tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post1191199794600328050..comments2023-06-11T02:19:27.429-07:00Comments on Academic Cog: SCUM lettersSisyphushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09880634753539329199noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-56639871236066457042007-11-19T17:11:00.000-08:002007-11-19T17:11:00.000-08:00Thanks everyone!!!! I think I will take everyone u...Thanks everyone!!!! I think I will take everyone up on the offers of well wishes and rum (does it have to be gin?) <BR/><BR/>Last year I planned to make a big bonfire of my rejection letters but stuffed them all away somewhere and never got around to it. When I found them, I was on the top of the upswing in the annual job market roller coaster --- just prepping for the new start. So I didn't feel like having a holocaust; I just recycled them.Sisyphushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09880634753539329199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-16142497330849099642007-11-17T19:22:00.000-08:002007-11-17T19:22:00.000-08:00I'm on the market, too. It's the wait and all of ...I'm on the market, too. It's the wait and all of the uncertainty that's getting to me. That, and the huge MLA conference looming before me. Good luck with your search!k8https://www.blogger.com/profile/07547334819703279971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-30841770895178274412007-11-17T08:49:00.000-08:002007-11-17T08:49:00.000-08:00I'll keep my fingers crossed for the letters to ba...I'll keep my fingers crossed for the letters to balance themselves out as well. <BR/><BR/>What's worse than the SCUM letter is the "beneath notice" moment, where you realize that someone has been given the position and that you've never even received notice that you were rejected. Only in academe...Dr. Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17311538014480815090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-73815796956998333272007-11-17T07:07:00.000-08:002007-11-17T07:07:00.000-08:00Let's just all hope that karma is awake and paying...Let's just all hope that karma is awake and paying attention. That way, you'll get three rejections from places that realize they don't deserve you, and five offers - then <I>you</I> get to reject four.Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10849272391043604637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-58554317534488804392007-11-17T07:00:00.000-08:002007-11-17T07:00:00.000-08:00i made a "rejection wall" for grad school apps. i ...i made a "rejection wall" for grad school apps. i wanted to do the same thing last year for the job apps, but most of the schools didn't care enough to even send that. oh, wait, i did get one in august from the job i applied for last year. <BR/><BR/>i feel your pain sister.<BR/><BR/>keep the faith.Maudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11918488082176862598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-15731010058362049052007-11-17T06:55:00.000-08:002007-11-17T06:55:00.000-08:00Back when I was in grad school, I always used to s...Back when I was in grad school, I always used to say I was saving up the rejection letters for a pinata. (I never did make one, and I don't think I can do it now, because that kind of pinata party really requires a bunch of other like-minded grad students in the same boat. But it would be cool if someone did.)Fretful Porpentinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11165078003123517013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-78716825259607038162007-11-17T03:43:00.000-08:002007-11-17T03:43:00.000-08:00Dearest Cog,I've been meaning to say this for a wh...Dearest Cog,<BR/><BR/>I've been meaning to say this for a while, and now it becomes urgent.<BR/><BR/>I will never, ever, <I>ever</I> complain about applying to Ph.D. programs <I>ever</I> again. <BR/><BR/>I am absolutely in awe of all of you job marketers -- in awe mostly of the fact that you are still, apparently, alive. <BR/><BR/>All best, twelve thousand hugs and a bottle of gin,<BR/><BR/>Mousemoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12390704103460109691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-75803246729042510882007-11-16T20:26:00.000-08:002007-11-16T20:26:00.000-08:00I know it's not the same, but when I was applying ...I know it's not the same, but when I was applying for history ph.d. programs (ah, back in the day, well, ok, two years ago), there was one school that wasn't happy with sending out ONE rejection letter: they also sent an email version. Just in case I didn't get the message the first time around. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you!<BR/>--SarahLoose Baggy Monsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03538653635672644780noreply@blogger.com