Herbert A. Millington
Chair – Search Committee
412A Clarkson Hall, Whitson University
College Hill, MA 34109
Dear Professor Millington,
Thank you for your letter of March 16. After careful consideration, I
regret to inform you that I am unable to accept your refusal to offer me
an assistant professor position in your department.
This year I have been particularly fortunate in receiving an unusually
large number of rejection letters. With such a varied and promising field
of candidates, it is impossible for me to accept all refusals.
Despite Whitson’s outstanding qualifications and previous experience in
rejecting applicants, I find that your rejection does not meet my needs at
this time. Therefore, I will assume the position of assistant professor
in your department this August. I look forward to seeing you then.
Best of luck in rejecting future applicants.
Sincerely,
Chris L. Jensen
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Hi, I like your style of writing and your humor. There should be much more people with “civil courage” to set up a letter like this one…I had a good friend of mine who got rejecting letters and she filled 3 ring books with. Very frustrating, yes.
I recently had a bunch of those. Well, not letters and not as many as your friend, Susanne, but enough that I was getting really disheartened. Of course, I came back from school in the middle of my second semester looking for a job until I could start school again in the fall, so it’s not like I had a lot to offer in that department. If I’d had the courage and the brains to do this, I wonder what would have happened….
Great little read.I only wish that would actually work.
This is the best rejection
letter I’ve ever read!
I thought it was pretty hilarious myself…
It’s the lighter side of writing, but sometimes that’s the fun side!
Wow! Why have I never thought of a rejection letter of a rejection letter?! That’s brilliant! Check out my blog devoted to literary rejections (a notable subset of the rejection letter) at http://literaryrejectionsondisplay.blogspot.com/
You dwarf me.