Emails of Acceptance
I read in the AC press today about email letting students find out if they are accepted into the college they’re trying to get into. A lot of students felt that they were being “robbed” of their “big envelope” moment. I thought this was pretty interesting, and this is what a lot of colleges are doing now instead of sending the acceptance letters by mail. I myself liked getting my piece of paper saying if I was accepted or not. The article goes on to say how technology today is playing a big part in the colleges way of doing things. Almost everything for colleges now can be done on line, such as applying or even enrolling. More and more universities are going on the Web, and using it for everything. One part I read said how one college had an admission fee of $45 for paper application, while if applied on line it was free. Schools now feel that they can make that acceptance moment even better by using technology, and are trying to get more involved with the students by the way most students communicate. At one university the email that was created for the acceptance letter was actually done by a student from the university.
I think in the way Rowan communicates with the students is mostly done by email for most assignments in class, whether its lectures, homework, notes, syllabus etc. A lot of college students think it is best for colleges to take advantage of the technology. I also agree with this but when I read this article I agree with some of the students that getting that piece of paper is just different than an email. I think it is more exciting and means more. I like this tradition but I think as time goes on after a while almost all schools will probably send out acceptance letters by email.
