Funny story to enlighten everyone who will be getting rejection letters - and everyone will be getting one at some point, almost guaranteed:
My husband's best friend was kicked out of college for some really, really dim grades his freshman year - one of those .45 GPA types who spent his first year hanging out with his pals Bud, Johnnie Walker and Jack Daniels.
The call from the Dean to his parents said he was "not of college caliber" and suggested he try trade or vocational school. He appealed and was sent a rather acrimonious, letter from the same dean saying he would never amount to college material, and therefore the university would not and could not spend precious time and resources on allowing him back in the classroom. The dean also wrote that he seriously questioned the academic merit of any institution that would allow him into the university system.
The dean died of a heart-attack two weeks later, and our friend was readmitted into the university upon his next appeal.
Five years later and one new dean later, he graduated from this "meritless" university.
His diploma hangs in a dual frame next to the above letter from the dearly departed dean in the office of the company he runs!
SEE - rejection letters can be made into fun art!