<p>I got an acceptance letter to my dream school a few weeks ago. However, I never sent an application! I only sent my test scores and transcript. I even called the university to make sure that I has accepted. And they said that I was indeed accepted.
I didn’t want to mention the non-existent application to the college just to be safe.
I’m just curious on how this happened…</p>
<p>That is odd… You may mention that you never applied rather than them realizing it later. But congrats!!!</p>
<p>That’s all they really need. Test scores and transcript for that particular school. I guess they really want you.</p>
<p>Perhaps it is an admit-by-formula school that needs nothing else besides test scores and transcript?</p>
<p>call them and make sure they got the prepaid four year tuition check you sent also.</p>
<p>Maybe you applied in a parallel universe and the wires got crossed somehow.</p>
<p>A similar thing happened to me with applying to high schools. It was perplexing. I must have accidentally sent them the equvilant of SSAT scores. That bloody good for you though, bet it doesn’t happen all that often on the collegiate level</p>
<p>It happened to me once when I was transferring. They only had half of my transcripts, part of an application, and no statement of purpose. I received an acceptance offer a few weeks before the deadline to apply, with the max. pathetic scholarship they give to transfers. I was actually insulted that they did that, being that it told me I was too good for the school. I ended up with a much better scholarship at a better college that I fully applied to. </p>
<p>In sum, you’re a top applicant and they really want you. If it’s your dream school, enjoy it.</p>
<p>We want to see your GPA+test scores please, alongside your school…</p>
<p>Apparently the school also waived your application fee.</p>
<p>enjoy your dream school!</p>
<p>I had an admissions interview set up and was accepted right before the interview. Went to the interview and they just said “well, I guess this is, now, a meet and greet”</p>
<p>Universities are becoming prohibitively expensive, to the point that enrollments are declining.</p>
<p>Out of desperation, they extend offers to people who don’t know any better, so that they can maintain their revenue or control its loss.</p>
<p>Yeah, I agree with the above poster, just tell that Ivy League dream school to keep their darn acceptance because it was just too easy.</p>
<p>P.S. Reminds me of a mediocre student who was invited to apply to Cornell. He was surprised that their admissions office was in Iowa.</p>
<p>^
That’s Cornell College, which obviously tries to take advantage of the name. I got a brochure from them once titled only “Cornell” on the front.</p>
<p>@Axelrod: Cornell College (the Cornell whose admissions office is in Iowa) just isn’t of the same standard as Cornell University.</p>
<p>Did he get into Cornell College?</p>
<p>Sorry, but the reference was meant to be humorous.</p>
<p>P.S. I was going to tell him that Cornell University has seven (7) colleges and the state supported ag school was in Iowa to take advantage of the unusually fertile soil.</p>
<p>Congrats! Did you ask them about aid now that you’re “in”!</p>
<p>Cornell College has a humorous section on its website about their name. Apparently they were the first one to be named Cornell, so they are not copying. One of their comparisons is this:</p>
<p>“Winters in Ithaca are cold and snowy. Winters in Mount Vernon, on the other hand, are snowy and cold.”</p>
<p>I’m not connected with either school, nor are my kids applying to them, but I give Cornell College brownie points for their humor over the name and being compared to /confused with a school that is more widely known.</p>
<p>Their “one class at a time” curriculum is unique. So they have their own merit. They likely attract different applicants.</p>
<p>My S was accepted to Purdue last year without scores or an application :-). They did send an email a week later or so explaining that the acceptance was in error. S never did apply there.</p>
<p>OP was it a state school you were accepted to?</p>