Comments on: The Art of Rejection http://harlotofthearts.org/blog/2009/04/30/the-art-of-rejection/ Wed, 07 Jul 2010 04:21:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Kaitlin http://harlotofthearts.org/blog/2009/04/30/the-art-of-rejection/comment-page-1/#comment-1814 Kaitlin Sat, 02 May 2009 03:48:28 +0000 http://harlotofthearts.org/blog/?p=926#comment-1814 I'm less interested in the actual content of the letters--because, let's face it, it all boils down to "good try, but no"--than I am with the form that they come in. I think the serious slaps in the face are e-mail rejection letters. I mean, you gave them an admission fee, they could, in the very least, spare a piece of paper, envelope, and postage. I am not opposed to an email as a courtesy--as in, we'll send you an email as a courtesy because we know you want to know sooner rather than later, but we'll also send you a letter. It shows thought and I think everyone just wants to feel that they were seriously considered, but email is fair too quick and easy and impersonal. I’m less interested in the actual content of the letters–because, let’s face it, it all boils down to “good try, but no”–than I am with the form that they come in. I think the serious slaps in the face are e-mail rejection letters.

I mean, you gave them an admission fee, they could, in the very least, spare a piece of paper, envelope, and postage. I am not opposed to an email as a courtesy–as in, we’ll send you an email as a courtesy because we know you want to know sooner rather than later, but we’ll also send you a letter.

It shows thought and I think everyone just wants to feel that they were seriously considered, but email is fair too quick and easy and impersonal.

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