<p>For some reason, I expect acceptance letters to be small and thin, as class registration/housing information isn't sent out until after the whole admissions process is over. And small and thin letters are stereotypically rejection letters.</p>
<p>Maybe not? I just want to open the mailbox and know without having to open the letter. haha. I have letter-opening anxiety.</p>
<p>I got a small, thin letter from Rose-Hulman. It was an acceptance letter.</p>
<p>Lots of schools now have thin acceptance letters.</p>
<p>Yeah, there are plenty of thin acceptance letters. It's best not to jump to conclusions before you have the answer in your hands. Some kids call FedEx to see if they have packages on the way (because some colleges use FedEx for acceptances and the Post Office for rejections), and that seems overly stressful, especially if the colleges switched their method of sending letters.</p>
<p>^^Whoa, I had no idea colleges did that!</p>
<p>simpson98- neither did I.</p>
<p>I thought most notifications were via e-mail or online with snail mail later, no?</p>
<p>Most are, some (like my ED school) send all decisions by snail mail only. I'm actually kind of glad (though it means I don't know exactly when I'll get a decision), because I want that moment of getting the mail and seeing a small/large envelope.</p>
<p>Just thinking about rejection/accetance letters makes me nauseous and cold and shaky. Good for my diet, I suppose.</p>
<p>I know, bondgirl! I can't imagine how much I'll be shaking when I get the mail around the notification date. I'll be surprised if I can unlock the door to get the mail!</p>
<p>You're telling me! I'm going to faint either way, I know it.</p>
<p>Yep, my ED school is snail mail......</p>
<p>So nervousssssaaaaaaaa.</p>
<p>Carnegie Mellon sends out their acceptances in a big envelope that says on the outside -- "This is The Official Fat Letter."</p>
<p>U Pitt has Congratulations! written on the side-that was nice! :)</p>
<p>When I applied to college (early action fall 2003) I got a thin envelope that stated that my admissions had been deferred to the regular admissions pool. I was devastated, but puzzled because I had been an extremely strong applicant to what should've been a safety school for me. I called them in January after they opened back up (and after waiting an agonizing 2 weeks) to ask what I could do improve my application, and I was informed that not only had they sent me the WRONG letter, but I was also under scholarship consideration. D:</p>
<p>2 weeks later I got a big fat envelope.</p>
<p>Anyway, I remember scrambling to the mailbox from late December all the way to April. I'm glad graduate school admissions wasn't like that -- I got phone calls.</p>
<p>^ Oh wow, that's terrible! But very good at the same time! Good thing you called them. Congrats!!</p>
<p>Most of my schools are releasing decisions online before sending snail mail so I don't get the opportunity to have letter anxiety. I kinda wish I did though cause it's nerve wrecking yet exciting at the same time. Well actually, I got an acceptance letter from Pittsburgh, but the envelope had "CONGRATULATIONS" on the front, so it kind of gave away the contents already lol</p>