[srinivasupadhya]

A third degree friend of mine resigned from her job as soon as she received acceptance mail. She received rejection mail in the morning & was devasted. As depressing as it could get.

[TylerE]

Might want to consult with a lawyer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estoppel

> Estoppel occurs when a party "reasonably relies on the promise of another party, and because of the reliance is injured or damaged"

[SilasX]

I thought that was just called, er, detrimental reliance?

[hindsightbias]

The first thing I'd do after being accepted for a Fall 2015 Masters program would be to quite my job.