<p>as opposed to the HEAD director of Admissions, does that mean you arre a second-class applicant, plikely to be waitlisted or rejected? I am an international student, does that make it typical to be contacted by the associate?</p>
<p>I know for small LACs, the HEAD director of Admissions can afford the time to email each student independently. For ultra-selective schools, I understand the head does not have time to email everyone.</p>
<p>By contact, I just mean necessities like "we still have not received your XYZ document, please fax it over..."</p>
<p>I just know I will be smacked in the face repeatedly come this Friday. <em>wallows in pool of self-pity</em></p>
<p>Please excuse me, not nice to smack a drowning person when he's down.</p>
<p>There is no reason to micro-analyze the status of the admissions officer who is sending the e-mails to you. Each school handles these things differently. Just calm down and think about other things until you hear the decisions. It will be soon enough.</p>
<p>When you get an email from the Dean of Admission, it might not even be from the Dean. Every school I know has some sort of mass email client that allows them to blast emails to thousands at once.</p>
<p>I think any sort of personal email is nice in light of that. :)</p>
<p>Agreed- it’s also possible the adcom officer in question is in charge of your region, and has more of a say/weight on your file anyways. Just turn your stuff in.</p>