unbelievable!

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前几天收到QUEEN的拒信, 实在想不通为什么, 就给那个面试我的BEN写信去问, 想不到他的回信令我更吃惊, 难怪今年鲜有被QUEEN录取的消息. 信的内容摘录如下:

As for your intimation that all Chinese applicants are unilaterally
>rejected after being interviewed by me, I must admit I find that
>suggestion rather disturbing.  What you may not realize is that Queen's -
>as well as most other MBA programs in the Western hemisphere - have
>witnessed a substantial drop in the number of applications from Chinese
>candidates, due in large part to the proliferation of rapidly-improving
>MBA programs in China.  Consequently, we will then see a reduction in the
>number of Chinese students in the Queen's MBA program.
>
>Secondly, MBA recruiters worldwide have made it abundantly clear to
>business school administrators that they value strong communication skills
>above all else in MBA graduates.  Given the inherent challenges of
>learning English for Chinese-born citizens to the point where they can
>genuinely participate at the same level as a native English speaker in our
>program, it should then not be terribly surprising to learn that the
>number of students in the Queen's MBA program who possess Chinese
>citizenship has declined.

不知大家怎么看, 我是隐约嗅到一个词--citizenship discrimination! 更气人的是，我那天收到两封信，都来自ＱＵＥＥＮ，一封是拒信，另一封却是他们的促销册子，鼓励报他们的ＭＢＡ，说是based on my outstanding GMAT score!  What the hell!

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以下是引用cicilla在2006-3-25 9:54:00的发言：

可是校友不能代表学校啊。还是要去学校搞搞清楚的。

SRY, C板. 他不是校友, 而是QUEEN的Assistant Director. That's why make me mad.

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Musicsky, thank you for your concern, the following subject is the exact word of e-mails from Ben and me, of course, except my name and my e-mail address.

From: Ben Whitney <BWhitney@business.queensu.ca>

>CC: Ruth Sherboneau <RSherboneau@business.queensu.ca>
>Subject: Re: Fw: confused
>Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 13:06:08 -0500
>
>Hi XXX,
>
>Thank you for your e-mail.
>
>First of all, the letter you received that was signed by our Director (Ms.
>Shannon Goodspeed) is a standard letter that is generated and sent to
>prospective applicants whenever someone who fits our typical applicant
>profile performs well (i.e. in excess of 600) on the GMAT.  The fact that
>you received this letter on the same day you received the second letter
>rejecting your candidacy for our program is, however, regrettable;
>clearly, we did a rather poor job of cross-referencing in this instance.
>
>As for your intimation that all Chinese applicants are unilaterally
>rejected after being interviewed by me, I must admit I find that
>suggestion rather disturbing.  What you may not realize is that Queen's -
>as well as most other MBA programs in the Western hemisphere - have
>witnessed a substantial drop in the number of applications from Chinese
>candidates, due in large part to the proliferation of rapidly-improving
>MBA programs in China.  Consequently, we will then see a reduction in the
>number of Chinese students in the Queen's MBA program.
>
>Secondly, MBA recruiters worldwide have made it abundantly clear to
>business school administrators that they value strong communication skills
>above all else in MBA graduates.  Given the inherent challenges of
>learning English for Chinese-born citizens to the point where they can
>genuinely participate at the same level as a native English speaker in our
>program, it should then not be terribly surprising to learn that the
>number of students in the Queen's MBA program who possess Chinese
>citizenship has declined.
>
>I trust this addresses your concerns.
>
>Regards,
>
>Ben Whitney
>Assistant Director
>MBA for Science & Technology
>613.533.3166 (Phone)
>613.533.6281 (Fax)
>
>
>
>
>Ruth Sherboneau/EMP/QSB
>03/24/2006 12:42 PM
>
>To
>Ben Whitney/EMP/QSB@QSB
>cc
>
>Subject
>Fw: confused
>
>
>
>
>
>
>----- Forwarded by Ruth Sherboneau/EMP/QSB on 24/03/2006 12:40 PM ---
>
>To
>admin@mbast.queensu.ca
>cc
>
>Subject
>confused
>
>
>
>
>
>
>Dear Committee:
>
>My name is XX, and I am applying your MBA program this year. After I
>
>fulfilled my interview with Mr. Ben Whitney on March, 8th, I was told you
>will inform me your decision within 2 weeks. Just yesterday, I got 2
>letters
>from you. One is the declined letter, which means I didn't get in your
>program. Another one came from Ms. Shannon Goodspeed, encouraged me apply
>your program based on my "outstanding GAMT score". So I am confused, what is
>that?
>
>lus, would you please tell me why I am not qualified for your MBA
>program?
>It is my GMAT, TOEFL, GPA, work experience, essay or interview? By the
>way,
>as far as I know, Chinese applicants interviewed by Mr. Ben Whitney all
>got
>denied, is this just coincidence or not?
>
>Thanks for reading my letter, hope to hear from you soon.
>
>Regards.
>
>XXX

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Hi, china8, actually, I do not care about the result of my application to Queen too much, because I already got several offers from the U.S.schools. Instead, Ben, as the Assistant Director, gave such inappropriate remarks(at least I think so) bothering me a little.

As you concern my English skills, I admit my English skills are not quite excellent, compared with native speakers. Nevertheless, as the landing immigrant, I have been Canada over 2 years, and now I am an engineer working in the pure English environment every day, reading, listening, speaking, writing even thinking. Do you think there is a stupid boss who wastes his money and hires a guy who barely communicates with his co-workers?

Once again, please read his letter again, you will smell a little bit nationality discrimination if you stand in a fair position, just as most CDers do in this forum. If you still say " no", I am sorry.

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