<p>SOOO much better! Great suggestion Citygirlsmom.</p>
<p>It solves several items:
1) It actually shows that you give them the benefit of the doubt: that you assume they aren't trying to be deceitful (since what would that serve?)
2) It actually will HELP someone not go through your rude awakening
3) It allows you to do something rather than just react towards what you perceive is their harsh requirements.
4) It might actually accomplish something...</p>
<p>Good luck to you Sillbill</p>
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closed minded...how so? that they don't want to be forced to go to church?
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<p>Who's forcing this person to apply to this school? No one but him/herself. This person was simply too lazy to check on what this school actually entailed. Not all colleges have to be atheist, anti-God, anti-Christ.</p>
<p>yeah i agree with citygirlsmom, there's nothing wrong with providing feedback (in fact the school might actually appreciate it - schools of course would like to keep track of data related to their yields) but i would do it nicely, not in a ranting letter</p>
<p>good point, Honestea.</p>
<p>the OP makes the point that they DID research the school, but this requirement for mandatory church attendances was not easly discovered...</p>
<p>Of course no one forced the OP to apply, and i "get" the OPs frustration at the discovery, and i also get the concept of researching schools</p>
<p>but be honest, how many read the whole student handbook, and look at each and every day to day requirement for each school</p>
<p>and this requirement is not something too common...even at other religious schools</p>
<p>my D goes to a Catholic college, and they don't have this requirement...they do have a requirement to take a "relgious" class- choices are really varied....</p>
<p>{An atheist applies to catholic school...weird.} I do see your fustration, and I, like some ppl suggested would nicely telling them that they screwed me over. That one comment of not having to be catholic holds up as false, however they could have been inviting ppl of other religions to convert through services. </p>
<p>Good Luck</p>
<p>I wrote an extremely nasty letter to a safety school that had some Tufts syndrome issues. I actually got a reply, stating their own point of view, but acknowledging my own points. Just a personal story.</p>
<p>We have to write letters in order to decline admission? Can't we just check the little box saying "No I'm not accepting the offer of admission..." ?</p>
<p>No, haha, a letter isn't necessary. Checking off the box and returning the card is sufficient.</p>
<p>all they did to you was accept you... don't be mean</p>
<p>I would write a polite letter explaining that they misled you. I think it would be helpful for this university to know that.</p>
<p>sounds like the OP got rejected from Brandeis.....bitter bitter...tsk tsk...</p>
<p>Go ahead and write the letter, though you might have a better chance of being heard if you tone the harshness. </p>
<p>Explain that you wanted to go to the school and despite all your research were unaware of the mass-attendance policy. Explain that this is a policy inconsistent with your beliefs and therefore you will not be attending.</p>
<p>If the school is smart, they'll listen to your criticism and either change the policy or make it more explicit on their website.</p>
<p>As for Brandeis, it's a non-sectarian school, so the comparison doesn't hold.</p>
<p>Why is this old thread being revived?</p>