<p>Well, I definetely didn't get that letter from oberlin and neither did my parents...I hope this isn't auspicious...I really want to go to the conservatory, but it's insanely competitive.</p>
<p>Did you apply to the college as well? It seems that only the college is sending these letters out, not the conservatory.</p>
<p>I didn't get the letter however, mail takes forever to get here so I dunno. I have already gotten my financial aid estimate, a course catalog, a letter confirming reciept of my app, letter from psychology professor, and also a letter from the guy in charge of presenting my appliction. I was an MVP student so I think that made a difference as far as the financial aid estimate</p>
<p>oh, I only applied to the conservatory. I geuss it's all cool then.</p>
<p>Thanks one and all - constructive repsonses. So what I'm hearing is
Oberlin IS a wonderful, caring community, they're probably sending these letters to most applicants to incrase their yield, but it does not in any way indicate a probable outcome!</p>
<p>I'll continue to keep my fingers crossed!</p>
<p>yeah, i got a course book and a letter from an Admissions director that said "I am pleased, given all your options, that you have chosen to apply to Oberlin" then it has a paragraph on how great oberlin is and ends with saying that that person will be responsible for my app in committee and that i should contact them if i have any questions (it has an original signature). is this just a hey-i-got-your-app-and-will-read-it notification that is sent to everyone?</p>
<p>ak72889: my daughter got the same letter from an admissions director</p>
<p>yea i got that letter in the mail about a week back</p>
<p>My D applied to Oberlin, and we got that letter, too. We also got the thing which states that we needed to provide tax returns/non-custodial parent returns (like I have any control over that!).</p>
<p>Everything's sent on this end, at least that I know of....from what I'm seeing here, this is just a standard letter they send to all of us?</p>
<p>I also got a coursebook, and I was hoping it a positive sign... but it's probably not. Is it ordinary for colleges to send out coursebooks this early though? I mean, they spent a couple of dollars sending it to just one person (me) and I'm guessing that it's quite a hassle.</p>
<p>My daughter was admitted to Oberlin ED; she rec'd no earlier letters other than a notice that they'd gotten her application.</p>
<p>There is a very simple reason for that: those admitted in the ED rounds have already promised that they will attend Oberlin. The school is still marketing itself to the RD applicant pool. Wait until April - they will sell themselves even more vigorously to those who have been accepted and have until May 1 to make up their minds.</p>
<p>I got both coursebook and parent contact list, and was accepted by early write.</p>
<p>Congratulations, kman. I hear that they do not do a lot of early writes, so they must really want you to attend. You will probably getting a T-shirt and an invitation to the All Roads Lead to Oberlin program in short order (if what they have done in the past couple of years is any indication.)</p>
<p>An early write is when a school tells a Regular Decision applicant that they have been accepted well ahead of the normal notification date. It means that the decision was an easy and obvious one for the admissions committee.</p>
<p>I don't remember getting any letter to us as parents. My son did get an e-mail from his admissions person complimenting his essay. </p>
<p>kman</p>
<p>Congratulations! Do you mind sharing your stats?</p>
<p>congrats! im getting nervous coz i now know oberlin has early writes !
is there anyway to check if the college notifies decisions early?</p>
<p>I actually don't think Oberlin has early writes. At least, I've been involved with the admissions process for many years, and I've never heard of it.</p>
<p>i got in w/ early write,, and never got this letter!!</p>
<p>I'm in too...and was worried because I didn't get the letter</p>