Received email directing me to website, but no updates.

[Rhyzome]

Hi!

I just got an email from U Mass Amherst (yes, at midnight) saying my application status is updated, and that I can check the details in the website.

But when I went to the website the update was still pending, and there was nothing new.

I am assuming that I got rejected, because I found a pattern that most of the accepted people get notified through emails, not the website.

I'm not devastated, since I know my chances are slim here, but I'm just curious. I expected my first result to be either bliss or sorrow, and didn't expect this kind of confusion.

Did anybody else ever have this experience?