<p>I was accepted mid may. Like I said, I may be totally off. I also had committed to Brown in the letter I sent in after being waitlisted, so I actually responded in less than 24 hours when it happened.</p>
<p>Thanks guys for all the help. =) For any current WL-ers, where did you guys send your letter in? I just sent it to the <a href=“mailto:admission_undergraduate@brown.edu”>admission_undergraduate@brown.edu</a> email and addressed it Dear Brown University Admissions Committee, but I feel like that might have not been the right thing to do :/</p>
<p>OK: Just saw “We’re sorry, but due to the large volume of email we receive we cannot reply personally to your request” form email in response to my letter. Not sure what to do now. Ugh this college process is unending!</p>
<p>Not to freak anyone out or anything like that, but I really don’t see the point in submitting these letters anytime before May 1st because not everyone who was accepted RD has notified them about their decision. Because of that, there is no way the admissions office can even begin to think about going to the waitlist, let alone read these letters.</p>
<p>I think the best time to submit (in order to avoid those frustrating auto-responses) is after May 1st. You may even start your letters off by saying something to the effect of “now that the May 1st reply-by deadline for RD students has elapsed, and the review of applications for students on the waitlist may begin shortly, I would like to update the committee with information regarding my candidacy for admission into Brown University…” (Just a little tip-of-the-hat to the fact that you are a considerate person who knew Admissions would be busy throughout April so you waited until things slowed down)—of course, this is just a thought and you can send your letter whenever you want. I submitted my letters in the first and second week of May–both times, I received a human-generated response saying that it was received.</p>
<p>I think I disagree. I know I waited at least a week or something before starting to write the letter, but pretty sure I mailed it before May 1st (as I said, we’re talking 6 years ago at this point). The school already has an idea of who’s going to get in if they are short. You want that letter to be readable by the admissions committee as soon as possible. That being said, I also sent mine directly to the person responsible for apps from my area, not the admissions department catch-all address.</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice-- I think I’ll mail/email it on May 1st or 2nd. To be honest, I’m not sure how much the letter is going to help for anyone, and academic curiosity is leading me to 1. perhaps say something similar to the “now that the deadline has passed” and 2. mail it later than my other two waitlist letters, and see if I get different results from Brown. I know waitlist acceptance/rejection is very random and arbitrary, and obviously I can’t control those variables, but it would be interesting to see if that would make a difference. Is there anywhere online where I can find the listing of admission counselors by region? I know on the blog they mention the states (and several bloggers have my state), but they generally don’t mention the region of the state, and I don’t want to send it to the counselor for my state but the wrong region. </p>
<p>However, I think sending them in April wouldn’t mean they read it, but would show more interest. My admissions counselor at Penn indicated she would be printing the letter out and adding it to the file, so I’m guessing they don’t read it immediately, but just consider it an extra piece of information in the application. Unless the letter indicates a Nobel Prize or something won in the interim of submitting the application, I really doubt they’re going to sit down and take a look at the letter and the file at the moment of receiving it, regardless of when it is sent.</p>
<p>“That being said, I also sent mine directly to the person responsible for apps from my area, not the admissions department catch-all address.”</p>
<p>I think that’s the main difference in situations. I tried to get ahold of my admissions rep, but no luck at the time so I had no choice but to send it to the main email address. Like I said before, it’s totally up to you when you want to submit the letter; I was just thinking of ways people can add brownie (pun intended) points to their application by at least attempting to show some sort of consideration for how busy admissions are.</p>
<p>Good luck to the waitlistees. I hope very much that you are offered a place and have the chance to attend if you want to. </p>
<p>I just committed to Brown, though I too am on a waitlist (Princeton’s).</p>
<p>My son just committed to Brown, too, but is seriously considering taking a gap year, which would effectively open up a slot for current waitlistees.</p>
<p>Did anyone else recently get a letter from the Dean concerning the Wait List and thanking you for your interest in Brown?</p>
<p>Someday- Was it in the mail or via email? Also, did you send in a letter expressing your interest already?</p>
<p>When I said “as soon as possible” I should have been clearer. You are right, they probably will not read anything before may 1st, however, if they already have your letter, they can read it on may 1st. If you wait until may 1st or 2nd to send it, it must be processed and added to your file and then read.</p>
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My son received the letter. I assumed it was a standard letter send to all who accepted their position on the list.</p>
<p>^Was the letter sent via mail or email?</p>
<p>I am confused as how to make “proper” contact with the affirmation letter. </p>
<ol>
<li><p>Email the admissions office/admissions officer with the body of the appeal in the email itself.</p></li>
<li><p>Email the admissions office/admissions officer with the body of the appeal attached as a letter in PDF form</p></li>
<li><p>Send a physical letter of appeal</p></li>
<li><p>Fax a physical letter</p></li>
</ol>
<p>What are people doing?</p>
<p>do whatever your college counselor thinks you should do.</p>
<p>6 years ago I was told to mail in a letter not exceeding 1 page.</p>
<p>Do what works best for you. I’ve heard of people doing a combination of all the options you listed above. It really doesn’t matter to be honest—they’ll receive your letter. Not that it matters anyway, but I sent mine in via #'s 1 and 4 on your list above.</p>
<p>I got a letter in the mail. I thought so too - it seemed like a standard letter sent to people who expressed their interest. And yes, I did send a letter confirming my interest before I received this letter.</p>
<p>My son received his in the mail. He had not sent a letter in prior to this. He only accepted his position via their web site.</p>
<p>I didn’t receive this letter, and I already sent in my letter confirming my interest. Maybe the letter is sent only to people who are going to get off of the waitlist?</p>
<p>when did people get this letter from the Dean? last week, or Saturday?</p>