<p>I got rejected from Rice the only amazing/reach school I applied to that I thought I had any chance of getting in. And I was rejected by email:</p>
<p>"The Committee on Admission has completed a careful evaluation of your application for admission to Rice. I regret to inform you that the Committee has elected to deny your request for admission. This decision is final for the fall of 2009. We take seriously your choice to apply to Rice, and we want you to know that our decision did not come easily.</p>
<p>The competition for admission to Rice has grown considerably in recent years. Although the number of applicants is thirteen times greater than the number of available spaces, the university remains committed to maintaining our small size. The Committee's decision is not a negative reflection on your ability; rather, it is the result of a large number of outstanding candidates vying for a small number of first-year student spaces. This letter was mailed to you on March 23. I am personally sorry to have to send you disappointing news. However, because of your ability and potential for success, I am confident that you will discover other rewarding options for achieving your higher educational goals. , and we extend our best wishes for every success in your collegiate career. "</p>
<p>The decision didn't come easily?!!! You sent me a goddamn email!!! And "I am personally sorry to have to send you disappointing news." What the hell??!!! It's a mass produced email and you had an electronic signature what's in god's name is personal about that??!!!"We appreciate the time and effort you put into your application to Rice" yeah my application fee duh! I really tried to prepare myself for this but there really is no way to do so as soon as I read that I was rejected tears start pouring in from nowhere and I'm seriously even more depressed than I was before I got this rejection although I was even feeling a little better b/c of that bird flying in the wind post someone made earlier which I replied to but now that I actually know the feeling of rejection just let me tell all of you that you're not gonna remember things like that once/if you get that rejection letter. Really this is the worst feeling I've ever felt in my life! Not even all the stress I've been going through put together this past few months can compare to this horrible feeling!</p>
<p>This is what I remind myself when schools send out rejection letters. This is for MIT, but I am sure it works for Rice or any other highly-selective university that does not rely on a GPA/Test Score combination for admissions.</p>
<p>I’m so sorry to hear. Maybe it just means you were destined to pursue a different path. Try to cheer up although I know that must be difficult. You never know what may be lying around the corner waiting for you!</p>
<p>UPDATE: I just got a call from the valedictorian of my senior class who said she heard about my rejection (I sent a text to some close friends) and that it was too bad but that she got ACCEPTED! What?!!! If I wasn’t miserable before this just made me feel 10 times worse! WHat kning of insensitive monster would call to say that?!!!</p>
<p>I’m sorry about the bad news, but hey, cheer up! I’m sure some very good acceptances are coming your way and you will love the school you end up at. Also, just because a school is prestigious doesn’t mean it’s a good match for you.</p>
<p>Not everyone can see your success. Your best bet is to be bitter sweet and get back at the people unable to understand you by accomplishing more than they can imagine. You will look back and laugh at them.</p>
<p>I did read it and yeah it did make me feel a little better. But I know I’m just going to end up feeling miserable again once I have to tell my mother once she wakes up.(she works night shift as a nurse and has to sleep all day until its time for work) and I know she’s going to say something along the lines of “well there’s nothing you can do, besides it’s not like you had a chance, or I told you to do better in school” or something along the lines of what I have to hear from her every day about how I don’t measure up I’m not gonna get scholarship and how dissappointed she is in me! Then I have to listen to my sister tell me I’m stupid for crying over it and then I have to hear another damn fat comment from her when I’m 110 pounds for goodness sake! (she’s 90 by the way which is why I think she believes she can say that) Really sorry about this rant but everything just seems to be falling apart for me! I feel like my family gives me no support, I have this horrible feeling I won’t get any scholarships (probably b/c that’s what my parents tell me everyday), my best friend I can’t talk to b/c she’s out drinking and smoking weed all the time these days. But yeah to answer someone I’m just going to go to UT Austin. Not a bad school but I just really thought I had a chance at Rice and put in all that effort…but that MIT post made me cry, more, because it was so heartfelt. Thank you to the one who made that post.</p>
<p>forgive me if I’m wrong but that rejection letter seems rather sincere and considerate even its through email
if you received it by regular mail (which you will in the near future) it would be even more painful wouldn’t it?
and yea your valedictorian seems like a complete **<strong><em>…maybe you could plot her death and take her spot.
but as a resident of Houston I say Houston is a </em></strong> hole and it’ll probably be worse for college students. Rice is obviously an amazing school but its campus and school spirit is average. Personally I’m ready to leave Houston and go to Boston.</p>
<p>As far as non-admit letters go, this one is very well written and nice. </p>
<p>According to the Rice website, for the fall 2007 freshman class, there were nearly 9,000 applications and of those 2,251 were admitted. Doing the math, that’s over 6,500 rejection letters.</p>
<p>You can’t really expect a hand-written, personalized notecard from Rice about this, can you?</p>
<p>The most important thing to realize is that just because you didn’t get accepted at one specific college, this does not mean you are not a great person. All it means is that one specific college didn’t let you in, along with most of the other people who applied.</p>
<p>UT-Austin is a great school and not that easy, depending on your high school, to get into these days either with the 10% rule so congratulations on that accomplishment. Don’t sell yourself short!</p>
<p>From urmomgoes2colege: you didnt get into rice </p>
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<p>LOL have fun in community college </p>
<p>WARNING LANGUAGE
Actually I deleted what I wrote before, it’s not worth it. You’re not worth anything.</p>
<p>Excuse the language, but I’m going from extreme sadness to just feeling ****ed right now. I guess it’s all part of the healing process yeah? Seriously I think I’m going to wind up in a mental institution next year rather than a college. Next is a rejection from Brown, which at least I’m expecting unless they plan to give me a surprise email out of nowhere, not getting any help from UT finaid services and not being able to afford it b/c of the ridiculous finaid package they sent which is nothing, then scholarships award which according to my mother I’m not worthy of. I know I shouldn’t listen to a thing she or my sister tell me but hearing it every damn day can really get to a person.</p>
I know Stanford does that too.</p>