<p>December 15th is drawing near, and I'm debating whether to check my decision online or wait for the letter. Over the phone, I was told decisions will be posted online the 15th OR 16th, but that the letters may not arrive until the end of the week or the beginning of the following week. </p>
<p>Thoughts? Pros and Cons of checking online/in the mail?
Thanks!</p>
<p>Definitely online. Why prolong the anxiety if you can find out the decision earlier by the click of a mouse? Plus, the online one sings to you if you get in…the letter doesn’t. 'nuff said.</p>
<p>They say that the best part of a love story is the waiting.
So maybe you should wait for the letter ?
As for me, I will check online …</p>
<p>Waiting for the mail is overrated. I mean, what’s better than opening the online decision and then experiencing the jubilance again when the physical letter arrives?!</p>
<p>I asked for hard-copy confirmation. It gives me something to burn/hang up.</p>
<p>the 16th??</p>
<p>they said that they’ll only mail letters if you don’t check your decision within a few days, so it may be a while before you receive a letter (or is that only rejections/deferrals? do all accepted students get letters? correct me if i have it wrong here)</p>
<p>^all accepted students get an accepted students’ package, with letters, some administrative info, and various other promotional material, and that’s mailed on the 15th. For reject/defer I don’t think they mail until after 72 hours of inactivity on the online decisions…</p>
<p>@EphemeralEternal</p>
<p>Okay, so the opposite of “eating food’s” theory doesn’t hold true; that is, I wouldn’t get punched TWICE in the stomach by both an online rejection and a physical rejection.</p>
<p>It seeeeems like a good idea to check online, but isn’t there something romantic to be said about opening a tangible letter? Or would it a surprise-ruiner because of the size of the envelope?</p>
<p>Well in my opinion erlarose, you gentlewoman and scholar, I think that would entirely depend on knowing what the envelope for acceptance looks like ahead of time. We can’t all have tubes of confetti…MIT… However, I think the singing and the knowing is best. </p>
<p>I am a Stanford SCEA’er and I would like to say good luck, and may god bless “light and truth”. </p>
<p>Nyar.</p>
<p>@IPadraic
Thank you for the flattery. I’m assuming Yale doesn’t waste postage on those who won’t in turn send them $50K a year, so I bet the thick/skinny envelope business still holds. </p>
<p>Singing would be delightful… unless it were a FUNERAL MARCH.</p>
<p>May the wind of freedom blow. Nyar.</p>
<p>Erlarose you are the wind beneath my wings. May light and truth shine down upon you until you are transformed into a beautiful blue bulldog.</p>
<p>When did you call Yale? Like this week or was that a while ago. And I say just look online even if I wanted to I couldn’t help but look if it was posted haha</p>
<p>We did spend around $70 to apply…that should have covered all rejection/acceptance letter postage. Oh well.</p>
<p>well someone’s gotta pay the admissions officers for their time spent reading applications duhhhhhhhh</p>
<p>^ true, lol, but i would think 40 cents to send a piece of paper wouldn’t detract too much though</p>
<p>I’m loving all this ivy love… GOOD LUCK from a Columbia ED-er :)</p>
<p>thanks laura!! Good luck to you on your big day tomorrow!!!</p>
<p>good luck to everyone!!</p>
<p>My interviewer said that his SCEA acceptance letter was in an extremely thin envelope. maybe they only mailed him the letter and then the acceptance package at a later time, idk.
As for me, I am definitely checking online…I mean what could be better than a singing bulldog :D</p>
<p>If the letter would arrive by the 15th I would probably open the letter and not check online, since it doesn’t there is no possible way i can wait a couple more days to find out.</p>