this years letter was pretty dang lame...lol

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Chicago ✅
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<p>December 13, 2007</p>

<p>Dear David,</p>

<p>I am pleased to inform you that you have been admitted to the University of Chicago, Class of 2012. Congratulations! You should be proud of the accomplishments and promise that led to your selection.</p>

<p>We feel a particularly strong responsibility to admit students who are not only qualified but who are ready to continue the crucial business of educating themselves. You have been selected by our faculty and admissions counselors because you recognize the pleasure—the absolute joy—to be found in active, creative learning. Our decision was not based on numbers but on your achievements and your words, a difficult determination to make but one that gives proper honor to the University and to you.</p>

<p>You have the chance to be part of a school with a glorious history and an exciting present. We look to you to help us grow, to grow with us, and to be part of a tradition that elevates us all.</p>

<p>Yours truly,
Theodore A. O'Neill
Dean of Admissions</p>

<p>i expected more from the creative chicago minds.</p>

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<p>Maybe you'll be surprised by the acceptance package? I hope there's something fun in it. =]</p>

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<p>i mean..am i right..it let me down a little.</p>

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<p>I loved it. But i don't really care what it said, as long as it said I was accepted. It could have just said "You're in" and I would have been happy</p>

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<p>i personally liked the letter. . . while simply, it reaffirmed why i wanted to go to chicago in the first place. they TRULY look at you for more than your numbers, which isnt something a lot of schools can say to the extent that chicago does. it said, plain and simple, that you got in because you find joy and love in learning, and i wasnt let down in the slightest.</p>

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<p>=D..you chicago prospies you</p>

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<p>It's the same one as last year's, :(</p>

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<p>I checked the really old posts on my friend's Xanga (back in the day...), and she had the exact same letter dated December 15, 2004.</p>

<p>Actually, wait. I think she had 1-inch margins and we now have 1.25-inch. And the address used to be 1116 E. 59th St.</p>

<p>But that's all.</p>

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<p>The letter they send is hardly important. You've been accepted: they need not tell you that in a different way each year. I think it's eloquent enough, and well-composed. Why change it?</p>

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<p>They say what they mean. It doesn't need to change each year. Ted's speech at opening day is just as heartfelt and simple and true.</p>

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<p>I love the letter; even if it's already been sent out to thousands like me, I still feel special reading it >_></p>

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<p>Congrats all EA admits! I'll be a O-aid next fall, so if you guys have any questions, shoot me an email or message or anything. lol</p>

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<p>Trade ya! I'd give anything to have received that letter. It could have been written on toilet paper and I would have saved and framed it FOREVER! But I know mine will be coming in a few short months. Deferred, yes. Defy odds, probably. Defeated, never!</p>

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<p>That's the spirit, je<em>ne</em>sais_quoi! I'll be cheering for you in the RD round...</p>

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<p>yea seroiusly...good luck to you ...hope to see you there in september!</p>

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<p>Thanks, guys. I WILL see you there in September!</p>