The First Thing You See When You're Accepted to an Ivy League School

This Is What Applicants Saw When They Were Accepted to Ivy League Schools

Students react as they prepare to receive their diplomas at commencement at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., on May 26, 2016. (Suzanne Kreiter/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Yesterday evening, thousands of Ivy League college applicants found out whether or not they were accepted into the class of 2021. Per Business Insider, the majority of schools like Cornell and Harvard University have acceptance rates that dip below 10 percent.

In the digital age, the acceptance “letter”—i.e. that piece of paper typed on the schools’ official letterhead—has in most cases been replaced by email blasts, acceptance videos, and other e-formats. Here are a few examples of what some of these students saw yesterday.

Yale and Harvard

I just got accepted to Yale and Harvard while at a scholarship dinner?? Hard work pays off??? pic.twitter.com/9dSbLflYIa

— sha. (@shannvnn) March 30, 2017

University of Pennsylvania

Ecstatic to announce I’ve been accepted into @Penn! ❤? #penn21 pic.twitter.com/w9YkNERk9G

— Jennie (@Jennie_786) March 30, 2017

Princeton University

Blessed to be accepted into Princeton ???? pic.twitter.com/NayCja9mQM

— Meshaal (@Mbman2) March 30, 2017

Dartmouth College

Omg omg omg… I got in to Dartmouth!!! An ivy league actually accepted me ? pic.twitter.com/uTsYGsPZXU

— Destiny with a z (@Ddennis7Deztiny) March 30, 2017

Cornell University still does it the old-fashioned way …