HyacinthMacaw Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Hey folks, I applied to 19 Ph.D. programs and expect to receive rejection letters from many more of them than I would like. How about we brainstorm a few ways of channeling our frustrations and using our rejection letters as our artistic medium? Here's my list: -Giving rejection letters to my pet bird Jerry to shred to his little heart's content -Shredding them to a pulp, forming paper mache, then molding into an enlarged middle finger with an appropriate caption, then sending finger to admissions office that spurned you -Good for fishwrap -Light them on fire, let them slowly burn -Exercise in denial: white-out your name, put in someone else's -Those cute little umbrellas that you get with drinks -Exercise in denial #2: Cut out each individual letter, rearrange them so that the letter reads that you've been accepted -Mobius strips (they have only one side....whoa) -A highly ineffective method of birth control -Forward to Santa -Hole-punched paper confetti -Nothing; just laugh at how programs actually spent money on mailing you a rejection letter when they could have just emailed you That's all for now. Good luck to everyone! kotov 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kotov Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Uncomfortable but free toilet paper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmm Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Report email as spam/phishing scam. Nessie and TheOtherJake 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bee kel Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Adding onto your idea a bit: White out your name and and the university name, and change it to the professor's name and "(your name)'s totally awesome life," respectively. Send it back to admissions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newms Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 (edited) After I got all rejections last year, I stuck one on my fridge for motivation for this year. Eventually I felt I was sufficiently motivated and discarded it. Edited January 31, 2011 by newms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricaMarie Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Paper airplanes? I like those... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Monkey Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 When you get those credit card offers in the mail, stuff the prepaid envelopes with them and drop them in the mail. I usually stuff carpet cleaning coupons, plastic spoons, and new Q-tips in those, but rejection letters will work just as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOtherJake Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Report email as spam/phishing scam. lol'ing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
space-cat Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 My husband is a pyrotechnician. I fully intend to blow up my rejection letters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanderlust07 Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 In my mind: I am meticulously saving them all. They will be carefully preserved and framed. One day, I will be super famous and possibly embarrassingly wealthy. Then I will paper a room/gallery (open to the public) with these and laugh...all the people who said the equivalent of "guitar music is on the way out" can go down in history as the poor fools they are, a la Decca Records. Yes, my day dreams are v. pompous... In reality: They will go in a junk drawer/file cabinet and be lost in the next move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamianD Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Report email as spam/phishing scam. Great idea! Will definitely do that *evil grin* OT: 19 applications?? That is just insane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HigherEdNerd Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 One day, I will be super famous and possibly embarrassingly wealthy. HAHAHAHAHA... I think I'm applying for the wrong PhD programs!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HyacinthMacaw Posted January 31, 2011 Author Share Posted January 31, 2011 Great idea! Will definitely do that *evil grin* OT: 19 applications?? That is just insane I hear you--I tried to make sure my recommenders were comfortable beforehand with submitting letters to 19 schools. Still, I think I spent a lot of "capital," as it were, eroding my relationship with my recommenders (3 out of 4 of them had already written their recommendations for a master's program to which I had previously applied, so I don't believe this affected the overall quality). I did vet all programs for fit, and though some programs are better fits than others, all programs have faculty doing work that converges with my research interests. (I'm interested in prejudice broadly speaking but I'm also interested in benevolent sexism/benevolent stereotypes and contact theory more specifically). Also, I thought that applying to a range of programs would offer me an array of choices if I were fortunate enough to receive offers from a few of them. And of course, Ph.D. programs are extraordinarily competitive! I didn't want to later regret not applying to more schools that were good fits. Indeed, research fit was my only criterion when selection which schools to apply to--I didn't consider location, cost of living, etc. (Thought it would be wise to consider those things when weighing offers.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vacuum Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Uncomfortable but free toilet paper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppiesSuck Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 I have to visit a school that rejected me in a few months, I'm thinking of tacking my rejection (name cut off) to the prof's door. Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanderlust07 Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 I have to visit a school that rejected me in a few months, I'm thinking of tacking my rejection (name cut off) to the prof's door. Thoughts? Was it in 95 parts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishlibra Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 So, despite my best efforts to provide dental floss, my Dad has this vile, disgusting habit of using paper to floss his teeth (gross, I know). So, I'm going to save my rejection letters for him to floss his teeth. Maybe I'll burn at least one of them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxzwolf Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 So, despite my best efforts to provide dental floss, my Dad has this vile, disgusting habit of using paper to floss his teeth (gross, I know). So, I'm going to save my rejection letters for him to floss his teeth. Maybe I'll burn at least one of them... Paper cuts on your lips? Not worth the risk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thanks4Downvoting Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 I'll probably burn them. Not creative, but very cathartic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neshmi Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Since I will likely get an e-mail rejection (if I get one, think positive!!!) then maybe I will bounce it back and make them thing my e-mail address is no longer valid and just show up in September, no rejection = acceptance... right?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtle_shell Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Paper mache pinata. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man & the C(S) Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 I burned mine from last year, it felt very good. Since I work at the place I'm applying I think displayed prominently at my desk will be my best bet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flotsam Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Shred them all and put them in Sparky's cage for bedding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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