Best "alternative" uses for rejection letters

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Ok, after reading about gdbaby's most recent creative use for a rejection letter (teething toy for her toddler), I thought maybe we'd all like to post about our most creative (real or fictional) uses for those slimy little pieces of rejection we've received in the mail.

Also, I think we can include annoying pieces of mail which do not include acceptances such as pre- or post-interview hold letters, single page "file complete letters" in thin envelopes that come months and months after you are actually complete but give you a heart attack because you think they are rejections, letters to inform you that your school of choice does not consider you in-state, waitlist letters, etc.

Personally, I am thinking of producing and marketing a new form of "natural" cat litter. There's already the recycled newsprint litter, but I think rejection/non-informative/annoying med school mail could soak up far more, um, cat stuff. 😛

 

[ND2005]

Ok, after reading about gdbaby's most recent creative use for a rejection letter (teething toy for her toddler), I thought maybe we'd all like to post about our most creative (real or fictional) uses for those slimy little pieces of rejection we've received in the mail.

Also, I think we can include annoying pieces of mail which do not include acceptances such as pre- or post-interview hold letters, single page "file complete letters" in thin envelopes that come months and months after you are actually complete but give you a heart attack because you think they are rejections, letters to inform you that your school of choice does not consider you in-state, waitlist letters, etc.

Personally, I am thinking of producing and marketing a new form of "natural" cat litter. There's already the recycled newsprint litter, but I think rejection/non-informative/annoying med school mail could soak up far, um, cat stuff. 😛

Cut out the university's seal from their letterhead and staple it to the bullseye of a dart board

 

[TimmyTheWonderD]

my dog LOVES the junk mail! nothing makes him more excited than when i come in from the mailbox and have a few (thousand) credit card apps or flyers for the new dry-cleaning store that just opened up on main! oh what joy he gets out of ripping them to shreds in a frenzy! i am thinking i am going to give any future letters of rejection to him and watch him go to town! i should take a video of it and mail it back to the school that rejected me! HA!

 

[jammin06]

take them to "rejection letter parties" at local campus bars and trade them in for enough free drinks to drown your misery

 

[Depakote]

Everybody has been stuck in the bathroom without toilet paper at least once in their life...

 

[DrKitty]

I use them as coasters for my hot coffee mug in the mornings when I sit in my bedroom in front of the computer and browse SDN. Each rejection letter can serve as a coaster for quite awhile. 😀

 

[Messerschmitts]

Make a little fort out of them. I've certainly got enough to do that, adding last year's with this years. 😛 (Yes, I saved them all! I actually think it's kinda neat to have official letterheads from so many universities.)

 

[BaylorGuy]

You could smoke a big fatty with them.

Literally light the rejection letter up in smoke.

 

[mantraman1010]

Eat them?

 

[Indryd]

My wife drew a giant cartoony ..|. , across each of mine and hung them on the fridge. My wife rules.

 

[GA_MDhopeful]

Eat them?

Have u seen the episode of Grey's Anatomy where the failed novelist eats his entire novel, page by page? Unfortunantly, let's just say that there was a "back up" and he ended up with his novel stuck up his u-know-what. Talk about ultimate humiliation - ending up at the hospital to see a doctor (which is what you ultimately want to do) and then to explain that you ate your medical school rejection letters?

I may have to pass on this one...although it makes for a funny thought.

 

[ShyRem]

Well, I've actually been using them as fireplace starter this year (hey, gas bills are HIGH!) to help heat our home. However, I have also used them as filler for drywall holes from failed doorstops. Stuff that puppy in there, cover with drywall mud, texture a little, add some paint, and voila! Fixed door knob hole.

 

[Messerschmitts]

Have u seen the episode of Grey's Anatomy where the failed novelist eats his entire novel, page by page? Unfortunantly, let's just say that there was a "back up" and he ended up with his novel stuck up his u-know-what. Talk about ultimate humiliation - ending up at the hospital to see a doctor (which is what you ultimately want to do) and then to explain that you ate your medical school rejection letters?

I may have to pass on this one...although it makes for a funny thought.

HA HA HA, I saw that episode! Your premise would be even funnier than the original show's premise, double the humiliation because it was med school applications! 😛 I love how the writer wanted to "put his book behind him", literally.

 

[Zargos]

I have been using the other side of them as printer paper when I need to print crap directions or otherwise useless things 🙂

 

[hannahx]

Ok, after reading about gdbaby's most recent creative use for a rejection letter (teething toy for her toddler), I thought maybe we'd all like to post about our most creative (real or fictional) uses for those slimy little pieces of rejection we've received in the mail.

Also, I think we can include annoying pieces of mail which do not include acceptances such as pre- or post-interview hold letters, single page "file complete letters" in thin envelopes that come months and months after you are actually complete but give you a heart attack because you think they are rejections, letters to inform you that your school of choice does not consider you in-state, waitlist letters, etc.

Personally, I am thinking of producing and marketing a new form of "natural" cat litter. There's already the recycled newsprint litter, but I think rejection/non-informative/annoying med school mail could soak up far more, um, cat stuff. 😛

Same as my HS diploma. New placemats..

 

[nikibean]

You could burn punk rock mixed CDs and use them as album covers for friends...

Lampshades.

Make a "quilt" and enter it into an art contest if you have enough of them. Become a famous modern artist and laugh knowingly at your struggling collegues as you taste wine and hobnob with the board members of Modern Art Galleries, using your 1.5 million stipend from the NEA...

Flaming Paper Airplanes (10 year olds love to learn about these, but I suggest not showing this to kids of people you consider true friends- unless your friends are also into it...)

 

[doctorFred]

on the inspirational side, i was thinking of framing my first rejection letter and putting it on the wall next to my m.d. degree.

 

[-Goose-]

on the inspirational side, i was thinking of framing my first rejection letter and putting it on the wall next to my m.d. degree.

 

[-Goose-]

When I was rejected from my alma mater, I pinned it up on the fridge and would look at it every day before I'd work out... until my g/f decided that i was a lunatic and threw it away!

 

[Thundrstorm]

-using them as book covers for your med school textbooks later this year.

-making a Failure scrapbook containing the rejection letters and poor test grades adn putting it on your coffee table to make your guests uncomfortable.

-getting them screened onto a t-shirt at on of those kiosks in the mall. Can you picture an "I got rejected by Harvard!" t-shirt? ha ha.

-have a bonfire.

 

[BaylorGuy]

on the inspirational side, i was thinking of framing my first rejection letter and putting it on the wall next to my m.d. degree.

I didn't go to the full lengths of having them framed, but they are definitely pinned up on the wall above my desk. I'm planning on collecting all of them and then have a bonfire....Anyone up for smores???

 

[pagemmapants]

Laminate them and use them as your "I have company over" placemats next to the fancy champagne glasses and the Wedgwood. 😀

 

[RayhanS1282]

I will strip down and then paste the letters on my body and take a picture and then post it at a domain page: www.youcanseefailure.com.

 

[Messerschmitts]

on the inspirational side, i was thinking of framing my first rejection letter and putting it on the wall next to my m.d. degree.

Word! As much as rejections hurt, I couldn't imagine throwing away or immolating my rejection letters. They are an interesting chapter of my life.

 

[huckberry]

Ok, after reading about gdbaby's most recent creative use for a rejection letter (teething toy for her toddler), I thought maybe we'd all like to post about our most creative (real or fictional) uses for those slimy little pieces of rejection we've received in the mail.

Also, I think we can include annoying pieces of mail which do not include acceptances such as pre- or post-interview hold letters, single page "file complete letters" in thin envelopes that come months and months after you are actually complete but give you a heart attack because you think they are rejections, letters to inform you that your school of choice does not consider you in-state, waitlist letters, etc.

Personally, I am thinking of producing and marketing a new form of "natural" cat litter. There's already the recycled newsprint litter, but I think rejection/non-informative/annoying med school mail could soak up far more, um, cat stuff. 😛

Use the rejection letters as toilet paper.