<p>I am scared to death about Stanford--I think they hate Floridians. Anyway, I was wondering what you guys prefer- e-mail or letter in terms of rejection? I guess I would like a letter because I can prepare myself beforehand. When I opened the e-mail for JHU last year, it took me a whole three, four minutes to realize I was wait-listed, and later I guess I resented the fact that the e-mail was so impersonal. In just a minute, my dreams were shattered. With the letter, I can assess what I am going to see, so it won't be so bad. I guess then I am happy I get a letter from Stanford rather than an impersonal e-mail. What do you guys prefer-- e-mail or letter?</p>
<p>E-mail. One click, all gone.</p>
<p>i would prefer if a school representative visited my house and b!tch-slapped me in the face yelling "what the hell were you thinking?!" Then, while i was on the ground, she (yes, this would be a woman) would crinkle the official letter in her hands and drop it on my sorry ass.</p>
<p>Or, I'd prefer the quickest channel possible. Probably an email stating "your decision is now available." Prompting me to check the application status page on the university's website. This way, the applicant would be "prepared" that a decision was made.</p>
<p>I'll take option A.</p>
<p>both- just in case the e-mail is a fluke-or in any case just in case one or the other is a fluke- I have a friend who got accepted to princeton witha full ride. He got a rejection letter the next day by fedex saying it was a fluke and that they were sorry about the error! How mean is that?!!!</p>
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He got a rejection letter the next day by fedex saying it was a fluke and that they were sorry about the error!
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Oh man that is awesome!</p>
<p>This would be a great way to find out: A large FedEx next-day envelope. Kind of thick. Feels like a lot of information was sent. Has a nice weight to it. Enclosed, a three-line rejection letter and a class catalog for your local community college. That'd be hot.</p>
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<p>That genuinely sucks- about the Princeton guy. I guess I would still prefer a letter. E-mail made me feel like crap, or maybe it was the "you're a great candidate, but just not good enough" content in the e-mail. Hopefully, it will be different this time, and then I can stop visiting this forum because I think I am going nuts looking at all the over-qualified candidates!</p>
<p>When Williams sent me their decisions via email I thought it was junk mail and deleted it.</p>
<p>email!!!!!</p>
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E-mail made me feel like crap, or maybe it was the "you're a great candidate, but just not good enough" content in the e-mail.
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<p>do people really receive such scathing rejection letters...ive never been told in a rejection letter that i was never good enough.</p>
<p>I always prefer a letter. If they're blowing ya off, the LEAST they can do is print some lame b u l l s h i t on some paper, put a stamp on it and mail it to you--esp. after the ~$60 app. fee you sent them.</p>
<p>Berkeley turns people down on their website--they don't even send an e-mail, let alone mail a regular turn-down letter. Very impersonal. Where has the civility gone?</p>
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E-mail made me feel like crap, or maybe it was the "you're a great candidate, but just not good enough" content in the e-mail. </p>
<p>do people really receive such scathing rejection letters...ive never been told in a rejection letter that i was never good enough.</p>
<p>Well, of course not in exactly those terms, but isn't that what they're trying to say--I was trying to capture the jist</p>