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March 1, 2019 4:10pm ET

Rejected at MIT Sloan

Round: Round 2

Received via portal March 1, 2019

GPA: 3.6

GMAT: 332

Target Career: Non Profit / Social Impact

Application Location: USA

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Can we complain about the inhumane notification experience and the passive/aggressive wording of the rejection letter??

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anon12752 Likes Earned: 2 Oh dear. What did the letter say? (0)

anon13383 Likes Earned: 0 Agree (0)

anon10594 Likes Earned: 0 "Since we have so few spaces to offer, the challenge is selecting not only academically and professionally qualified applicants, but also the very strongest candidates from a field of extraordinarily talented individuals." (0)

anon63500 Likes Earned: 4 There is no reason Sloan needed to occupy my ENTIRE day making me wait while they trickled out invites. So, yes, let's complain. (0)

anon12752 Likes Earned: 2 Whoa. Ouch... (0)

anon32495 Likes Earned: 0 that doesn't sound particularly brutal? 5pm on a Friday is a dick move though (0)

anon12752 Likes Earned: 2 It's brutal because the implication is that you simply aren't the best. Why not just leave out the "but also the very strongest candidates..." part? (0)

anon15681 Likes Earned: 4 I think they were hoping you would focus more on the “field of extraordinarily talented candidates” part... I don’t think they were trying to “brutally” imply that you’re not a top candidate. When the acceptance rate is 12% and you are competing against the best... some amazing candidates will have to be rejected. I think that was their intention. I wouldn’t take it as a hit to your quality as a candidate. (0)

anon12752 Likes Earned: 2 They likely hope that candidates take the rejection the way you imply but this is why words are important. The geniuses at MIT couldn’t come up with a better way to show their appreciation to those who gave it their all? (0)

anon88839 Likes Earned: 1 Agree. I think the rejection indicates not a good fit instead of not good enough. Sloan really made it “not good enough” (0)

anon94253 Likes Earned: 0 Well put, anon88839. Come to think of it, it fits with adcom's mantra "we don't ask for goals / other essays because the past is the best indicator of future success" (0)

anon10083 Likes Earned: 0 Harvard rejection letter states that you're a good enough candidate, and the reason why they can't admit you is that they need to allocate the class profile. (Though it's not the real reason but you feel better...) MIT rejection letter is brutally honest: you're not good enough! There's no right or wrong but this somehow reflects the schools' culture... By someone who got rejected by both schools...lol (0)

anon45635 Likes Earned: 0 "We realize this news comes as a disappointment. However, we do hope that you will accept our best wishes for your future success." I do not accept your best wishes. I'll make my own success somewhere else. (0)

anon88839 Likes Earned: 1 anon94253 I recall, in a video, the dean talked about how they want people who are ahead of their peers. Now it translates to “the best”. (0)

anon29960 Likes Earned: 0 I’m surprised any of you read past the we regret to inform you part at the beginning. (0)

anon82694 Likes Earned: 1 Someone post the full text of the ding letter. (0)

anon64652 Likes Earned: 3 Jeez anon45635, it's a rejection letter. You're going to have sore feelings regardless, but no reason to reject best wishes, ever. (0)

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