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Re: Big Visit? - Leftcoast - 01-14-2017

Well .... I didn't see THAT coming.  I usually let an hour pass before hitting send and see if those kinds of posts/emails/texts still seem like a good idea.

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Re: Big Visit? - Mick - 01-14-2017

(01-14-2017, 12:26 AM)leftcoast link Wrote:Well .... I didn't see THAT coming.  I usually let an hour pass before hitting send and see if those kinds of posts/emails/texts still seem like a good idea.

I like to hit send right away, otherwise you're in danger of undersharing... :P

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Re: Big Visit? - FarmBoy - 01-14-2017

Do we expect to hear any big news this weekend? Would it come out today?

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Re: Big Visit? - JohnR34231 - 01-14-2017

(01-14-2017, 12:26 AM)leftcoast link Wrote:Well .... I didn't see THAT coming.  I usually let an hour pass before hitting send and see if those kinds of posts/emails/texts still seem like a good idea.

Yeah, certain topics when brought up on the internet seem to inevitably lead to people getting offended and making unclvil remarks toward one another. I think we just hit on one of them.

(01-14-2017, 05:31 AM)FarmBoy link Wrote:Do we expect to hear any big news this weekend? Would it come out today?

Usually it comes out on Sunday. However, one of our targets (Wedington) has said he won't announce until signing day and another two (Warner and Johnson) have other visits to take and/or are considered strong leans to other schools. So I'm not expecting a lot. DWP perhaps if he is handed the fat envelope.

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Re: Big Visit? - Nan3cy - 01-14-2017

Is the "fat envelope" now just a metaphor, or do people actually get a lot of info on paper when they get admitted? Just curious...

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Re: Big Visit? - FarmBoy - 01-14-2017

FOr Stanford, wasn't "the fat envelope" always a metaphor? When I was admitted in 1995, if was a regular sized envelope with "CONGRATULATIONS" on the outside so there was no drama (I assume there wasn't an "I regret to inform you" version though). A "fat evelope" did eventually come, but the good news came in the thin variety.

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Re: Big Visit? - pefloresjr - 01-14-2017

(01-14-2017, 02:24 PM)FarmBoy link Wrote:FOr Stanford, wasn't "the fat envelope" always a metaphor? When I was admitted in 1995, if was a regular sized envelope with "CONGRATULATIONS" on the outside so there was no drama (I assume there wasn't an "I regret to inform you" version though). A "fat evelope" did eventually come, but the good news came in the thin variety.

In 1982, there was a thin envelope for a rejection and a fat one for an acceptance.  Several of my friends got thin rejection letters on a Tuesday and told me about it at school the next day.  I hadn't gotten one.  I went home at lunch to check and could see that the mail had been delivered as I walked across the field in front of my house.  When I got to the box, I opened it with shaky hands and pulled out the fat envelope.  It had my admission letter from Dean Fred saying "Great!" on it along with several other forms and informational pages.  It was a regular size business envelope and it didn't say congratulations or anything else on the outside other than the return address of the Stanford Admissions Office. 

Cheers,
Pete F. 

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Re: Big Visit? - BostonCard - 01-14-2017

In 1993, it was a Manila sized envelope with the word CONGRATULATIONS down one side.

BC

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Re: Big Visit? - 2006alum - 01-14-2017

(01-14-2017, 03:14 PM)Boston Card link Wrote:In 1993, it was a Manila sized envelope with the word CONGRATULATIONS down one side.

BC

Same for the early 2000s. Which meant that when my mom checked the mail one afternoon, she went ballistic, and called me saying there was big news and she was on her way to get me. My immediate thought was that a relative had died and she wanted to tell me in person, so I was quasi terrified.

When I walked out of work I saw her jump out of the car waving an envelope like a mad woman. Only as I got closer could I see the word CONGRATULATIONS and realized immediately what it was. Definitely the biggest emotional swing (from terror to elation) I've ever experienced.

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Re: Big Visit? - CowboyIndian - 01-14-2017

In the spring of my senior year in high school an 18-year-old Pony Express rider loped up to our house, took the mochila off his saddle, rummaged through it and handed me my acceptance letter.

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Re: Big Visit? - BostonCard - 01-14-2017

(01-14-2017, 04:57 PM)CowboyIndian link Wrote:In the spring of my senior year in high school an 18-year-old Pony Express rider loped up to our house, took the mochila off his saddle, rummaged through it and handed me my acceptance letter.

LOL.  We have a winner.

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Re: Big Visit? - Phogge - 01-14-2017

Yeah, but CI's house was in Bel Air.

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Re: Big Visit? - SeattleTree - 01-14-2017

I transferred in mid-year (in January of 84). I was notified by telegram (!) with only about two weeks until the quarter started. The telegram congratulated me on my admission starting with the winter quarter of 84, gave me the date orientation started, and said "details will follow shorty."

Not sure who Shorty was, but they never showed up. 🤓

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Re: Big Visit? - stupac2 - 01-14-2017

I applied early and was deferred, and apparently when that happens and you're eventually accepted they like to call you. Except I listed my home phone, not my cell, so they called my house, then my dad's house, then finally me. I was the last one in my family to know I had gotten in, although the woman on the phone was surprised I hadn't received the letter yet. I honestly don't remember what the envelope looked like, I think it was larger than a standard letter.

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Re: Big Visit? - 82lsju - 01-14-2017

I was admitted as a transfer after being rejected as a freshman.

in mid-Aug I started calling about my status, they told me the letter is in the mail, well it never arrived.

I called in late-Aug and they put me on hold for a while......finally someone gets back on the phone and tells me I got in.

The acceptance letter never did show up.......

At our 25th reunion I finally got Dean Fred's autograph as well as an autograph from our commencement speaker who was on campus for her I think 55th law school reunion....

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Re: Big Visit? - Nan3cy - 01-14-2017

Great story, Eric.
:)

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Re: Big Visit? - rastaman85 - 01-14-2017

(01-14-2017, 01:55 PM)Nan3cy link Wrote:Is the "fat envelope" now just a metaphor, or do people actually get a lot of info on paper when they get admitted? Just curious...

Back in '81, I got the fat envelope. My Mom and I lived upstairs from my grandparents, and I lost it! Jumping up and down, screaming, the whole nine. My Grandmother called and asked me why I was making all that noise--when I told her "I got into Stanford--with enough scholarship money for me to go!" she was pleased.

The next day, I got the fat envelope from Harvard--but my mind was made up--if I could leave Chicago, I was going to California. Over dinner, my Grandmother asked if anything had happened that day. When I told her I had gotten into Harvard, she fell to her knees and said, 'Thank you, Jesus!"

She went to her grave never understanding how I could've turned down Harvard for someplace in California.

Now kids get the first notification via email, though a big packet is overnighted to all admits. Somehow, the email doesn't seem the same...

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Re: Big Visit? - Card Fan in OR - 01-14-2017

+ 10 on everyone's undergrad acceptance stories. They are a true pleasure to read.

As a graduate student applying up and down the west coast (i.e. California), from the icy midwest, I did not have a real school preference. When I got the envelope from Stanford, the letter (from my department) congratulated me and stated I would not be receiving any financial aid as I had indicated that I could pay the tuition. ??? At that point, I just figured I'd go somewhere else. Nevertheless, something possessed me to call the department the next day. I told them I was dying to come (not exactly accurate), but that I could not possibly pay tuition (quite true). They said, "OK, full tuition, then." I was totally taken aback, but I think that phone call sealed the deal. My goodness, if they wanted me that bad, I guess I had better go there. I am so glad I did for so many reasons, including ones like being here (I mean here) today.

Life changing phone calls, letters, experiences...

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Re: Big Visit? - French Rage - 01-14-2017

(01-14-2017, 07:15 PM)Card Fan in OR link Wrote:+ 10 on everyone's undergrad acceptance stories. They are a true pleasure to read.

As a graduate student applying up and down the West Coast (i.e. California), from the icy midwest, I did not have a real school preference. When I got the envelope from Stanford, the letter (from my department) congratulated me and stated I would not be receiving any financial aid as I had indicated that I could pay the tuition. ??? At that point, I just figured I'd go somewhere else. Nevertheless, something possessed me to call the department the next day. I told them I was dying to come (not exactly accurate), but that I could not possibly pay tuition (quite true). They said, "OK, full tuition, then." I was totally taken aback, but I think that phone call sealed the deal. My goodness, if they wanted me that bad, I guess I had better go there. I am so glad I did for so many reasons, including ones like being here (I mean here) today.

Life changing phone calls, letters, experiences...

Lucky.  I applied to the CS MS in 2004.  The acceptance letter said they do not give financial aid and if I could not pay then I should not come.  (Those aren't the exact words, but it's disturbingly close.)  Granted the CS MS is only 5 quarters, so it's not that many quarters of tuition, and they figure you'll be able to earn enough to handle that in loans, and they are correct.

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Re: Big Visit? - Card Fan in OR - 01-14-2017

Quote:Lucky.  I applied to the CS MS in 2004.  The acceptance letter said they do not give financial aid and if I could not pay then I should not come.  (Those aren't the exact words, but it's disturbingly close.)  Granted the CS MS is only 5 quarters, so it's not that many quarters of tuition, and they figure you'll be able to earn enough to handle that in loans, and they are correct.

Lucky. Certainly, but Ph.D. programs are very different from Masters programs, and especially professional ones. At least when I was in grad school, Ph.D programs needed to provide aid to compete. I had several good friends in OR (operations research). None of the Masters students got any aid, all the Ph.D. students did. Not sure how different it may be these days.

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