Funniest email I've received in ages

Some kid applied for a Masters degree at Steinhardt, the school where I teach. They rejected his application, so he wrote an email to EVERY SINGLE FACULTY MEMBER in every department in the entire school, letting us know what a big opportunity we missed out on.

Being a faculty member comes with a lot of work, responsibility, and bureaucracy. But stuff like this redeems it all... (Of course, I do enjoy teaching and writing research too!)

Here's a copy of the email, with personal information redacted:

Dear Mr. John S. Myers (Director of Graduate Enrollment),

I would like to thank you very much for your timely response to my 
graduate school application. However, I’m afraid that because of your 
inability to recognize what would have been the greatest student NYU 
Steinhardt would have ever known, you have made a poor decision on 
behalf of the faculty of NYU Steinhardt.

While the letter I received from you (signed with your signature) 
informed me that I will not be granted admission into your Masters 
degree program, I would like to tell you that this is Steinhardt’s loss 
– not mine. 

I simply will not allow you or any institution, including NYU 
Steinhardt, tell me that “I am not good enough.” I want you to know 
that I will not let your letter, or even your opinion, eat away at who 
I am and what I will achieve in this life. 

I can honestly say that at this point in my life, at 22 years old, I am 
nobody. But one day – I will become somebody. And when that day rolls 
forward, I will remember that it was NYU Steinhardt that slammed its 
doors in my face and when I wanted to pursue something that would have 
made me happy, it was Steinhardt that kicked me down. 

I realize that Steinhardt will not stop me from doing the things I 
love: reading Freud, reading Fromm, reading Martin, reading Mahatma and 
studying anything else in relation to the field that I love, namely 
psychology. 

And as I mentioned earlier, I would like to personally guarantee you 
that I will, indeed, be the greatest student Steinhardt will have ever 
known – I promise you that. You will read my books and hear my rhetoric 
again – I guarantee you. NYU Steinhardt will honor me one day and I 
cannot wait to be there. I cannot wait to be invited by another 
Professor to share my insight with the students at NYU. I will reach 
the masses and they will love me – I guarantee you. And when I stand 
beside that lectern, I cannot wait to tell the NYU audience that when I 
applied for graduate school at NYU Steinhardt, they didn't want me – 
but now, they invited me to come speak here. How ironic? Life just 
always seems too ironic. And that will be irony at its best. Just wait 
– you'll see.

And although you may push this email off as a practical joke written by 
some “dumb college kid,” please note that it’s often the “dumb college 
kids” who end up on the cover of Forbes magazine.

I am not mad or angry - just disappointed. I’ve come to the realization 
that I will have to pursue my dreams with or without NYU Steinhardt. 

And although I may not get there with you – I WILL get there.

Sincerely,
[student name redacted]

P.S. Print this email and keep it. It might be worth something one day.