<p>A university sent out an email inviting me to an open house. With the intent of forwarding this email to my brother, I included an inappropriate one-liner about risking getting hurt if I went to the open house (the school is located in a stereotypically dangerous city). Horribly tasteless joke, I know. This email got sent instead to the admissions office and an admissions officer wrote back, saying something along the lines of "Thank you for letting us know that you won't be able to attend!". </p>
<p>Not sure if I am overreacting, but I wanted to see what you guys think I should do about it. I already wrote back with a lengthy email, apologizing for the inappropriate email. They haven't replied - is it that big of a deal that I should personally call admissions? I am not considering applying to this school but I am scared I'll be blacklisted from a bunch of other schools I want to apply to. Do admissions officers talk to each other? I can't judge by the reply if they passed off my remark or if they took it seriously.</p>
<p>You’re not even applying? I don’t think they’ll do anything. I’m not anything of an expert on admissions, but it’s unfathomable to me that they would blacklist you, lol. Also, I don’t think the joke was “horribly tasteless” - maybe <slightly> offensive to someone from the city, but nothing egregious. </slightly></p>
<p>“Do admissions officers talk to each other?” Do you think any human being would spend 2 seconds to go out of their way to alert his/her friends at other schools over the single rude remark from a 17 year old? Your paranoia goes against reason.</p>
<p>Good thing you aren’t applying. I wouldn’t worry, but I would take a lesson away if I were you about being more careful about addressing emails correctly.</p>
<p>Are you serious? What do you think they do? belong to some big ole club that checks in everyday? These people are too busy to even know other schools’ admin officers, much less “compare notes.”</p>