<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/470497-clam-fart-oh-my-god-what-did-i-do.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/470497-clam-fart-oh-my-god-what-did-i-do.html</a></p>
<p>Read the whole thread from the beginning.</p>
<p>OMG! That was just super funny!</p>
<p>Or someone in admissions mixed up the envelopes and sent your S’s letter to someone else, and the 20 was meant for another.</p>
<p>Ok – I just read the clam fart thread. My family had to check on me I was laughing so hard. Thanks for the link!</p>
<p>My mother, a Mills College alumna and Cal fan, used to sing me (to the tune of “Fight On For USC”):</p>
<p>Time Out! For USC!
It’s time to pay
The referee!</p>
<p>Clearly the envelopes got mixed up.</p>
<p>No reply to the email yet (other than the auto reply). I suppose we shouldn’t expect anything until Monday. I wonder if they will want the $20 back?</p>
<p>How can you return something sent anonymously? </p>
<p>How about this: send the admission director a gift basket of cookies ($20 worth) to share with staff during this busy time and write a charming note explaining why …they’ll probably get a kick out of it.</p>
<p>I meant I wonder if we will receive an email response to the effect of “We wondered where that $20 went! Please mail it back …”</p>
<p>Deidre, watching this thread to see what the heck USC will say is one of the highlights of my (waiting to hear from colleges) day! Wish you could get your son to call Monday! </p>
<p>Hoping for something like: “Dang, that was Susie’s contribution to the Final Four/Powerball/Yield Rate pool!”</p>
<p>Still no word…I don’t know why this fascinates me so. My son spent the $20 to take a girl to a movie last night (understanding that he may need to refund it if USC asks for it back). I must say, this has definately improved his view of USC…</p>
<p>Deidre,
Like so many, I am also fascinated by your crumpled $20 bill story and was hoping to find an answer posted here to the mystery. Will be checking throughout the evening!</p>
<p>Still no email reply!
In the USC forum, someone posted that USC has once sent them a random $3.</p>
<p>^That is so strange! (Better $20 than $3, I might add.)</p>
<p>It sounds like someone in the USC admissions office has a wicked sense of humor…I love it.</p>
<p>This would be the first sign that he should really go to UCLA ;)</p>
<p>Any news yet? (maybe try calling 
)</p>
<p>Ha ha! I can’t wait to hear how this turns out. I even put it on my bookmarks so I can keep checking back :)</p>
<p>When son came in late this afternoon I nagged him into calling USC. The admissions office has no idea why they sent this. They have no record on any letter to him in the last few weeks. The person my son spoke to said “In the 8 years I have been here I haven’t heard of anything like this”. He consulted his supervisor who also had no clue how or why this happenned. To son’s relief they did not ask for the $20 back!</p>
<p>So, I guess we will never know!</p>
<p>“Curiouser and curiouser”. </p>
<p>Thanks for the update…too bad it doesn’t make sense.</p>
<p>Sigh, I know…I am trying to put it out of mind, but it is just the sort of mysterious thing that tends to nag at me.</p>