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Once a person enrolls in an US college as an undergraduate after being admitted (not just admitted), the admissions committee transfers the complete application folder for all enrolled students to the colleges Registrars Office. Those become part of your official records at the college. In the future you can get a copy of your complete official records from the Registrars office. All undergraduate applicants who were Rejected or were admitted but did not enroll, will have Every piece of their application Destroyed by the admissions committee. Gone. No record. Graduate schools or departments (for graduate student applications) each have their own methodology for record keeping (or not).