<p>Hello everyone,</p>
<p>I already posted this on the RD thread. But, I wanted some inputs. So, appreciate if you could answer m query below:</p>
<p>A little background: An international student who didn't apply for Financial Aid.</p>
<p>I submitted my application to Caltech on the 3rd of January 2013. Caltech did receive my app, after which they sent a confirmation email giving me my PIN number and instructions to activate my account.</p>
<p>Around 15 days later, they sent me a message titled "Caltech Application Status" where they provided me with a link to access the application status. However, the link never worked. It always showed "403 Forbidden".</p>
<p>So, I went to the first email and clicked on the link beside the PIN number. Surprisingly, it led me to my app status page. So, after that, I didn't bother much with the non-functional link in the second message. The second link still never worked.</p>
<p>Now, yesterday, I didn't receive the decision notification email from Caltech. In order to check my decision, I went to the the link (beside the PIN number) in the first email again, where I saw my rejection letter.</p>
<p>I still haven't received the notification email from Caltech. (And yes, I did check my spam/junk folder)</p>
<p>In all honesty, I did expect myself to get through by the virtue of my participation in several international olympiads. Any thoughts if my application status got messed up?</p>
<p>Thank you in advance.</p>