<p>hard to believe that decisions are about 1 1/2 months away…</p>
<p>are you going to check your admission decision online (mar. 31) or wait until the mail comes (probably more around apr. 3ish)?</p>
<p>i’ll contiue to pray that it works for the best for all…</p>
<p>after getting rejected online dec 15th, i am most def planning on waiting until the letters arrive in the mail... online was HARSH
(ah! letters are mailed the 1st (right?), which is a friday.. so we might not see them until the 4th) </p>
<p>a month and a half, wow. 31 days of march and, um..7 days of feb, wow. wow. 38 days. thats crazy.
B E S T O F L U C K A L L <-- if i knew how to format font, id make that brown</p>
<p>But wasn't online a copy of the exact same thing of the letter brown sent out? Or wait, you probably meant from a different school. Brown's online notification was an actual letter type thing, almost exactly what you get in the mail. So maybe it's not as harsh?</p>
<p>I would really like to think that I could wait until I receive a letter, but just knowing that the decision was online begging to be checked would just eat away at me. I know I'm going to check it online, no matter how much I try to restrain myself.</p>
<p>So online decisions come out March 31st?</p>
<p>PS- to supplement iplayoboe's post:</p>
<p>BEST OF LUCK ALL!</p>
<p>Yes, at 5 pm. </p>
<p>I really think knowing the exact time is killer. That week/day was so stressful in December. Especially since I made the mistake of telling a few friends, and they were constantly, "Hey, 4 hours...3 hours...2 hours...!" Do not make that mistake. They mean well but they make your life hell for that one day.</p>
<p>Good luck to all Regular Decision applicants!</p>
<p>Thanks, tore! :)</p>
<p>I'm sure we'll all need it...</p>
<p>yes it was the same letter online as it was on paper a few days later, but it was much colder online. when a little teeny tiny envelope comes in the mail the initial disappointment of seeing the teeny tiny envelope instead of a package stamped "congratulations!!!" dampens the acuity of the pain... online there is no "omen" if you will, of good or bad, just, straightforward rejection.
and if anybodys read the yale rejection letter, its harsh, moreso than other schools.
all the best!</p>
<p>GOOD LUCK ALL!!! I enjoy chatting with you guys so much, I really hope I see you at Brown next year!!!</p>
<p>aghaghaghagh it's too early to be wishing good luck</p>
<p>but good luck anyway</p>
<p>what does the yale rejection letter say?</p>
<p>yeah..."harsh, moreso than other schools"</p>
<p>it sounds juicy</p>
<p>sorry, i'm terrible lol</p>
<p>blah blah blah, and I am sorry to have to say that we are unable to offer you a place in the class. I realize this decision may come as a disappointment to you, especially given the strong interest in Yale blah blah</p>
<p>blah blah...then something about undertand that the applicant pool is very strong and this is a reflexion of that "and not a judgemenet about your own abilities" (which taken the wrong way when receiving the biggest blow of your life boils down to 'the applicant pool is really strong, but you werent good enough')</p>
<p>the last paragraph was basically ... we instituted Single Choice Early Action so that you could have a final decision early and you could apply elsewhere and we hope you have you applications done so maybe somewhere else could become your first choice. (again, when disappointed reads as, we hope your ready to apply somewhere else cause your rejected!)
...
i still have the paper copy somewhere, i stashed it so when the grief had passed i could add it to my scrapbook of life... ill dig it up eventually and let you all know if you still care that much haha... and besides, its 1143...why am i even awake. loL
when my GC read the letter she said it was the harshest letter shed seen from almost any school and that usually they offer more in the lines of "were so sorry, blah blah" instead of "apply somewhere else"</p>
<p>i hope browns letter (well first of all i hope i never see one) is not so cold, and if im going to see one, id like to see it on paper, not online.</p>
<p>I want Brown so badly... don't let me down Brown ;-;</p>
<p>That seems to be the general sentiment on these boards. I hope it doesn't come off as desparate? LOL :)</p>
<p>Do you all think it would be of no avail to send some kind of supplemental essay or letter now? Is it too late? Would they even look at it?</p>
<p>Maybe I'll do it anyway, just in case.</p>
<p>do it just in case</p>
<p>(brown didn't review my application until the monday before decisions for ED were sent out....i know because I had to next day a copy of my essays [they had been misfiled]...and i'll tell you a secret...I snuck in an extra recommendation from my employer and beefed up my resume hee hee and put it in with the essays)</p>
<p>iplayoboe: I'm just wondering, are you from Britain?</p>
<p>nope. im from the philly area, PA, USA.
thats an interesting question though
(i have some tight friends in England tho, so maybe i use British slang and dont realize it?)
why do you ask :)</p>
<p>You spelled reflection with an "x". :)</p>
<p>haha so i did!
well it was like midnight, so, a typo... :)
neat that a typo could make me seem foreign, thats cool
i should do it more often,</p>