<p>Update: I actually got a reply from the dean very quickly and he seemed willing to help. He made a point to call me on the phone, and work some stuff out. The advice I can give to anyone who might be in a similar situation is don’t accept the quick nope you might get from the first person you talk to. If I had, I wouldve had no chance at getting admitted in there. Get a hold of the dean (his name is Matthew); he seems genuinely interested in helping students out, and he talked to me for about a half an hour at what I believe was 7 PM his time on a friday evening. I mean theres no promise you’ll get in, but its a lot better than an assured no I got when I called the general HHC admission. To be fair, she might not have had the authority to do anything about it, but neither did she, in our 1-2 minute phone conversation, suggest I talk to the dean or anyone else. Thats my take. And if this does happen to anyone else, send the HHC an email even if you’re not accepted yet (don’t know if this would actually be any benefit, but it seems to be their consensus that’s what I should’ve done. It cant hurt).</p>
<p>more updates to come later, I’m sure. Hopefully this’ll help someone in a similar situation some day.</p>