<p>I am a University of Dayton reject. I finally did get into another college during the summer after graduation when I was chosen off the wait list. I earned a 3.7+ GPA and was accepted by a highly regarded US medical school and earned my MD. I am now over 60 and closing me practice so I can retire but whenever I hear about the University of Dayton it brings back a vivid memory. 40+ years ago I did all my screwing up in high school and at the end of my junior year I had a 1.6 GPA and was ranked last in a class of 64 in a very rigorous Jesuit high school. One thing that probably steeled my determination to become a good student was a letter I recieved from the University of Dayton. It was the first college I applied to and the first one I received a letter from. I opened it and saw not only the standard typed rejection letter but also saw that someone in their admissions department had taken a pen and in large letters hand wrote on the letter “Extremely poor high school record” which struck me as gratuatous to send to a 17 year old boy since obviously I knew what my record in high school up to that point had been. I determined I would never suffer another academic humiliation like that again and I never did.</p>
<p>After reading this and Toledo’s threads I am now thinking UD really did me a favor by rejecting me since it does not sound like it has the kind of atmosphere that is conducive to a freshman coming in and becoming a serious student.</p>