<p>I applied to UIUC for CS. The rejection letter made me want to jump off a rooftop. I had just woken up, not even gotten off my bed and it was the first thing I saw in the morning.</p>
<p>I logged in on the decision day and was greeted by just one line, in bold, stating "You have not been selected for admission." They didn't even bother writing a letter! Being to the point is one thing but really? Might as well have placed a middle finger next to it!</p>
<p>The second blow came when I scrolled down a bit further and there, among my name, number and address was, "Admission Decision: Deny" Ouch!</p>
<p>Later when I was accepted to Berkeley EECS, I so badly wanted to send them an email saying, "Screw You!! HAHA!"</p>
<p>What’s the point of this thread - Err umm… Good Question.</p>
<p>aklauss17 - Personalized email - No. But atleast an email - Yes! And every college writes a rejection letter to make the students feel better about themselves. I know it’s practically pointless but it’s common courtesy. And there is nothing absurd in expecting one. Anyway, it doesn’t make any difference now but I am just putting it out there.</p>
<p>JeeGee - How disrespectful of you! You should be less concerned with how you feel, and more concerned with how the admissions officers at UIUC feel. Maybe if you had worked harder in high school, you would have been able to avoid putting the good people at UIUC admissions in the awkward position of having to reject your application. Did you even send an apology letter or fruit basket?</p>
<p>P.S., Good luck at Berkeley, and when feeding the hobos don’t put your fingers to close to their mouths.</p>
<p>Hey Hey, calm down man. I had even forgotten about this thread. It was more of a in the moment, venting out sort of thing. Yes, I feel stupid now, but that’s because the frustration is all out.</p>
<p>But anyway, I should be more concerned about “how the admissions officers at UIUC feel”. Are you high? And the “awkward” position of having to reject my application. What’s awkward about rejecting applications?</p>
<p>Now, don’t get me wrong. I don’t have anything against admission officers. I know that they are regular people and accepting & rejecting is what they get paid for. Also, it’s UIUC, not Harvard. So I don’t even expect them to have application reading superpowers. I totally feel for them. But still, if you expect me to be more concerned about how they feel rejecting applicants, than how applicants feel being rejected, you gotta be kidding me.</p>
<p>And about having had “worked harder in school”, I don’t want to brag, but I was accepted to EECS at Berkeley. Doesn’t that tell you something?</p>