Did emailing my admissions officers affect my decisions?

dowzerw
Sat, 31 Mar 2018 15:34:30 +0000

As @skieurope wrote above, “correlation does not imply causation.” You would not be rejected somewhere for sending an update or for being invested in a particular school. They did not move you from the “Accept” pile to the “Reject” pile because you sent an update. Don’t worry.

On the other hand, as your thought was to give a heads up to future applicants, if the schools state they don’t want updates, your efforts may be completely wasted if you send anyhow. Many schools are honest that extra updates get filed-in the trash.

@skieurope will be thrilled to know my DD will likely join him at that little known college west of Boston in the Fall.