<p>here was the email I wrote. I think we should all send emails, if for no other reason than to flood their inbox with complaints.</p>
<p>I received an email notifying me that admissions results were online at 4:00 PM EST. It is now 11:30 PM, and still no results have been posted. As applicants, we are expected to spend hours of time on our applications, submit them by the deadlines, and wait patiently for a response. I know several people who have seen their results, and several who are in my situation. Amidst an extremely tense, nerve-wracking time for seniors, this is a very unprofessional response to all the time and hard work we have put into this process. I hope that the Office of Admissions will send an explanation regarding this mishap.</p>
<p>Sincerely, </p>
<p>Eric Alterman</p>
<p>wow kudos to you...i sent an email back at 7:00 :) a little more polite, but i wish i had written yours...HAHA we should like sign a mass email/petition....</p>
<p>well if anyone wants to use my letter, feel free of course. Whatever speeds up the process.</p>
<p>Wow, alter, that's harsh. I don't think they're going to appreciate you calling them unprofessional. I would suggest that people not send such caustic e-mails in the future.</p>
<p>though they've sent out letters already, it really only takes a click of a button to rescind admission... though i really dont think this letter will do that, but still.. dont bite the hand that feeds you.</p>
<p>I don't think that was harsh at all alterman... well said. This is what I wrote... my letter makes me laugh compared to yours. I was LIVID at the time and not really thinking clearly.... lol oh man. I'm really stickin it to the man</p>
<p>To whom it may concern:</p>
<p>After months of anticipation, I received an e-mail today stating that you finally mailed your decisions and they were posted online if I wanted to check. However, when I logged on TO check, all I got was the exact same screen I've been getting for the past couple months- no acceptance, no waitlist, no rejection- I'm still stuck in limbo!!</p>
<p>I know a lot of other people are in my position as well, and I'm just curious about what's going on. On the message boards that I chat with other hopeful NUers, those who have gotten their decisions online have either been accepted or waitlisted. Are you just waiting to torture the rejectees a little longer? I'm sorry to sound irrational, but this is not fair. Medill has been my dream for a few years now, and at this point I just want to know if I am able to attend or not. If the answer is no, I'd just like to move on already. For $65, I think I deserve at least that.</p>
<p>Thank you, and I apologize, because likely whoever reads this has nothing to do with whatever's going on.</p>
<p>I don't know about you, but when someone criticizes me it doesn't make me want to do something any faster.</p>
<p>I dunno u guys -- as a sr. executive in a $12B company, we have problems occasionally with servers, communications and other things. People make mistakes and jumping on people's backs as soon as there's a f--up is not appreciated. No one goes out of their way to cause consternation with customers or employees. Things happen, companies then try to find out why, fix the systems so they don't happen again. Piling on doesn't help either get the info quicker or fix the problem. Show some patience and understanding.</p>
<p>what is a $12B company?</p>
<p>Anyway, people mostly did wait several hours before writing complaints, which is perfectly warranted. Personally, I waited until 11:30, 7 hours after results "went up" (you can read my email if you want to know my reasons for writing). You would think that in a large, presitigious university, they would have had someone monitering the system. An email could have been sent out within hours after the server crash apologizing for the inconvenience. It would have been that simple, and I'm sure we would have been able to rest easier knowing they were making a concerned effort to rectify the situation. By the way, you can use those tips for your company. Remember, the customer is always right. It is already 24 hours since the error, and no explanation. This will look even worse if in fact we have all been rejected.</p>
<p>we have. check the site, it's up now.</p>
<p>whatever....i'm going to wash u. i decided last night in the middle of this whole fiasco. good luck to everyone else who survived through this ridiculous ordeal.</p>
<p>$12B = $12,000,000,000 in annual sales. </p>
<p>I agree that customer service is of utmost importance, your comments are dead on!! However, Easter is a well recognized day off for the hardworking. My guess is the admis office has been burning alot of midnight oil recently. BTW, what would you do different with the info should you receive it today and not Monday?</p>
<p>well at this point, it is too late to do anything really to fix the situation. Yesterday however, the whole situation was much hazier, and people did not really know what was going on. This is all during a time filled with a lot of emotional stress. It would have been nice of Northwestern to send an email apologizing. Now I think, it being Easter sunday with no results up for a whole day, people are not expecting them up anytime soon and are waiting for the mail. Personally, I was not terribly affected, but if this happened with my first choice school - Yale - I would have wasted my day checking the stupid site every 10 minutes. Probably would have had trouble sleeping at night. I know before I got deferred, I was getting nervous starting a couple of days before, and bombed a math test. You have to understand the emotional stress involved.</p>
<p>well....what do you know...it's up. I didn't get in. No surprise.</p>
<p>I understand the stress Alter, I wan't trying to diminish it - I'm sorry you didn't get in. Neither did my S. Good luck on your other choices!</p>
<p>hey you guys, mine's up too. i didn't get in either. it's just nice to know instead of all that suspense.</p>
<p>I think you all need to seriously chill out.
Realize that your life does not depend on an acceptance to X university. There are many paths to success.
If you work yourself up to the point that the above postern, Alterman, did, then you are going to have some serious problems, maybe not now (well, he did), but at some point in your life.<br>
This is no way to go about dealing with anxiety.
That was a very irrational decision to send an angry email to the adcoms. Think twice next time.</p>
<p>"If you work yourself up to the point that the above postern, Alterman, did, then you are going to have some serious problems, maybe not now (well, he did), but at some point in your life.
This is no way to go about dealing with anxiety.
That was a very irrational decision to send an angry email to the adcoms. Think twice next time."</p>
<p>I think it's funny that you thought I had "serious problems." Actually, I hardly cared when I got my rejection. I really wasn't going to go either way, and mostly I was empathizing with the people who had been anticipating this decision for a long time and had Northwestern as their first choice. I wouldn't describe my email as "angry" either, but I guess that's your interpretation. Anyway, I guess I'm not coming back to this thread, because everything is over and done with. Just letting everyone know I'm not gonna jump off a bridge or something...haha.</p>
<p>Not that kind of problem.</p>
<p>But where do you think you're going to go? Yale? haha ok...You would have gone.</p>
<p>actually...I would have gone to Wash U or Brandeis, both which I've gotten into already. Sure...I'd love to go to Yale, but I probably won't get in. Anyway, that's why I didn't care about Northwestern. I definately wasn't assuming I'd get into Yale.</p>
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Yep, as demonstrated above, you are most definitely telling the truth.</p>