<p>My sister got an acceptance letter yesterday saying that she was being offered admission early because of her excellent application... Is this standard practice at Williams? What about other top non-liberal arts schools?</p>
<p>It was a cool letter.. It was big and purple with the words:</p>
<p>The chance that this big purple envelope means what you think it means: %100</p>
<p>Congratulations to your sister! Yes, this is standard practice at Williams to send early notifications to certain really well qualified candidates. I was wondering when someone would post here about receiving one.</p>
<p>This is an “early write” acceptance letter. Congrats to your sister! Williams sends out a small number of early writes each year to really outstanding applicants. Amherst does as well, as does Colgate. Some (all?) of the Ivies send out likely letters to similarly outstanding applicants.</p>
<p>congrats! jealous!</p>
<p>Macalester just sent something similar out as well. When was her letter dated?</p>
<p>it’s called early write. my best friend and I both got them 
which is especially cute since we wrote our peer recs for each other. congrats to your sis!</p>
<p>I got one too! Yay!</p>
<p>My friend got one! Not me, though, sadly. I can’t say I’m surprised. There’s still a decent chance of getting in not through Early Write, though, right?</p>
<p>Congrats to you guys! I unfortunately did not get an Early Write… but I’m not surprised at all.</p>
<p>OMG I GOT ONE!!! what the hell! OMG OMG OMG</p>
<p>I can’t stop these damn tears…oh my god. I can’t believe it.</p>
<p>Banana, Chandler-- Worry not! I’m fairly certain that most applicants will get accepted in April.</p>
<p>I got one today too! I’m really excited. Did you guys all have little handwritten comments on your letters, too?</p>
<p>Congrats everyone!! Unfortunately the postman forgot to deliver mine yesterday.</p>
<p>Yeah I had a handwritten note, although I’m not sure my friend did. </p>
<p>Goldenratio, nice name! I just finished rereading the Da Vinci Code yesterday. Although I do realize you may have been smart and inquisitive enough to have found out about phi without reading it :)</p>
<p>For all of you who’re feeling down because you didn’t get an “early write,” please remember that MOST people who get in do not get an “early write.” I know if you come on here and see all of these posts from people who did get them that it seems like everyone is getting one, but really, most of the students who end up getting admitted didn’t get one.</p>
<p>phi is for chumps.</p>
<p>i got one too! i initially thought it was a pamphlet from the way it looked in the envelope, but then it was a folder with the admission inside of it! they even wrote in it, which assured me of the acceptance!</p>
<p>i’m still waiting on other schools, but a lot of the pressure has subsided.</p>
<p>D got the early acceptance letter today.</p>
<p>like Joester491, still waiting on other schools and will compare financial packages.</p>
<p>Hey, joester491 and ctimeagain, where do you live? We’re still crossing fingers here–nothing today–probably there won’t be, since we live relatively close to Williams, but we never give up hope! ;-)</p>
<p>I got in too. Yeah!!! Do you know how many people gets early writes?</p>