Point, Click, 'Bye: Farewell to Paper Rejection Letters

Applying to College
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<p>Does anyone feel bad to receive many decision letters(acceptance especially) the way like i do? Sometimes you know you that won’t attend those schools, but they still waste money on those mails, notifications etc
I just got my michigan packet today; it costs about 99 cents to mail to packet… i felt bad because i used a feewaiver… and imagine there are other thousands of acceptees… that’s alot of money…</p>

<p>i think a paper rejection is not necessary…</p>

<p>UCLA does onlne rejection too, i think berkeley as well, since i didn’t get anything, but it’s all good.</p>

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<p>I think the rejection online is enough…and at least you have the “suspense” while logging in to your college account to check your admission status
Receiving a thin envelop in the mailbox automatically means rejection…Why would you want to know the answer before even opening it ?
And for people who would like to keep or burn or… a letter of rejection, you can print the online one out or request to receive an official letter (for Yale and Cornell, I supposed for other colleges too)</p>

<p>Life continues…</p>

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<p>it’s environmentally friendly. lol idk it was painless to me. i hate seeing the thin envelope.
having seen 2 rejections online, i can say that i loved quickly x-ing the box. </p>

<p>it hurt, but at least my parents weren’t all in my business checking out the weight of the envelope.</p>

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<p>Not only is it cheaper, but it’s also better for the environment.</p>

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<p>yeah i printed my columbia one. :(</p>

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<p>^My mom threw away my Brown letter, and I almost cried. :(</p>

<p>It’s nice to get a hard-copy of the letter from those schools, IMO, even though it’s a waste of paper, because … well … it’s college admissions.</p>

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<p>LOL. Of course the really savvy parents don’t just weigh the envelope, they hold it up to a lightbulb, too. ;)</p>

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<p>you paid like 70 dollars to submit your app you might as well get a <$1 rejection letter in return at the very least</p>

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<p>Idk it’s a tough call, because on one hand the second physical rejection just reopens the pain, but on the other hand what if they f-ed up and sent online rejections to the wrong canidates like UCSD? (It’s happened before i.e. Cornell) I think that’s why colleges that do still send letters say that the written notice is the final decision.</p>

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<p>For $65 app fee I better get something.</p>

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<p>Save the trees.</p>

<p>I mean really, why not include a little check mark opting to receive (or not receive) a paper rejection if worst comes to worst? Leave it up to the applicants as obviously, opinions on the subject vary.</p>

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<p>I’d rather have a paper letter. I use e-mail all the time, but for something like this, it seems . . . impersonal. A paper letter seems more substantial and “official”, somehow.</p>