<p>^I wrote “maybe” for a reason. If he’s a nice guy in your book, then you keep thinking that. It doesn’t sound like he was very nice and considerate for the OP (case closed is kind of harsh). In fact, you seemed to say that they’d be “accomodating.” Well, clearly this guy isn’t, while the rest of the commitee seems to be. And how many emails can a Caltech adcom get in a “downtime” emails-wise. This wasn’t like the night after I got my decision, or the day before I sent out my app, but it was in the dead months in between. And all the other emails I had sent to college adcoms have been promptly replied to. To add, his answer wasn’t very helpful. In fact, it didn’t really help me at all.</p>