I am on a fuckin' roll here. Today's letter came from the University of Pennsylvania. Apologies to Bekah but despite her best efforts over the past few years it looks like I still won't be moving to Philly. This particular rejection comes as no surprise, given some of the email I had previously received on the subject.
The letter said, in part, that the writer trusts I "have been, or will son be, admitted elsewhere to a university of [my] choice." Delightful. As a matter of fact, I have. But what if Penn was my top choice? I mean, I didn't tell them that I'd applied to other schools and Penn's a great school with a solid program. What if I'd had my heart set on going there? Well, then the letter would just be rubbing some salt into the wound, eh? I understand that the people writing these things are just trying to make a hard blow land a little softer, and I appreciate that, but I think they should consider more carefully exactly how they do that. Eh. I'm sure people would complain just as much if they did it some other way.