<p>I heard (anecdotally) of the following email sent to an applicant:</p>
<p>"You are not on the list of unaccepted students. "</p>
<p>Parents are very happy.... they think S was accepted! :)</p>
<p>Wow! I wonder who was responsible for this email. I'd hate to actually decipher this email. There's a missing logical link between
not on the list of unaccepted students and on the list of accepted students.</p>
<p>Right -- might there also exist, for instance, a list of waitlisted students?</p>
<p>I would take that email and forward it to the college administration telling them this is not a time to joke with my child or me..
I know this would come off as if I don't have a sense of humor but who does in a situation like this? The colleges make students wait for months on end, play stupid games and then come up with a stupid email like that?</p>
<p>Urban Legend. </p>
<p>Colleges do not play games with acceptances. They may add humor etc, but they will leave NO DOUBT as to the meaning of any communication, especially at this late point.</p>
<p>We did have some misleading communications last year, but they were from the financial aid offices in every case. For instance, my D was WL at Columbia. Early July, they sent us a financial aid notice (rather a non-notice, as all she would have received was a guaranteed loan.) Turns out the award was what they would have given her had they gotten around to taking her off the WL, which they had not.</p>