Subject: Your Nilles University Application
August 21st, Y1
Dear Applicant (Point__@_The_Sky@mail)
We regret to inform you that your application for graduate study in our departnt was turned down. We look at each application and applicant as a whole and decisions are based on a composite of information including your previous academic performance, referrals, relevant professional activities, proposed research statents, and test scores.
Due to a high volu of applicants, this ssage has been partially automated. Your application was received by paper and email and discussed by and one other faculty mber. We responded by email as per your preference. We would like to stress, for your particular application:
• That we would very much like you to apply again in future years.
• That we would encourage you to use the sa email address, as we can easily tie it back to this application.
• We felt your academics were very strong.
• We felt your extracurriculars were exceptional.
• We felt your references were exceptional.
• In a ti when records are often lacking and references may be hard to identify or contact, your application stood above and beyond in how complete and thorough it was.
Nilles is one of three Universities serving an estimated population of fifty million on Earth Gil and its associated territories, and it is the sole post-secondary institution offering graduate studies. Over one and a half million bright and eager minds have applied to Nilles in avid hope of starting or resuming their educations, and regretfully, with our current facilities, we cannot accept more than twenty thousand.
Although these circumstances an we must regretfully send you an unfavorable response, we appreciate your application. We wish you the best in your future endeavors and look forward to hearing from you next year.
Yours truly,
Dr. Marilyn Ginbar
Graduate Advisor
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♦ Private ssages from Glitzglam:
Glitzglam: Friend said emails out today
Point__@_The_Sky: I got mine this morning.
Glitzglam: And? ? ?
Point__@_The_Sky: Sa as last year.
Glitzglam: : (
Point__@_The_Sky: We have completed a review of your applic’n. Paperwork good. Grades good. X’lars good. Refs good. You’re perfect.
Point__@_The_Sky: But the world ended two years ago, sorry! No place for you now. Please apply next year. We’ll keep track of your applic’n and the fact you applied last year, we promise!
Point__@_The_Sky: no ntion in this yrs letter about applying last year so I do have my doubts
Glitzglam: aw hon 😦
Glitzglam: why tho? My friend got in and I know his ap wasn’t as good
Point__@_The_Sky: why do you think?
Point__@_The_Sky: That’s a serious Q’n btw. Because I don’t know
Point__@_The_Sky: Rational part of thinks high demand program only so many grad students allowed in
Point__@_The_Sky: That part of outnumbered 14 to 1 tho
Glitzglam: hm hm
Glitzglam: very specific #
Point__@_The_Sky: I’ve been thinking about it all day. Made a list. Lots of unreasonable answers that are semi-possible. sentint / reference backstabs / people with ties to uni staff get in first / uni tied to gov gov wants specific focus for research
Point__@_The_Sky: I could go on. I know so of those sound crazy
Point__@_The_Sky: all of that? If true then no reason to think next year will be different. Last year was a third the number applicants, they accepted 2.5%. This year, what? 1.4%?
Glitzglam: um
Point__@_The_Sky: Could be multiple of above. could be none.
Point__@_The_Sky: Enough about . How is training going?
Glitzglam: is fine. not important.
Glitzglam: Im going to visit as soon as possible
Glitzglam: k?
Point__@_The_Sky: No need to treat with kid gloves. We all suspected this would happen.
Glitzglam: honestly ?
Glitzglam: we all were saying 2 temper expectations
Glitzglam: but we would wink as we said it
Glitzglam: we thought u would get in
Point__@_The_Sky: That doesn’t make feel better
Glitzglam: have u told everyone?
Point__@_The_Sky: no
Point__@_The_Sky: Today I have stuff to do. I work and think.
Point__@_The_Sky: Might go for long trip before h.school sester starts I get busy with work. Visit ho.
Point__@_The_Sky: Share after I get back I think.
Glitzglam: K. Im visiting 2. field exercises today tomorrow. team want to et for drinks on day off. I think I might take off nstead. ho 4 sure. m/b u?
Point__@_The_Sky: I’m okay. But do a favor?
Glitzglam: anything
Point__@_The_Sky: If you stop by? I set up tarps by house. Make sure they still there & no water getting through? Lost cause maybe
Glitzglam: can do
Glitzglam: u sure u ok?
Point__@_The_Sky: I’m not. But I’m the ok sort of not ok. I’ve gotten good at effective brooding
Point__@_The_Sky: Our little parcel of humanity is sprawled haphazardly across 15 alt earths. Has to be a place for us sowhere right?
Glitzglam: right
Glitzglam: and speaking of places. I got 2 take off becuz my place is 2 be doing drills
Point__@_The_Sky: Be safe. Say hi to the family for . I’ll drop by soon.
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