Hamilton is my S’s top choice. In December he was deferred ED1. He has sent followup grades, letter of interest, etc. Also, every couple of weeks or so he logs into the portals for all of his schools just to see if there are any messages for him. He last checked Hamilton about two weeks ago. This morning when he logged into Hamilton his ED 1 had changed!! He now has a letter saying he was rejected ED1. Just to clarify, the letter does not say he was rejected RD, it is clearly an ED 1 rejection, back dated to 12/15. Just a snippet from the letter: “Given that we expect regular decision to be even more competitive, we will not be in a position to offer you admission in that process either”. We are really, really confused. Why would they change their position on ED 1 at this late date? An RD rejection would have made more sense. We will have our GC contact the school for clarification, but I am wondering if this has happened to anyone else?
There was no paper involved in the ED1 deferral?
Thank you for your response. There might have been. I just spoke with S and he’ll check that when he gets home. Regardless, he’s been in touch with more than one person at the school about the deferral and received feedback, so I don’t think the first letter was a mistake.
My S just checked the portal again and says the rejection letter is now not there and in its place is the standard message that the application is complete. Still a little weird b/c it says decision will be released on 12/15, but we are now thinking maybe it’s a computer issue?
It must be a computer issue. My daughter was also deferred ED1, and her deferral letter has disappeared with only her checklist and the 12/15 date showing now.
I wonder if it was a computer glitch.
It seems very odd that they would release that information early.
It also sounds like the ED1 rejection not the RD rejection letter. They must have had a glitch in the system.
The good news is that, despite transitory events, his application is likely to be under a normal state of review.
I’m an international applicant and my admission decision has been removed from my portal as well. looks like there are numerous deferred applicants from ED1 and that now makes the chance of getting in really slim. oh well, good luck to all of us! march 25th, it is.