The Admissions Committee has carefully considered your application and we regret to inform you that we will not be able to offer you admission in the entering class of 2015, or a position on one of our alternate lists. The applicant pool this year was particularly strong, and by that I mean the Admissions Committee once again sent candidates like you multiple enticing pamphlets encouraging you to apply, knowing full well we had no intention of accepting you."
“Most importantly, we know that your minimum-wage job did not teach you “patience, teamwork and leadership.” No one learns anything from minimum-wage jobs except how much they hate people and that they shouldn’t have majored in political science.”
I have serious problems with college kids taking minimum-wage jobs. It is one thing to have to do it in HS, another to keep doing it in college when you should be pursuing your dream career.
@rhandco exactly! My parents would not let me take a minimum-wage job, not because they think it’s beneath me (nor do I), but because college should be a time to focus on studies/socializing not $.
It is better to volunteer in your field than get a paid job doing something you hate, let alone if it is low pay.
If you have to support your parents and siblings, it is MORE important to get a better job with some hope of advancement in your field, even if you do have to settle for an unpaid internship and minimum wage work.
Poli Sci majors can:
volunteer with a local re-election campaign
volunteer with the local dems or reps
possibly get some paid work calling up people about political or other issue surveys
travel to other areas of the country to find out the issues
Even in high school, there are many opportunities in Poli Sci related work.
The thing about actual work is, well, it is work for money and most colleges are very happy to see work experience, but don’t like to see it overblown.
The letter seems like it was written by an angry kid who didn’t get in anywhere. Kinda reminds me of Suzie Lee Weiss. I know it’s supposed to be satirical, but it seems offensive to kids who did work hard, got into the <10% acceptance rate schools, and without any world changing accomplishments to date… Just my two cents
@hwhat318, nah, shouldn’t be offensive. Plenty of kids worked hard, but not all of them got in. I’ve no doubt that there is another kid out there who worked even harder than you but didn’t get in to the school that you got in to.
I agree with @PurpleTitan. Things like demographics play such a huge role in college admissions. It can turn out to be very frustrating for people who were not accepted for reasons beyond their control.
Completely agree with PT, just look at the RD threads from anyplace you got into, unless your stats were perfect, you will find someone with better ones who did not get accepted or got WL. Even perfect students get rejected, I know two people who were close to perfect GPA and ACT. Not even from this year. One was rejected from every Ivy except one where she got in off the WL in May. The other was rejected from everyplace very competitive including Barnard (nice school but perfect stats not needed) and had to choose one of her safeties where she is slated to be Valedictorian (assuming they have that).
rhandco:
“I have serious problems with college kids taking minimum-wage jobs. It is one thing to have to do it in HS, another to keep doing it in college when you should be pursuing your dream career.”
. . . Unless you, y’know, aren’t upper-middle class and actually have to earn money to pay for your degree. You do realize that not everyone has parents/grandparents willing to fork out thousands of dollars a year, right?
I have a problem with this letter. I understand she’s frustrated but the part about minorities was uncalled for. I’m tired of having people like her look down on me and think the worst-it’s tiresome and annoying. I wish this girl, whoever she is, the very best. I just think it could have been done better and less “a minority must have taken your spot” kind of thing. (And yes I do realize that was not the whole point of the letter)