<p>can someone explain what happened/is happening?
i am freaking out..</p>
<p>the status was up, now its not. Northwestern is saying that it wasnt legit, but i think it is and they're only saying that because we're not supposed to see what we saw. Also, i already made my e-mail and everything so if they end up rejecting me, i'll be all BAM HERE'S MY EMAIL. </p>
<p>yeah. haha.</p>
<p>basically for a few people (I think the majority applied for Financial Aid, although I'm pretty sure 1 or 2 didn't) clicked on the "Check Financial Aid Materials" link on the Northwestern Website and it said they were admitted. Upon contacting northwestern, the Admissions Office said it was a test, and the link has now been taken off the page. </p>
<p>So yeah, I'm guessing decisions will come out soon, probably today.</p>
<p>when i called them up they said that it was all a technical error and the official emails will be sent out either today evening or tomorrow early morning</p>
<p>^^^^^^
please today, not tomorrow...i'm so anxious</p>
<p>maisem, are you an international applicant?</p>
<p>yeah i am
from pakistan</p>
<p>^^^^
Hey, I'm Pakistani too, but living in the US!
Best of luck to you though!</p>
<p>lol... Best of luck to you too!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>im sorry i deleted the post i had a rash reaction just because i am really nervous too</p>
<p>well same here... sort of</p>
<p>its just i was envisioining about two days ago not hearing from them till like april 15th like they had said so its a quick change to all of the sudden be like expect ing an email in like 2 hours</p>
<p>if it was tonight, what time do you think it will be.... 5:00???</p>
<p>i.e. 9 minutes!!!</p>
<p>no its central time so it would be 6 pm EST</p>
<p>Even if they're coming out at 5:00 pm, Northwestern is on central time, so it's still another hour for the east-coasters.</p>
<p>EDIT: ^Yeah. What he said. :P</p>
<p>okay... 45 minutes left then! (we hope)</p>
<p>I called Northwestern. The young lady that answered the phone in the admissions office said that when they were testling the system, some people found out they were accepted early through a mistake. She said decisions would be avaiable -- sometime between now and the end of the month. I asked her if that meant they would not be available until the end of the month. She repeated the canned phrase "Sometime between now and the end of the month." I then asked her if that meant the decisions might be avaiable before the end of the month and she said yes. An email would be send advising when the decisions were up.</p>
<p>Obviously, they must know the decisions, so I wonder why they don't just put them up?</p>
<p>I'm refreshing the application status page every 2 min... lol</p>
<p>have the admissions people implied that those who saw that they were accepted ARE in fact actually accepted? it seems that everyone who logged on during the "malfunction" was accepted.. that no one was actually rejected??</p>
<p>I think that they were only tested the decisions for some of those who were accepted, from what we've heard.</p>
<p>it just worries me because it seemed that everyone who checked within that brief 10 minute period or so seemed to get in. maybe it's because we were the nerds checking the northwestern board at like 9 AM though...</p>