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The prize has to go to Princeton, whose first rejection came by e-mail and included a query as to whether the unfortunate rejectee wanted to receive a duplicate rejection via postal (!).
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Yes, of course!!! And send me a copy via Fed EX, DHL, and UPS too.</p>
<p>Mudder's Mudder -- a duplicate rejection letter?! (Would you like fries with that rejection email or do you want to supersize it to a business size envelope?) That is too much!</p>
<p>I agree -- the kid who was turned down by Reed has a great future ahead of him.. What a wit! He stuck it to them without being obnoxious and crass. A very talented young man -- would love to hear which lucky college will benefit from his presence!</p>
<p>CGM, thank you for posting the email reply from the young man "he's a deny" from Reed, it made my day. I too would love to know where this young man will go to college. It would be nice if the president of Reed could somehow see the entire email thread....</p>
<p>Haha! I wish I could find that post. As I recall, TutuTaxi, the poster seemed to take it in stride, even with a few choice suggestions for use of the superfluous paper copy. </p>
<p>While multiple notices of rejection don't seem to be the norm for grad admissions, CountingDown, they don't seem entirely unusual either. Sometimes you get rejected from the department committee--then just for good measure, and to make sure you don't try to sneak in through the fire exit, another comes from the graduate school itself. Ah, admissions season can be the cruelest time of year....</p>
<p>MarathonMan, I LOVE the letter to turn down a school that issued an acceptance! I need to borrow it to send to one of my son's schools. We sent back the "thanks but no thanks" postcard, since then we've gotten 3 letters reminding us that freshman orientation is mandatory.</p>
<p>In a similar vein to this thread, I've mentioned this before but it's relevant here. When I was in college, seniors would take the rejection letters they received after interviewing with potential employers and post them on their dorm door. It was a contest to see who could get the most rejections. My favorite was a door with a half-dozen letters, and one had big red writing in it: "Extra points for rejection on birthday!"</p>
<p>Several of my classmates have taped their rejection and waitlist letters to the walls of the senior lounge at our school. I'll probably contribute my rejections from Princeton and Chicago. :p</p>
<p>I still think nothing can ever top the sort of rejections one receives from schools in the UK.</p>
<p>There's a little table listing all of the universities and course options applied to, and the last column sinply changes from 'pending' (or something like it) to 'unsuccessful'. Gentle letdown, it ain't.</p>
<p>A few years ago, kids in my daughter's class started putting up rejection letters they had received near the senior lounge. The school put a stop to it. I thought this was really stupid on the part of the school. We have created a generation of kids with a mentality of "everyone gets a trophy", and I thought it was great that the kids could say, "Not always!".</p>
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I wish I had a copy of my Brown rejection letter, but I went on vacation and i'm pretty sure my mom threw it away. I just remember that it opened with some intro about the number of impressive apps it reviewed and that "it is with deep regret that I must tell you..." blah blah blah. I can't really remember the rest, but I thought it was really funny. I mean, the way it was worded made it sound like someone had died. No offense to them, but I think that it's rather conceited to be so melodramatic about a rejection to their school. I think it almost ties with Harvard for most insincere.
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<p>^That is so true.</p>
<p>I actually felt that the best letter I got out of all of them was my Harvard waitlist letter. I guess it might come off as lame to some people, but it was relatively lengthy so it seemed more sincere.
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I am writing to inform you that the Committee on Admissions and Financial Aid cannot at this time make a final decision on your application for a place in next year's entering class. However, because of your outstanding achievements and promise, the Committee has voted to place your name on a waiting list of men and women for whom we hope places may become available later.</p>
<p>This year nearly twenty-three thousand students, a record number, applied for admission to the entering class. There were many more candidates of unusual ability and promise than we were able to admit. Of those strong applicants, the Committee has selected a group -- representing a small percentage of all our candidates and presenting qualifications which might well have led to admission in other years -- to comprise a waiting list. The waiting list is not ranked. If spaces become available, the Committee will reconvene to reconsider all those candidates on the waiting list. Usually about two-thirds of the students offered places on the waiting list choose to remain active candidates.</p>
<p>The number of students to be admitted from our waiting list will depend entirely on the number of students who decline our offer of admission. That number has varied greatly from year to year. In some recent years, we have admitted over one hundred candidates. In other years, it has not been possible to admit anyone from the waiting list. </p>
<p>We recognize that you must make plans at another college while you await our final decision. Please be assured that all colleges will understand your situation and that we will proceed as quickly as possible to reach a decision. Normally, most waiting list decisions are made by the end of May and all are completed by early July. To help expedite this process, please return the enclosed postcard as soon as you can.</p>
<p>We hope you will decide to remain a candidate. Over the years, some of our very best students have been admitted from our waiting list.</p>
<p>Again, please accept our congratulations on your outstanding achievements. Whatever your decision may be, you have our best wishes for every future success.
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<p>I thought Stanford's letter was fine, but it came with a second page of FAQs which seemed like overkill. Full of questions like. "Is there an appeal process?" Answer "No." except they used a lot more words to say so. :)</p>