Sorry.. You aren't Rejected!!
After nearly twenty days of scrutinizing the lakh and odd applications received, today the Indian Institutes of Managements (IIMs) have come out with the list of rejected applications.
Even as you type your application number in the given text box, deep inside you feel anxious and the "what-if-mine-is-rejected" question hovers at the back of the mind; all these inspite of having checked your application a million times. I went through the same feelings today; but when I clicked on the GO button next to my Appln No., my heart was in my mouth, literally; albeit for a moment.
The reason: The first word that splashed on the next screen was SORRY!!! Shell shocked, I read the whole sentence. It read thus -
Sorry! your CAT Application number 1234xyz does not appear in the Rejection List
For once, I was relieved. But what was infuriating was the word 'Sorry' in front. I have never before encountered a 'Sorry' attached to a statement which conveys something which has happened the right way. Even Wiki indicates that Sorry refers to possessing or expressing regret or sorrow. The 'Sorry' on that page doesn't refer to either. That much I am pretty sure.
I have always had the opinion that "the IIMs can do nothing wrong." Should I still cling onto that opinion?? I really don't know...
Even as you type your application number in the given text box, deep inside you feel anxious and the "what-if-mine-is-rejected" question hovers at the back of the mind; all these inspite of having checked your application a million times. I went through the same feelings today; but when I clicked on the GO button next to my Appln No., my heart was in my mouth, literally; albeit for a moment.
The reason: The first word that splashed on the next screen was SORRY!!! Shell shocked, I read the whole sentence. It read thus -
Sorry! your CAT Application number 1234xyz does not appear in the Rejection List
For once, I was relieved. But what was infuriating was the word 'Sorry' in front. I have never before encountered a 'Sorry' attached to a statement which conveys something which has happened the right way. Even Wiki indicates that Sorry refers to possessing or expressing regret or sorrow. The 'Sorry' on that page doesn't refer to either. That much I am pretty sure.
I have always had the opinion that "the IIMs can do nothing wrong." Should I still cling onto that opinion?? I really don't know...
posted by VAC | 10:08 AM
2 Comments:
Good one! I can imagine how irritating it must have been :)
the first time i looked at your post i thought it was a typo error and tyhat it was meant to read "sorry, you ARE rejected"!!!
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