December 20, 2006
Posted by Sam Jackson
What’s in the ‘fat envelope’? (What Yale sent me)
Put this one down under 'practical and boring.' Still, I thought someone or someones out there might be curious as to what exactly Yale sent me and the 700 other early admits. So here is what came in that 'fat envelope' packet on Monday, accompanying the official letter of admission. Clockwise from top:
- YALE banner.
- 'Reply' card for Yale matriculation--already mailed back.
- Explanation of Financial Aid statement, preliminary financial aid packet
- Acceptance letter
- Another packet about 'Financing Your Yale Education'
- Small card reminding me to go to the admitted student website, admits.yale.edu
- A letter explaining what is necessary to accept the offer, take a gap year, etc.
- All nestled inside a 'folder' made up of a poster; the reverse has the quite well known 'community of scholars' Pierson quote.
Sorry for the shoddy photo quality, it was taken with my phone and I don't have anything on this laptop to nicely clean it up. (GIMP won't even run nicely.)
I'm currently a rising senior at Yale University and I've been blogging about college admissions and higher education marketing trends since I began my college application process in 2005. I now also write about my experience here at Yale.
5 Comments
December 20, 2006
UPenn only sent me an acceptance letter and a card with which to reply along with $200 :/
December 21, 2006
I got a letter from Winthrop, that's about it. Maybe some of those 'Things You Should Know' flyers, I don't remember if those were at oriontation or not.
January 26, 2007
Mit sent its early admits a large, long tube filled with sparkling gold and silver confetti stars, among other things.
December 6, 2008
Hello...I applied early admission to Yale and I was wondering when the letter actually arrived. Yale said that acceptance would come on December 15th, but I was wondering if they ever arrive earlier than that date?
March 25, 2010
I am still waiting for the acceptance letter from Western Washington University, University of Washington, and University of San Francisco. I don't have the decisions yet so i am waiting what will happen.
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