I mean, that never happens on medical school applications. Online secondaries, and status pages, are ALWAYS well worded, intelligent, updated, and they always work, rain or shine.
Obviously, kidding. I would hold out hope - I think that if I'm on the committee and I think to myself "this is a rejection..." than we hold it for a while, see what his fall semester grades are, that sort of thing. Who knows what it means, could be an interview or a hold message via letter or an apple pie in the mail for trying.