How can tell by the size of the envelope the your college letter is an acceptance or rejection letter?

Answer 1

Well, this can be tricky because different universities have different standards on their sizing for rejection and acceptance letter envelopes. However, this is what I would recommend:

Step 1: Get a ruler, pen, and paper ready in order to be prepared to accurately measure and note the sizes of the application response envelopes from the universities you applied to.

Step 2: Consolidate the acceptance/rejection envelopes into a pile, preferably arranging them in some sort of order (ie alphabetical, most-to-least favorite, etc)

Step 3: After noting the dimensions of the first envelope in your pile, open it to examine the contents within the envelope. You may even want to have a small scale ready to notate the weight of the envelope and its contents.

Step 4: After carefully measuring the dimensions and weight of the first acceptance/rejection letter and its envelope, take the actual letter into a well lit room. Then, READ THE LETTER TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT YOU WERE ACCEPTED OR REJECTED.

Step 5a: If the letter ends up being a rejection notice, proceed to the next envelope in your pile. If the dimensions of it are similar to those of the previous e-mail, go ahead and discard the whole pile. Unfortunately, you were obviously not accepted which should have been expected given your approach to determining the purpose of a letter that you receive. However, don't get down on yourself big guy. You can still give other "universities" a try such as DeVry, ITT, and University of Phoenix.

Step 5b: If the letter ends up being an acceptance notice, contact that school immediately and get enrolled. It was probably an error that they accepted you seeing as you judge the content of an envelope by its size, so capitalize before they realize their mistake and you have to go back to step 5a.