<p>“that statement is as UNORIGINAL as one I have ever seen making it totally fake and inappropriate.”</p>
<p>I’m not saying you have to like the phrase in the letter. But I don’t see how lack of originality signals fakeness or inappropriateness. There are plenty of unoriginal statements that are genuine. I don’t think I’ve said “I love you” in any original ways, but I have really meant it.</p>
<p>There are dozens of schools that have to reject qualified applicants. If they all started using letters that said “You didn’t make the cut,” then that would be un-original, too.</p>