<p>lmao. you're thinking too much :</p>
<p>No, you guys have missed the oppertunity here entirely. Put your stamp UPSIDE DOWN and express your out-of-the-box creativity. They'll love you for sure!</p>
<p>"One aspiring math major created a fibonacci series of stamps across the top of his envelope, 1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21 "</p>
<p>Bwahaha!</p>
<p>Well, I didn't use any stamps for my EA school, and sent it priority. I got in. The thing is, I heard that without stamps, I'm going to get hurt with my Financial Aid package. I'm definitely sending the FAFSA with stamps this time!</p>
<p>I addressed an entire envelope upside-down, along WITH the stamp. Got in - of course, I will also be requesting a messy roomate ;)</p>
<p>@willywonka: That works on the SAT too. Coincidentally, it also works to better the country.</p>
<p><em>It's just a jab, don't lunge at me</em></p>
<p>Damn. That must be the reason I got deferred from Georgetown... I didn't even STAMP my envelopes! Instead, I had the nice lady at the post office counter electronically stamp it with that big red mark that said in the upper right hand corner "$0.80" </p>
<p>Maybe she wasn't so nice after all! Hrmm..</p>
<p>Serves me right, hrm!</p>
<p>My husband just told me that there used to be a series of postcards with buildings from different colleges as the stamps. If you hunted down some of these postcards, and stuffed them in your applications (pre-addressed to you, for the college to show they have received your application), the particular college would know you REALLY cared.</p>
<p>If you lick the stamp, the admissions committee can do a DNA analysis to make sure you have the right qualities for their institution (depending on where they stand on the genetics vs. environment question).</p>
<p>Without a doubt: this is the best thread I've read in a long time. :)</p>
<p>i've never seen any stamps where you have to lick'em, usually they're just stick on</p>
<p>i like licking stamps... I lick the self-adhesive stamps.</p>
<p>I used stamps with clouds and their complicated scientific names, maybe they'll think i'm smart or something.</p>
<p>If you want to convince the school you are serious, don't even use a postage stamp. Use a duck stamp instead. They look great and nothing shows determination and willingness to sacrifice like paying a high price when you could have slid by with a low one.</p>
<p>I was talking to a Harvard admissions guy, and he said that the stamp is SOOOOO important! It judges your intelligence quite fairly. Many people dont know this, but there is a standard for putting a stamp on an envelope. First, you have to do a happy dance and streak across the neighborhood. After, you have to say certain words to put your spirit into the stamp, which goes to the envelope which goes to the college. Now remember, you will know if you did this right because the stamp will glow a and sing a happy song to you-usually its " I saw the sign, I opened up my eyes I saw the sign."-that song. When the admissions people get it, it will sing that song, so the admissions people know if you did what you are supposed to do before you put a stamp on an envelope.</p>
<p>Ok, that measured your intelligence of whether you know what to do before putting a stamp on the evelope. Now, you must put your stamp exactly 100000 pico-meters to the left of the right-top edge of the envelope, and you have to put it exactly 100000.81828383 pico-meters from the top of the envelope. That is the ONLY correct way to put a stamp on. </p>
<p>The Harvard and other schools admissions people know all about this, and your admission is based ALOT on how well you can put the stamp on the envelope, and if you know what to do BEFORE you put a stamp on. But don't get me wrong, sometimes, even if people don't do all the stuff, they still might get in, but you have a MUCH better chance of getting in if you do what you are supposed to.</p>
<p>I hope all of you do this! Good luck!</p>
<p>"I was talking to a Harvard admissions guy, and he said that the stamp is SOOOOO important! It judges your intelligence quite fairly." </p>
<p>This is typical elitist snobbery. At the liberal arts schools they look at the whole envelope. The stamp is just part of the bigger picture. They check to see how well you licked the flap and sealed it. They also look at whether you put on a sticker for the return address or if you wrote it by hand.</p>
<p>I sent my application to Harvard with an "I HEART Yale" stamp on it. Is this okay?? How will this affect my decision??</p>
<p>Haha, UC Benz, you are too cool.</p>
<p>Jer0d</p>
<p>Letters to the admissions office that display poor envelope sense and/or lousy stamp skill are not even opened.</p>
<p>I love this thread :D. </p>
<p>Guys just remember, if you apply online colleges will think you are less creative since you won't have time to pick out a stamp ;)</p>