Really Nice Rejection Letters?

Colleges & Universities Yale University
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<p>Did anyone else think that the rejection letter was really, really nice? Reading it made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside! Whoever wrote it did a very eloquent job of reporting this disappointing news to students. </p>

<p>Maybe it was because I was expecting a sure-fire rejection from Yale, so I wasn’t disappointed when I got it. Or maybe it was the halo effect of other decisions. Or maybe I’m spending too much time on CC and losing my mind.</p>

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<p>can you post it?</p>

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<p>it was really nice! especially because the online cornell one was, in my opinion, really curt and a little harsh. cornell should not be allowed to have a ruder rejection than yale. </p>

<p>the brown waitlist one was also really nice and reassuring.</p>

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<p>someone posted the Brown rejection letter and it was really nice
the princeton letter was quite curt and the online thing was worse!</p>

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<p>The Harvard waitlist one was very nice and reassuring also</p>

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<p>This is what it was, copied and pasted. </p>

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<p>Heres Brown.

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<p>Princeton’s </p>

<p>March 29, 2007</p>

<p>The admission committee has met and we are sorry to inform you that we are not able to admit you to Princeton. We mailed you a decision letter earlier today, including a Statement to Candidates with answers to some questions you and your parents may have. We received a record applicant pool of over 18,800 applications and we were able to accept only a small percentage of that group. We realize you may be disappointed with this decision. It was not possible to accept all the impressive students who applied to Princeton this year. The committee appreciated the time, care, and effort you put into your application.</p>

<p>Princeton Admission Committee</p>

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<p>Yale and Columbia both had fairly comforting rejection letters. They really did their best to keep us feeling cheery. Yay for adcoms!</p>

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<p>here’s Cornell’s</p>

<p>Dear __________,</p>

<p>We are providing you with our decision on your application for admission to Cornell University. We regret to have to tell you that we are unable to offer you admission to Cornell.</p>

<p>This electronic message is not your official notification. You should be receiving an official letter from us in the mail shortly.</p>

<p>We understand that this is not the news you were hoping to hear from Cornell. Given our very large and competitive applicant pool, it is not possible to offer admission to all candidates who would benefit from a Cornell education. If you would like information about transferring to the university after freshman year, please visit: <a href=“http://admissions.cornell.edu/apply/transfer/[/url]”>http://admissions.cornell.edu/apply/transfer/&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

<p>We wish you the best.</p>

<p>Sincerely,</p>

<p>Jason Locke
Director
Undergraduate Admissions Office
Cornell University</p>

<p>“benefit from a Cornell education”?! AHAHAHAHAAHAHA! And veto the transfer, but thanks for the offer. AHA.</p>

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<p>Ouch, that Cornell one is harsh. Princeton too. I hope the real rejection letters mailed to you are better. Still, that’s pretty cold.</p>

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<p>I almost started this thread myself! My son was out when the e-mail came, so I had to give him the bad news over the phone, but at least I was able to say, “they wrote you a really nice letter.” Long, long ago I used to write letters for the president of a university well represented on these boards, so I appreciate the difficulty of composing such an epistolatory gem. If you want to see the other extreme, see if anyone will share a rejection letter from Cal Tech (maybe they’ve improved over the years, but the last ones I saw were brutal). I don’t think I’m quoting, but basically it said: “We are rejecting your application for admission. You don’t have what it takes to succeed at Cal Tech. Sincerely…”</p>

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<p>Somehow I felt that Yale rejection letter sounds warmer and fuzzier than the acceptance letter! LOL! </p>

<p>I agree. Harvard’s waitlist letter is very nicely written; UPenn’s, on the other hand…Let’s just say it makes me wonder what their rejection letter sounds like.</p>

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<p>All the rejection letters were extremely nice. I was really surprised. I expected them to say soemthing to the extent of “Sorry you were not accepted, goodbye”. Lol, well you guys know what I mean. I didn’t expect them to be as nice as they were!!</p>

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<p>Yales was very well written,and made me feel warm and fuzzy.
But then I remember I didn’t get in, and then it just sucks</p>

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<p>I think schools should rethink how to word their rejection letters, yale and brown’s letters were very sincere and understanding. The uc’s rejection letters are cold as stone… it literally feels like someone iced a stone and threw it at your pride. I am glad there are at least a couple of universities who care for students… whether they are admitted or not.</p>

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<p>Stanford’s was really nice…</p>

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<p>Aw, that’s so cool. At least some of the universities have nice rejection letters, lol. </p>

<p>By the way, does anyone want to be my friend? I’m really new, and young to boot! I want to learn as many things as I can about Yale, and the other universities, but don’t really have anyone older with that knowledge that I can ask.</p>

<p>~BebeSunshine~</p>

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<p>penn’s rejection letter was so harsh and rude. i wanted to like just cry.
here:
Dear _______,</p>

<p>I am sorry to notify you that after reviewing your application thoroughly, our selection committee is unable to offer you admission to the University of Pennsylvania’s Class of 2011. All aspects of your application, the academic and the non-academic, were considered carefully and compared to those of the rest of the applicant pool.</p>

<p>Perhaps the most difficult and displeasing part of my job is writing similar letters to thousands of students like you, whose accomplishments are promising and exciting. I assure you that the selection committee gave your application every consideration, but, because of an unprecedented number of outstanding applicants we have to deny admission to a large majority of the remarkable students who seek admission to Penn. Most of our applicants are qualified to pursue successfully a program of study at Penn; however, only a relatively small percentage can be admitted.</p>

<p>We are pleased to have received your application to our University. I am sincerely sorry to disappoint you, yet trust that you will have other opportunities to attend another very good college. I wish you the best in the future.</p>

<p>Sincerely,</p>

<p>Willis J. Stetson, Jr.
Dean of Admissions</p>

<p>that bit about comparing my credentials to others makes it seem like i wasnt good enough haaha. w/e, i’m doing better without them :wink:
the acceptence letters i loved getting were mit, umich, cmu and nyu. they were all so nice and reassuring!</p>

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<p>I just wrote a rejection letter to a school I decided to not attend using the Yale rejection letter as a model:</p>

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<p>Obviously there’s some room for improvement, but I really enjoyed writing it, so I suppose that’s aside the point.</p>