<p>I am, I don't really want to find out on the internet because it seems so... impersonal i don't know.</p>
<p>So who knows when the mail comes??? I heard that regardless of whether it is an acceptance or rejection, it comes in a bigger envelope. Can someone from 2011 verify this, i saw it somewhere on cc.</p>
<p>Impersonal? Don't you just want to find out whether you got in or not? That IS, after all, the entire purpose of the decision letter/email.</p>
<p>I don't think I would be able to not check my email; I check it like 3 times a day, lol. If it weren't so necessary for me, I'd probably try to do it the old fashioned way, but my curiosity might get the better of me anyways!</p>
<p>I admire those people who can wait for the real letter, but I definitely will have to read the email. I'm way too impatient!</p>
<p>i will. im going to be old fashioned, but then again i may only be delaying inevitable rejection!</p>
<p>I think its small envelope=rejection and big=acceptance, i think that's how it was in the past.</p>
<p>I have always had this romanticized view of opening the mailbox and envelope when it is freezing and snowing and finding out then and there, on the side of the road, and then either sprinting down the driveway in joy or trudging dejectedly down through the ice and snow. </p>
<p>Of course, I will not have the patience or self-control to do this; I'll be reading the email.</p>
<p>^^
Yeah...there's no way I can possibly wait for the mail, despite what I tell myself.</p>
<p>yeah, I've always imagined waiting anxiously for the mail and then tearing open my letter.. an e-mail seems less exciting and official. Still, I don't think I could wait. Does anyone know what day the mail should arrive?</p>
<p>i dealt with this last year. take my advice, getting accepted feels just as good whether its over the internet or through the mail. Once you see your decision, you will not care how you saw it. trust me</p>
<p>Although I would imagine if I first heard of my acceptance through the mail I would throw the other envelopes in the air and run around the street a couple times.</p>
<p>Can't really do that with an email.</p>
<p>i know i am gonna be so nervous to do it, but im impatient enough to check by email</p>
<p>With an email, there's even more suspense because you have to click and wait for the page to load. When you simply see the subject line in your inbox, there's no telling what may lie within. With a letter, as soon as you see the envelope you have some inkling about the decision that may or may not be wrong - who wants to ride that additional emotional roller coaster?</p>
<p>...Not I</p>
<p>lol I would imagine Stanford results = SAT Results * 1000! </p>
<p>I always look away from the screen while the page is loading. Sometimes when it's loading, the score/result just pops out of nowhere and you're in disbelief.</p>
<p>tubaman-- I do the same thing! I look away from the screen. </p>
<p>reading this thread is really making me more nervous though. I've always imagined opening an envelope, but not sure if I can wait so long... I heard we get the email and snail mail on the same day though</p>
<p>we didn't hear if there's a difference in the envelope - anyone know?</p>
<p>There's definitely a difference in envelope. Accepted = huge stuffed envelope with "congragulations!" written across it. Deferred or rejected gets a cheap first class envelope. But why the hell not find out early? If you get accepted you're happy either way, nothing "impersonal" about it.</p>
<p>I imagine I'll be refreshing my email every two minutes! I'm so anxious already, I don't think I could wait any longer.</p>
<p>Are you guys gonna be on this site around the email date? December 14th, 5 p.m., right?</p>
<p>^^ wait wait...what?? Dec 14, 5pm, there's a set time and date?</p>
<p>I'd like to say that I want to wait for the regular mail, but that kind of ruins it, too. If I do that, my dreams will already be crushed when I see a little envelope.</p>
<p>BUT if I just read the e-mail, I won't have any idea which way it'll go. Even if it's more "impersonal," you won't know until you click on it.</p>
<p>Can't believe tomorrow makes it a week away. Freaking out already. I had myself convinced I'd be rejected, but lately I've found myself thinking, "What if...?"</p>
<p>"Although I would imagine if I first heard of my acceptance through the mail I would throw the other envelopes in the air and run around the street a couple times.</p>
<p>Can't really do that with an email."</p>
<p>You can throw your computer. I might do that, regardless of the content of the email. Except a deferral. I don't know how I would feel, although I think I would actually take it as a compliment.</p>
<p>I guess to further the interrogation of previous acceptees, does the subject line of the email have any inkling to the decision in the email? Like a Congratulations, or a Better Luck Next Time?</p>