"The committee and I sympathize with your disappointment . . ."

[yankeesmed]

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Harvard sent a very kind rejection letter. Surprisingly, "disappointment" made a cameo, but at least Harvard said, "you may" be disappointed. I think they should have done without that inference, but it is not as assuming as "we sympathize with your disappointment." What I liked about Harvard's letter is that they very warmly speak about your future as a physician and the possibility of working with them as a resident or fellow. I think it was a nice touch and there is nothing harmful in the letter.

I still believe the less you say in professional correspondence the better. Harvard did their letter right, though. It is a hard task for the admissions committee to turn down so many qualified people, and it shows in their letter.

Dear,
With sincere regret, I must report that the Committee on Admissions has completed its selection of the class entering in August 2011 and has not been able to offer you a place.

We are grateful to have received applications from so many candidates with excellent intellectual and personal qualities. This year, well over 5300 people applied for the 165 places in the first year class at Harvard Medical School. With so many more talented and highly qualified candidates than we could admit or even interview, the Committee on Admissions faced a very difficult task.

Although you may be disappointed, my personal wish for you is that you find fulfillment studying medicine at another fine medical school. Perhaps we will have the opportunity to work with you in the future as a resident or fellow.

We thank you for considering Harvard, and we send you our very best wishes for a successful career.

Sincerely,

 

[rhcarolina]

Harvard sent a very kind rejection letter. Surprisingly, "disappointment" made a cameo, but at least Harvard said, "you may" be disappointed. I think they should have done without that inference, but it is not as assuming as "we sympathize with your disappointment." What I liked about Harvard's letter is that they very warmly speak about your future as a physician and the possibility of working with them as a resident or fellow. I think it was a nice touch and there is nothing harmful in the letter.

I still believe the less you say in professional correspondence the better. Harvard did their letter right, though. It is a hard task for the admissions committee to turn down so many qualified people, and it shows in their letter.

Darn, you beat me to it! I just received it too. I really liked the "Perhaps we will have the opportunity to work with you in the future as a resident or fellow." That was actually pretty comforting 👍

 

[slowbutsteady]

hello there OP! i think you are a sweet sweet sensitive man who feels everything so deeply like a poet...a cowboy poet

hahahahahahahaha!!!

 

[45408]

Yes, it was titled "Well Cornell." Note the misspelling of Weill.

It certainly isn't the most unprofessional thing a top ranked medical school has done. It is a humorous oversight by the medical school's admissions office. They probably wouldn't know how to fix it if they wanted to, as it is in the properties of the document, not the file name.

Add a little punctuation for flavor.

"Well, Cornell?"

 

[Thom1986]

Geez, get over yourself. News flash: This is a form letter. They did not draft a special one for you and presume your disappointment.

And the word you meant to use is "presumptuous," not "pretentious." But it is pretentious of you to start a thread the sole purpose of which is to tell us you were not disappointed by your rejection by Columbia.

This guy sucks 100% of the time he is typing on sdn. Ignore him.

 

[drizzt3117]

Idk if USC uses the same rejection template still but it was by far the best.

First, an email telling you to check your status, followed by a form letter that said:

"Dear Applicant,

I'm sorry to inform you that you've been rejected. 8000 people applied for the 180 spots in this entering class, so, well, I'm sure you can do the math."

 

[FIREitUP]

Idk if USC uses the same rejection template still but it was by far the best.

First, an email telling you to check your status, followed by a form letter that said:

"Dear Applicant,

I'm sorry to inform you that you've been rejected. 8000 people applied for the 180 spots in this entering class, so, well, I'm sure you can do the math."

Yes, they do. They force you to check your status in order to read their two sentence long rejection letter.

 

[pinkynotbrain]

Penn's (pre-interview rejection):

Dear Student,

The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine interview program for 2011 admission has closed. There will be no further interviews or interview invitations at this time.

Because of the competitive nature of the admissions process, the Committee has decided to announce 2011 final decisions on the status page for applicants who have not been invited for an interview. This information is available immediately at: http://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/my/pennmed_application

We hope that this information will enable you to make informed decisions about your medical education in the weeks ahead.

Thanks for your interest in Penn Med and good luck.

The Office for Admissions


If you're sending a letter saying no more interviews are available to people who haven't interviewed, why bother linking to the status page? Otherwise, I actually think it's a good letter, but the status page link thing just seems... superfluous?

 

[raltima07]

Penn's (pre-interview rejection):

Dear Student,

The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine interview program for 2011 admission has closed. There will be no further interviews or interview invitations at this time.

Because of the competitive nature of the admissions process, the Committee has decided to announce 2011 final decisions on the status page for applicants who have not been invited for an interview. This information is available immediately at: http://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/my/pennmed_application

We hope that this information will enable you to make informed decisions about your medical education in the weeks ahead.

Thanks for your interest in Penn Med and good luck.

The Office for Admissions


If you're sending a letter saying no more interviews are available to people who haven't interviewed, why bother linking to the status page? Otherwise, I actually think it's a good letter, but the status page link thing just seems... superfluous?

Just covering all bases I guess