case where an acceptance was in a small envelope or even a rejection in a big envelope?</p>
<p>Some accepts are in small envelopes. I cannot imagine any scenario where a rejection would be in a big package--- wasteful and plain cruel. No way</p>
<p>Stanford "forgot" to send me their acceptance letter, and then all of a sudden I was getting random fliers about various orientations. You can only imagine the awkward conversation I had with the admissions staff.. ("uh... am I in?") By that time, I had gotten into my 1st choice school so it didn't matter all that much, but I wanted to know for the sake of knowing.</p>
<p>"That's what she said"</p>
<p>Sorry... had to!</p>
<p>I'm not sure... I'm hoping for a large envelope though!</p>
<p>usually don't get rejected with big ones...</p>
<p>Not always. My sister got one in a regular envelope, so you never know for sure.</p>
<p>So here's what you can count on:</p>
<p>If it's big, it's good............................................yeah.</p>
<p>If it's small, it could go either way.</p>
<p>let me get this straight. (that's what she said)</p>
<p>bigger is better
and smaller is sometimes better. Are there any stories out there about acceptances from top 10 schools with small envelopes?</p>
<p>I'm not going to lie~
I definitely giggled at the title.
Gosh, I'm so immature some times xD</p>
<p>I got accepted into the University of Washington today! Anyway, it was a big envolope but very thin. Basically the only thing in it was the letter so the thicker the better thing was kinda of misleading.</p>
<p>omg congratulations! i applied there as well! when did you submit your app? how long did it take for them to reply? is it faster if you're a resident? I sent my app in about a week ago.</p>
<p>I got a normal letter for UT Austin, looked more like a bill than an acceptance letter haha.</p>
<p>Most colleges will first let you know by email. My son's formal acceptance letter from Dartmouth was a single page in a regular sized envelope following the acceptance email.</p>
<p>Some acceptances come in small envelopes, but I doubt any rejections/deferrals come in large envelopes (wasteful and cruel).</p>
<p>You could probably find out on the specific schools forum...</p>
<p>I'm not sure I even got any rejection letters. I don't remember the school, but I know some of my friends were really annoyed that one school's online decision stated that there wouldn't be an actual rejection letter, in order to save paper. I know that I found out the decision online for the schools I got rejected from, and I stopped paying attention to the mail.</p>
<p>I got some acceptances in small envelopes, but they usually said something like "This is not the official thing but we just wanted to let you know earlier" and then they'd send a big envelope later.</p>
<p>"I doubt any rejections/deferrals come in large envelopes (wasteful and cruel)."</p>
<p>I am the only exception that I know of. When I applied to Columbia as a transfer (the same year I got into Harvard, Stanford, and Penn), they sent me the rejection letter in a giant package. My mother got home before I did and was practically dancing when she handed me that big envelope. Turns out, it contained a big, heavy catalog for their school of General Studies.</p>
<p>I found that so obnoxious that I confess it prejudiced me against Columbia for a while. A year later when I was choosing law schools to apply to, Columbia didn't make the list. (This was very silly on my part -- don't do what I did.)</p>
<p>I got an acceptance letter from one college in a thin envelope. I already knew I was accepted because I saw the decision online, but it was still kinda surprising, i thought they would send everything in one big package</p>
<p>I am in state and I think they accept the most qualified individuals first and then move on down the list and let the people on the bubble know last. Thats just what I heard. I turned in my app on the Nov. 4 so it was a little less than a month.</p>
<p>hmm thanks I see. Well i'm OOS and turned mine in on Nov. 24, although i'm sure during the middle of Nov UW probably got tons of applications so mine will still be in the back of the line. Does this mean UW tells you their decision right after they decide sort of like rolling admissions?</p>