<p>I applied to Drexel, and awhile ago (probably about a month ago), I received a letter saying that my application was complete and I would get a decision soon. Well, it's getting to be really close to deposit time, and I still haven't gotten anything. Should I contact admissions?</p>
<p>It's not like I'm gonna go to Drexel (in fact, I've already put my deposit in elsewhere), but it's the only school I haven't yet gotten a decision for and I'm curious.</p>
<p>Yes you should definitely contact them either by mailing or calling them.
Since you paid an application fee and your application is complete, you deserve a right to know your decision.</p>
<p>Why contact busy adcoms when you have no intention of going? It is a waste of your time and theirs.</p>
<p>Why not just send an e-mail withdrawing your application?</p>
<p>I want to know what the outcome is. I spent my time and money applying so I think I deserve a decision.</p>
<p>Here’s another way to think about that, though. If you’re definitely not going, it might be better to withdraw so that acceptance can go to somebody else who wants to go. So even though you might deserve a decision, it would be a nice thing to do to give it up.</p>
<p>I might go if they give me a lot of money…But I doubt it. And another person will get my spot (if I even get in) when I deny it. They can wait just like everyone on wait lists.</p>
<p>If you don’t want to go there no matter what, then just do the classy thing; inform the adcoms and make life sweeter for someone on a wait list. What goes around comes around.</p>
<p>I’m in a similar-yet different situation.</p>
<p>I was informed of my denial of admission online at the regular time, however the site and everything I have read said that I will also be getting a paper copy of the decision in the mail. I have yet to receive such a letter. I understand the rejects are no longer the university’s top priority, but I feel I would still like a hard copy to make officially over as it was a school that I was really striving for.</p>
<p>Should they have sent something by now? or is anyone else in this situation as well?</p>
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<p>Apparently you didn’t read my last post. I said if they gave me a lot of money maybe I would.</p>
<p>I understand what you are after: closure. Nothing wrong with that. These things do sometimes get lost in the mail. S1 never heard from one college he applied to and so he called around this time of month (it was a rejection anyway). And just the other day we received a neighbor’s financial aid offer in our mailbox by accident. So call them and just find out what’s what. I agree; you do deserve to know, especially if it is an acceptance and if the financial aid is a potential tipping point. Best of luck.</p>
<p>Just call them or email them and demand an answer. Shouldn’t they have already decided something by now?</p>
<p>I would say that they should have decided by now…I’ve emailed admissions and am waiting for a response.</p>
<p>They ought to admit you simply because you’ve waited so long! What’s up with them??? Is this a common thing for that school or do you think it’s a fluke?</p>
<p>True story. I know a guy who got all of his decisions except for one. He waits and waits. Finally, he calls. He has all of his receipts they sent him, confirming they received all of his app documents. </p>
<p>They look for his file and find … nothing but an empty file folder! He freaks, they freak, they tell him to resend everything. This is mid-April! </p>
<p>He re-sends the stuff, they get it, and the very next day they admit him. He just graduated, yet for the past four years he’s wondered whether they accepted him simply out of institutional embarrassment.</p>
<p>Wow! Do you mind telling us the name if the college?</p>
<p>I don’t want to embarrass the guy by giving the exact name, but it’s a top ranked school in the northeast well known for its computer science, engineering, and math departments. He was a very good student and for him it was a reach/match (High match? Low reach?), thus, he always wondered what would have happened had they not lost his stuff.</p>
<p>I called admissions yesterday (got tired of waiting for an email), and the woman said a decision was made just this week and I should get something in the mail shortly. WTH, how can they make the decision so late? And it wouldn’t have even been a problem if my school had sent my transcript earlier! I lost out on being considered for a $26,000 scholarship because of that!</p>