The worst college rejection letter goes to...

Something amusing, a high school psychology class analyses the rejection letters given out by the various colleges and gives out honours as follows:
- Worst letter
- Most obsequious while maintaining utter insincerity (Harvard, hands down)
- Least number of words you need to read before you know you are being rejected
(Northwestern: “After…”)
- Most emphatic (Cornell!!!)
- Shortest (Cal Poly: one sentence (!))
- Least original (many: word-for-word lookalikes that are distinguished only by the
overall rejection numbers they plug into the letter)
- Total insensitivity (Reed College – gotta see this to believe it)
- Best bone-headed empathy (this writer’s contribution based on information from an
article comment: Bryn Mawr – “Please let us know if you need help finding a suitable
college.”

A short excerpt:
"Students bring their rejection letters to class. The most rejected student gets a prize, but the real competition is for the “worst letter” colleges. Harvard is running head and shoulders above the rest in the “most obsequious while maintaining utter insincerity” category. Harvard lets students know how “very sorry” they are to reject them. They then bestow three wishes, none of which they grant. First, Harvard wishes that they were writing with a different decision. Second, they wish that it was possible to admit the rejectee. Finally, they hope the student they deny will accept their best wishes."

http://www.examiner.com/a-663562~Students_give_prizes_for_worst_college_rejection_letters.html

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