Do Colleges not send any acceptance packages out anymore?
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Anonymous
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My daughter got a bunch of stickers and a few mini pennat flags, but no tee shirt or anything. She hasn't committed but plans to this week. Do you know if colleges typically send out any merch after you commit?
This is our 1st kiddo so we haven't been through this. |
Anonymous
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The more selective the school, the worse the swag.
I do recall there was a big more swag sent when my kid actually committed to a place. It's probably fairly expensive for big flagships with like 20% yield rates to send swag to all accepted kids. |
Anonymous
| so no tee shirts anymore?? |
Anonymous
Depends on the school, but pretty sure DC's WASP sent merch only after commitment: a school winter scarf, stickers, booklet, and a class hoodie. |
Anonymous
The T-shirt comes at admitted students day. |
Anonymous
No, my kid got into 12 schools ranked 20-117 and the only t-shirt was the one they got on the tour at Pitt. Lots of stickers, though! |
Anonymous
| My son got a few little boxes with stuff like a scarf or socks. I know some kids like that, but he just found it annoying and wasteful. |
Anonymous
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We got stickers and a flag or two. One school sent a winter hat. South Carolina offered a t-shirt but you had to claim it somehow. Son never did claim it.
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Anonymous
At Pitt, they asked my daughter if she wanted yellow or blue shirts because they had run out of gray and she said gray. 🤦🏻♀️ I told her they were going to snatch that acceptance and shirt right back. |
Anonymous
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No t-shirts but some swag, more stuff at admitted student days. We have lots of new pens.
Our high school class of '21 kid received a yard sign but if memory serves we picked that up at admitted students' day after already committing. And it was still in COVID times so yard signs were really big. |
Anonymous
| One kid got a baseball hat in the mail, the rest pennants and stickers. |
Anonymous
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Tshirts are in person, not through the mail.
A few schools sent penants or mini flags, some sent stickers and UGA sent socks. |
Anonymous
| My kid got a yard sign, flag, stickers (after she commited) and a tshirt when she did a campus tour. This is a large Midwest flagship. |
Anonymous
| Less swag = greater fiscal responsibility? |
Anonymous
so only if you fly to the admitted day, nothing in the mail? |