<p>hahaha that letter is hilarious!!!!!</p>
<p>p.s. check out mine that i made a while back
<a href="http://joggerblue82.blogspot.com/%5B/url%5D">http://joggerblue82.blogspot.com/</a></p>
<p>Seemed to be a Duke student who hates Princeton made that letter.</p>
<p>haha....very funny...but Awful</p>
<p>Could you get into trouble for circulating that fake letter wouldnt they be totally upset and it would affect your admission if they found out who did it? though it was reallyyyyy funny!!!!!</p>
<p>Look, what do you think the word "anonymity" means? If my impression of them is correct, they'll probably fall about laughing and give that Duke dude a pat on the back. At least I would if I were them;)</p>
<p>that's pretty funny.</p>
<p>no ways it's real. the date of the letter is 1999 and they're offering admission to class of 2004.</p>
<p>do they really send fat envelopes though, for rejection? application booklets?</p>
<p>...a Duke student who was rejected from Princeton, perhaps?</p>
<p>I am telling you in all seriousness that it is real. Of course there is no Drew Milbank, because the letter is a few years old and he has since retired. However, Princeton are famous for sending out these colourful rejections to a few outstandingingly bad applicants (think of it as the reverse of a likely letter). My older brother was 'gifted' enough to recieve it. My family still has it (although it was not quite so rude as the above, it was definitely in the same stream). I can post it to you all verbatim if you want. </p>
<p>I know it may sound weird to all of you who consider Princeton adcoms as inhuman monsters who like nothing more than to reject applicants, but (suprise suprise) they also have a sense of humor and like to show it from time to time.</p>
<p>All of you CCers: Lighten up, no one posting in this section of the site has a bad enough transcript to actually recieve one of them (but if you're close, you might as well go the extra mile just to get one of these!)</p>
<p>I don't believe you, but please post the letter verbatim.</p>
<p>Scan the letter, Madd Stressed.</p>
<p>Sorry Rhapsody, but I don't have a scanner. Here's the letter verbatim though: </p>
<p>[Letterhead was definately authentic (same one as on more 'conventional' rejections - he compared it to a friends), but the paper was just normal white]</p>
<p>[My family's address]</p>
<p>Dear Dean,</p>
<p>After reviewing your application, I am very pleased to inform you that your essay was particularly outstanding amongst a pool of some of the most talented applicants Princeton has ever had. Needless to say, you have NOT been selected into Princeton's class of 2005. In fact, the only way you will ever step foot in Princeton's great halls is with a mop in your hand and a frown on your face. </p>
<p>Your essay on civil injustice in Romanvakia moved me and my colleagues to tears, but they were mostly of laughter as Romanvakia is not a country - and the essay was supposed to be regarding your personal relationship with nature. </p>
<p>Your grades were terrible, I can only guess that you cheated on your SATs, and your extracurriculars were apalling (It is great that you get 40 hours of sleep a week - BUT NO ONE HERE GIVES A *****!). The most entertaining part of your application was undoubtedly your teacher recommendations, though. Me and my colleagues laughed out loud when we saw that your beloved Ms. Wheater thinks exactly the same thing we do about you.</p>
<p>You will notice that we printed this letter of REJECTION on plain white paper. The truth is that you don't deserve this, but Staples was just plain out of anthrax coated toilet paper, so it will have to suffice.
I am sorry if you feel insulted by this letter - but in all honesty, what the ***** were you thinking you little p*ick?
See you in hell!</p>
<p>Sincerely
[signature: large, fairly legible cursive)
Fred Hargadon
Dean of Admission</p>
<p>PS: Keep this paper, you might need to burn it for warmth some day soon.</p>
<p>I'm telling you we got that exact letter.</p>
<p>A little note about my brother Dean:</p>
<p>He's pretty smart, but a major slacker in class and didn't want to even apply to Princeton, but was pressured into it by my parents. He got his own back by writing some horrible, horrible essays (he got me to write one of them back when I was 11). He snuck in some insults to the dean in one essay, and got his least favorite teacher to write his rec. </p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<p>GPA: 2.1 uw, 2.7 w
Rank: 144/170
SAT: 790 M, 800 V
ECs: 4 years varsity football (didn't put this in app), class president (didn't put this in app), did some standup comedy (didn't put this in app), nothing else (but he included about 5 pages of stuff, my personal favorite was dealing drugs as a part time job. Oh, and he also listed all of his friends in this section under the category of I hang out with: ) </p>
<p>I think it would be hard to get this letter without applying as a joke, but I have heard of it happening to a few serious applicants.</p>
<p>btw Dean did a lot better application to USC and was able to explain away his horrible GPA and get in. He graduated last year.</p>
<p>man...this is so hilarious :D :D</p>
<p>It's hard to believe that PRINCETON, of all places would send out such rude letters even as a joke.</p>
<p>I'm telling you it's all true! It's not like my brother was offended or anything though, and that makes me think that they only send it out to applicants who they can see can take a joke.</p>
<p>I am very impressed that Princeton went through the effort of writing this rejection letter, including the name of the person who wrote the rec, topics of the essays, etc. Wow! Your brother is amazing--what is he doing with his USC degree?</p>
<p>I am still suspicious. What year was this supposedly sent out?</p>
<p>My bro's trying to make it in the LA entertainment business, he's doing stand up at small clubs at the moment but he's trying to get a sitcom pilot started up. </p>
<p>The letter was recieved December 19th, 2000 (my parents made him apply ED lol)</p>
<p>A friend's son paid his way thru Loyola Marymount by acting as an extra in LA. He loves LA & is now settling there with his bachelor's degree in film & hoping his career kicks into high now.</p>