Rejection: Some Colleges Do It Better Than Others

ctyankee
Mon, 04 May 2009 09:14:15 +0000

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.

It’s not bait and switch just not the acceptance letter to the campus the candidate may have wanted. Anybody that applies to Penn State knows they may not make the University Park campus. This puts Penn State in win-lose situation. **If ** they sent a small envelope, they would be disrespecting their other campuses and the students that might actually accept an offer to go there. Hardly a valid option. I think they would be wise to just send an e-mail briefly describing the kid’s options with a thick packet to follow.

As for Bates, sharing that a school has to select students that can do the work is the obvious of the obvious that provides no value to anyone by sharing the obvious. Just thank a kid for the honor they do to the school by applying and telling them that some other school will certainly benefit from their presence and call it a day. Bozos.