*rant* Grad school admissions offer rescinded

[GoPackGo]

Originally posted by: SarcasticDwarf

Originally posted by: radioouman
UW is a good school. I got my masters from Platteville. Your GPA is low for grad school, so just apply for the special student status and go after your degree. So what if it takes you an extra year?

The fact that they are pulling this after the fact indicates that they did not really see me as a strong candidate (if they had, they would not have sent this). While Madison is a good school, what the hell am I supposed to do for a year? Even then there is no guarantee whatsoever that I will get in. Oh, and there is the small matter of being completely unable to afford an extra year ($8k tuition + rent and others brings it to at least $15k).

Get a job at State Street Brats....Now that the "arcade" is closed.

 

[nanette1985]

Just ignore the e-mail. Pretend that you never got it. You got accepted, that's it. Congrats!

 

[DaiShan]

Wait let me get this straight: They sent you a letter in the mail that was printed out accepting you to the program then sent you an EMAIL rescinding said offer? No no no. You go to the Registrars office/Financial affairs office with your acceptance letter and checkbook, then hand them your check and leave. Case closed. That's called a contract, now if your letter said something like "You must get xx for gpa this term" that's one thing, but an email after you've accepted their offer shouldn't hold. If it's any consolation/you need some encouragement, my brother-in-law got flat out rejected to his top choice law school. The first day of class he attended one that looked interesting to him, started submitting assignments, and by the end of the week the school had caught on. So he told them he would be happy to write them a check to pay for what he was learning in class, but if they wouldn't accept it he would be learning for free. Although pretty unothodox, they were really impressed by his resolve and allowed him admittance. For the record, he was not even close to fitting their rubrick for admissions (2.9 GPA ~155 LSAT) You just have to decide how much this school is worth to you.