A number of years ago I was awarded a distinguished scholarship for summer study with the metropolitan chapter. Turns out I had a medical emergency and couldn’t attend due to being in the hospital with a disabling condition. I had informed the administrator as such. Come to be I was told to reapply and received a response in email that I believe came from the director himself. It said in an angry tone and a personal attack that I had wasted their time and was basically a bad person in a nasty and mean way. I write this now because perhaps others have had a similar experience or would like to avoid such a negative one.