RUSH rejection letter

[bubbleyum]

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ok, now i just had to post this because i was so mad after i read the rejection letter i got from rush.
in this short letter, they managed to say i was rejected, blah blah, the usual we have too many candidates apply and can't interview everyone.

AND THEN, they have the gall to say "also, we can only interview a very small percentage of applicants that are at your level of academic credentials!!" (or something close to that.) and then says that when i have to reapply again next year they hope i would consider their school.

what the heck. did anybody else get this type of insulting letter or am i just special? granted, i only have a 30 mcat and 3.4/3.8(bcpm) gpa, but last time i checked they were no harvard either. do they have to say things like that in their rejection letter?? if i get rejected, i am smart enough to know i was not good enough for even an interview, they don't have to say it quite like that. insulting insulting insulting. what was i thinking when i applied to that school!!

MAKES ME MAD. 😡

 

[Depakote]

I stopped reading the details of rejection letters a while ago. They're all lipservice anyway.

Read until you see the word regret and then move on.

 

[bubbleyum]

yeah, well, i know it's a rejection letter as soon as i open my mailbox and see the thin envelope. plus i know from these boards that they stopped interviewing a while ago.

guess i should just torch the letters without even opening them.

 

[gdbaby]

yeah, well, i know it's a rejection letter as soon as i open my mailbox and see the thin envelope. plus i know from these boards that they stopped interviewing a while ago.

guess i should just torch the letters without even opening them.

Or you can send them to me. My son has ANOTHER cold so I pulp-up all my rejections and make "University Kleenex" out of them. It was so comforting to see the F'n GWU letterhead with nose snot all over it. Pritzker was a good one too!

 

[Pewl]

Yeah, Rush can kiss my big fat @ss as well.

Don't worry about it. There are far greater schools out there.

 

[Risa]

That's a super obnoxious letter, bubbleyum, I'd be mad too!!!

Empathetic mad face: 😡

 

[sparkysgirl]

I got the same letter, I hadn't actually read past the first line until now. But I agree, who do they think they are? Oh well, it's one of so many I think I've stopped caring.

 

[jbrice1639]

when did these letters come out? i've been wondering if they were ever going to acknowledge my existence now that it's been 7 months since i applied...

 

[MNsocsci]

Wow! That is so insulting and unnecessary! I don't think your numbers are bad and why would they go out of their way to make you feel worse? That would make me think twice before applying again to Rush next year if you have to.

 

[red dot]

Or you can send them to me. My son has ANOTHER cold so I pulp-up all my rejections and make "University Kleenex" out of them. It was so comforting to see the F'n GWU letterhead with nose snot all over it. Pritzker was a good one too!

ahahahahhahahahaha! you should market that! i kinda had been wondering what to do with my 20+ rejections.

 

[Sux_Is_In]

I just received the same letter and had similar thoughts. At least they didn't have me spend hundreds of dollars to fly out and interview, string me out for months waiting for a response, and then send me a crappy rejection letter (like other schools did). oh well...

 

[ASU_Devil]

Guys, don't be so harsh. They only interview like 500 people. They are just trying to say that they could only pick a few of you outstanding candidates. It just came out wrong.

 

[ismelllikepoop]

they have *******es writing their rejection letters. i dont get why they would be so insulting, esp considering now im not going to bother reapplying to that school now, so they wont be getting any more money from me.

 

[jbrice1639]

they have *******es writing their rejection letters. i dont get why they would be so insulting, esp considering now im not going to bother reapplying to that school now, so they wont be getting any more money from me.

i'd have to say, i think the problem lies with pre-meds being a little too sensitive. in the business world, you apply for a job and the people who aren't interested just outright ignore you...or send you some form letter.

these over-written, sometimes insulting letters we get from schools are a by-product of them trying to make everyone feel better as they're getting rejected. they ought to just send letters that say "sorry, after reviewing your application/interview/etc., we are not interested."

one sentence and done. insulting or not. it doesn't really matter how they say it, what they're saying is you're not good enough. so i figure there's no point in trying to sugar coat it. as a few posters said, most of us probably aren't even reading past the word "regret" anyways.

 

[rainyday]

I got exactly that same letter yesterday. I puzzled over that sentence. I have 34Q, BCPM: 3.95, and overall: 3.7. So, I choose not to be insulted and I don't think you should either. I think they just don't know how to say, we had too many good people apply. But I agree, it was really weird wording.

ok, now i just had to post this because i was so mad after i read the rejection letter i got from rush.
in this short letter, they managed to say i was rejected, blah blah, the usual we have too many candidates apply and can't interview everyone.

AND THEN, they have the gall to say "also, we can only interview a very small percentage of applicants that are at your level of academic credentials!!" (or something close to that.) and then says that when i have to reapply again next year they hope i would consider their school.

what the heck. did anybody else get this type of insulting letter or am i just special? granted, i only have a 30 mcat and 3.4/3.8(bcpm) gpa, but last time i checked they were no harvard either. do they have to say things like that in their rejection letter?? if i get rejected, i am smart enough to know i was not good enough for even an interview, they don't have to say it quite like that. insulting insulting insulting. what was i thinking when i applied to that school!!

MAKES ME MAD. 😡

 

[Makaka]

yeah, well, i know it's a rejection letter as soon as i open my mailbox and see the thin envelope. plus i know from these boards that they stopped interviewing a while ago.

guess i should just torch the letters without even opening them.

Can't agree with you there.
My acceptance letter from University of Wisconsin arrived in the thinnest, sorriest looking envelope. I thought it was all over when I looked at it.

 

[TimmyTheWonderD]

Just wanted to add to this thread - my Rush rejection should be arriving any day now! I got this e-mail from them a week or so ago....
Dear TimmyTheWonderD,

In response to your inquiry regarding the status of your application, the interview season for the 2006 entering of Rush Medical College has come to a close. Regretfully, we were not able to offer you an invitation to interview with us, and we are in the process of sending you written notification of our decision. The academic credentials of this year's applicant pool coupled with the vast array of community service, inspiring health care experiences, and the involvement of diverse activities were very impressive.

We thank you for applying to Rush, and wish you all the best with your plans for the coming year.


Sincerely,

Jan L. Schmidt
Director of Admissions

Once again, I fail to be "impressive" 😉

 

[gdbaby]

No worries. I interviewed there. Here's an example of one of the "impressive" candidates that was in my group.

Now, let's see...what type of meat would best classify this meathead? I am going with ground chuck, maybe an eye of the round. He litterally asked in front of our student tour guide "so when do we get to do gyno exams and do our standardized patients put their feet in the stirups like in a regular exam?" My uterus almost fell out when he said this. He loved football and related everything in med school to football. I purposely brought up tennis and the World Cup just to piss him off.

If that is what Rush sees as impressive, consider yourselves to be in better company! Hoping to get my post-interview rejection soon!

BTW: the send out all decisions in thin envelopes.

 

[ShyRem]

gd... that meat would be "short ribs".

 

[francisdoss]

Your taling about rejection letter, this is the funniest crap i've ever read in my life....

"Dear Mr X,
I am writting you to share what i believe is disapointing news. The admissions committe at Dartmouth MS has considered with care your apll. for adm... Unfortunately we are unable to offer you a place in our next entering class. we very much appreciate the time and effort you spent CRAFTING and COMPILING your apll...Our small entering class size dictate that we must limit our acceptances to to a frustratingly small proportion of those seeking acceptance here. I can assure you your application was considered with thoroughness and care despite this disapointing outcome.
We do hope that you will find the opportunities you seek for med school and beyond, and appreciate the chance we have had to learn something about you"

 

[gdbaby]

gd... that meat would be "short ribs".

Indeed. Perhaps, rump roast?

 

[ShyRem]

Ah... even better... sweetbreads. or Rocky Mountain oysters.

You insult a perfectly lovely tender rump roast by giving it this man's name.

 

[jbrice1639]

ok, now i just had to post this because i was so mad after i read the rejection letter i got from rush.
in this short letter, they managed to say i was rejected, blah blah, the usual we have too many candidates apply and can't interview everyone.

AND THEN, they have the gall to say "also, we can only interview a very small percentage of applicants that are at your level of academic credentials!!" (or something close to that.) and then says that when i have to reapply again next year they hope i would consider their school.

what the heck. did anybody else get this type of insulting letter or am i just special?

weird...i finally got my rejection from rush, but it didn't say any of that stuff. it just said they had a lot of candidates and unfortunately couldn't offer me an interview. actually, it opened up with something about the interview season being over, and then that. then the rest was just typical lip service, and some suggestions for people who may be reapplying.

oh well, i'm glad it finally came...now my app cycle is officially complete and i can stop thinking about it

 

[Flopotomist]

It seems that rejection letters come in five flavors:

1. It hurts us, and pains us to write this - we hired touchy-feely counsultants to make the pain of this letter minimal (Dartmouth, Stanford, UCSF)

2. Our school is awesome, you aren't worthy, "there were many superior applicants, you weren't one" (RFU, Irvine)

3. The "telegram" style rejection where they try to get the message across in as few words as possible. "Dear (applicant), Your file is no longer under consideration at our school, sincerely Dean ___" (can't remember examples of this one)

4. The "we-are-too-cheap-to-spend-your-$100-secondary-fee-on-a-stamp" schools that just send you an email of rejection (Davis, Emory)

5. my LEAST favorite - the "we will never actually reject you outright, but will just stop returning phone calls and hope that you get the hint that you were rejected eventually" schools. (Tulane, Temple, Mt. Sinai, NYU, Northwestern)

 

[BlondieMD]

Any letter from RUSH would have been nice...I'm still waiting for that rejection...

 

[Risa]

He litterally asked in front of our student tour guide "so when do we get to do gyno exams and do our standardized patients put their feet in the stirups like in a regular exam?"

😱

My uterus almost fell out when he said this.