Rejection: Some Colleges Do It Better Than Others

Hanna
Fri, 01 May 2009 12:42:26 +0000

“Penn State’s rejection letter was just cruel. It is universally known that applicants yearn for the thick envelopes stuffed in their mailboxes, so why showcase other campuses in the same envelope? It was just mean.”

It sure is. That’s how I was rejected from Columbia (via a huge fat envelope containing information about their nonselective alternative program). Shame on Penn State for pulling the same bait-and-switch. It really did make the rejection materially more unpleasant.