Follow-up Etiquette

Need some advice please:

I'm at a target applying for internships with small/start-up HF and PE places. After applying through the career services website and not receiving a response, is it considered acceptable to send an email or call regarding the status of my application? Or should I simply take it as a rejection given the lack of response?

Thanks

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If they don't explicitly say you are rejected then what do you have to lose? As long as you are polite it might work in your favor. I wouldn't send numerous emails or anything, but a friendly touching base is ok in my book.

 

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