<p>My daughter did not receive the S.A.S. email and was deferred. However, had we received a congratulatory email from S.A.S. I know we certainly would have been cautiously optimistic, at best, but would have waited for the official admission letter from the school before celebrating. On another note, if Fordham wasn’t really on your list of schools (“anyway”) then why did you apply and why are you so upset?</p>
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<p>I got the congratulatory email and then got deferred the next day. So did one of my friends. I understand that this error wasn’t Fordham’s fault but at the same time am very disappointed. I submitted my application in October in hopes that I would be done by the new year so that I wouldn’t have to worry until April about college. Fordham maybe emailed me three times between then and now, and two of them had to do with this whole fiasco. </p>
<p>I wasn’t braced for a deferral at all. I felt like something that had been given to me had just been taken away from me, even though that wasn’t the case at all. It leaves a really bad taste in my mouth. I hope they can tell who had to deal with this so that I don’t have to tell my admissions counselor how affecting this whole ordeal has been.</p>
<p>Last year I got the below e-mail after receiving an “acceptance” e-mail from Loyola Maryland. I can tell you it was an upsetting experience so I can sympathize with this year’s Fordham applicants.</p>
<p>"On Wednesday, February 13, an email intended for Early Action admitted students was erroneously sent to applicants due to a computer system error. Admission decisions for pending applicants have not been made. Loyola University Maryland does not send admission decisions by email. Your application is complete and you will receive an admission decision in writing no later than March 15, our stated notification date. </p>
<p>On behalf of the Undergraduate Admission Office, I extend my sincere apologies for any confusion that email has caused. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. I appreciate your patience.</p>
<p>Sincerely,
Erin Melody
Senior Associate Director"
<a href=“mailto:epmelody@loyola.edu”>epmelody@loyola.edu</a></p>
<p>A valuable lesson we learned in our college application/searches over the years for our kids is NOT to tag what happens in admissions cycles on a university. Admissions is quirky on the best of days. It does NOT represent the university as a whole academically or athletically or socially. It is its own creature. So if you are disappointed, please learn to love and respect an institution on its own merits and separate what goes on in admissions from the general university.</p>
<p>We were disappointed too…several times by other schools. Life goes on.</p>