<p>When you usually get into a college/university..</p>
<p>the letter is usually going to be in a yellow folder like envelope rather than just a regular white envelope?? </p>
<p>haha stupid question, maybe?</p>
<p>Usually you get an e-mail giving you a page to log into. Sometimes
it is a web page that has a single link you click to know what happened.
The dates that augur good news are between December 13th and 17th for
EA, February 1st-4th week for RD likelies (sometimes into March 1st week),
March10-16th for some schools for RD and of course March 31st for RD
at the Ivys and most other schools. Getting large envelopes during this time
is a sign of fantastic news!</p>
<p>Acceptance envelopes are different for different schools. MIT EA acceptances
are famous for its “tubes”. You get everything in a poster tube.</p>
<p>Some other schools like Caltech/Princeton send these huge envelopes in
their school colors. Caltech sends its merit awards via Fed Ex though.</p>
<p>Duke/Stanford send both small and large envelopes - one of them is the likely
letter and the other is the regular package.</p>
<p>For Harvard, you get a phone call from your regional officer and then
an e-mail and finally the package in a large envelope.</p>
<p>You don’t always get a phone call from Harvard.</p>
<p>OP, some schools will send out envelopes informing you that you will “most likely be admitted to _____ college/university” before any of their publicized release dates. These are regular sized envelopes with a simple letter inside and sometimes from financial aid rather than the admissions department. I know Harvard, Stanford, and Cornell do this.</p>
<p>I’m not too worried about the Ivy league schools, because I am not quite that smart haha (or the average CCer)..but from your answers, it seems like it is just based on the school?</p>
<p>So i’m saying..</p>
<p>I should not be disappointed if I see a regular white envelope in the mail when the time comes where I am hearing back from schools?</p>
<p>Correct, depending on the school, you shouldn’t necessarily be worried.</p>
<p>I applied to a couple of small liberal arts schools which sent business sized envelopes informing me of my acceptance, and then a couple weeks later sent big envelopes with a lot of information</p>
<p>Hahaha. The ultimate in worrying about acceptances. Whether it’s yellow or white is determined by the person who orders the supplies. C’mon.</p>
<p>There isn’t a protocol you know.</p>
<p>I got a lot of acceptance letters in regular white envelopes. Most of them were actually.</p>
<p>good luck mate!</p>
<p>
Correct, you should not be disappointed. Acceptances can come in small envelopes. With postage and supplies going up, some schools just send a one page acceptance with a “I will/will not attend.” Then, once they get your intent to register, they’ll send all the other forms.</p>
<p>Large envelopes, though, still usually mean acceptance.</p>