Wisconsin-Madison sent me a rejection email on Saturday.
NGL, kinda broke my heart as it was one of my top choices.
Then, just a few minutes ago, I received a follow-up from them, flaunting an “urgent and important update had been made to my portal.”
I had flashes of the faculty sprinting out of their basement confines, robed and sleep-deprived, waving my previously disregarded application through the whipping, frigid Madison air as they collectively shouted, “WAIT, WE MADE A MISTAKE! WAIT, TBLACK1697, PLEASE DON’T GO!! WE LOVE YOU...WE NEED YOU! WAIT—”
With shaky hands, I clicked on the update, squinting my bloodshot eyes:
It was…still a rejection.
They just really wanted to hammer home that I didn’t get in.
For those struggling with rejections, I’m right there with you.
And, if it gives you any solace…
At least you weren’t rejected twice.
