Coincidence or Devious Strategy?

b_r_um
Sat, 05 Feb 2011 11:57:27 +0000

My theory is that they had already decided to accept you but not notified you yet. Your withdrawal might have triggered them to notify you of their decision earlier than planned, or maybe it was really just a coincidence.

I withdrew most of my applications after I was accepted to MIT. A couple of departments got back to me saying that they were going to accept me, or that they had already recommended me for admission to the graduate school. None of them made me an official offer after I withdrew though.

Congrats on Stanford by the way!