diff --git a/docs/DEPLOY.md b/docs/DEPLOY.md
index 191c7ba..0910252 100644
--- a/docs/DEPLOY.md
+++ b/docs/DEPLOY.md
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ Unit files live in this repo (deploy/systemd/) and are installed in ~/.config/sy
   (+0-15 min random, Persistent=true so a missed run happens at boot). Steps: list -> Claude
   triage -> details -> Claude score -> Claude category -> pool -> notifications (see
   docs/PIPELINE.md). Also: marks jobs applied to by hand as Applied, asks NUworks about every sent row (the total
-  limit counts what NUworks has: jobs.check_applications, data/applications.json; it also sets the sheet's Status
+  limit counts what NUworks has: jobs.check_applications, data/applications.json; a Rejected row NUworks still has is listed in the log and in the morning message until you withdraw it there; it also sets the sheet's Status
   dropdown again, so Accepted / Rejected reach an older sheet), warns the day before the Google login expires. Every run records its counts in data/scans.json. The morning run
   adds deadline reminders and the "NUauto morning" message (always sent): new postings and
   new pool jobs in the last 24h, then the to-do list (company-site applications owed,
diff --git a/src/nuauto/daily.py b/src/nuauto/daily.py
index 1c9b4c9..ed888bb 100644
--- a/src/nuauto/daily.py
+++ b/src/nuauto/daily.py
@@ -199,6 +199,13 @@ def applications():
     missing = sorted(sheet.not_on_nuworks(rows, seen))
     log(f"applications: {sheet.total_count(rows, seen)} count toward the total"
         + (f"; NUworks has none for row{'s' if len(missing) > 1 else ''} {', '.join(map(str, missing))}" if missing else ""))
+    waiting = sheet.rejected_not_withdrawn(rows, seen)
+    if waiting:
+        log(f"rejected, not withdrawn on NUworks: row{'s' if len(waiting) > 1 else ''} {', '.join(str(r.number) for r in waiting)}")
+        if datetime.now().hour < 12:  # the message once a day, with the morning run
+            notify(f"{len(waiting)} rejected application{'s' if len(waiting) > 1 else ''} still on NUworks",
+                   "\n".join(f"{r.title[:40]} | {r.company[:22]}" for r in waiting)
+                   + "\nWithdraw on NUworks: until you do they count toward the total.")
 
 
 def internships():
diff --git a/src/nuauto/sheet.py b/src/nuauto/sheet.py
index b665dc7..3f004b7 100644
--- a/src/nuauto/sheet.py
+++ b/src/nuauto/sheet.py
@@ -135,6 +135,19 @@ def not_on_nuworks(rows, seen=None):
     return out
 
 
+def rejected_not_withdrawn(rows, seen=None):
+    """The Rejected rows of the NUworks tab whose application NUworks still has (the last check, about the row as it is
+    now): you haven't withdrawn it there, so it still counts toward the total. Never asked = not listed."""
+    from nuauto import jobs
+    seen = nuworks_seen() if seen is None else seen
+    out = []
+    for r in rows:
+        s = seen.get(jobs.job_id(r.url)) if r.status == "Rejected" and r.url else None
+        if s and s.get("applied") and s.get("fingerprint") == fingerprint(r):
+            out.append(r)
+    return out
+
+
 def total_count(rows, seen=None):
     """What counts toward the total limit: the sent rows NUworks has (or hasn't been asked about yet). The NUworks tab's
     rows only (the Other jobs tab has no limits). Until 2026-10-16 every Applied row counted, also those never sent
diff --git a/tests/test_daily.py b/tests/test_daily.py
index 80d4834..b274182 100644
--- a/tests/test_daily.py
+++ b/tests/test_daily.py
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 assert asked == ["dropdown", 2], asked
 log_text = open(daily.LOG_PATH).read()
 assert "applications: 1 count toward the total; NUworks has none for row 2" in log_text, log_text[-300:]
+assert "rejected, not withdrawn on NUworks: row 3" in log_text, log_text[-300:]   # NUworks still has the Rejected row's application
 def no_nuworks(rows):
     raise SystemExit(daily.jobs.NOT_LOGGED_IN)
 daily.jobs.check_applications = no_nuworks
diff --git a/tests/test_sheet.py b/tests/test_sheet.py
index cb58f90..b1f3092 100644
--- a/tests/test_sheet.py
+++ b/tests/test_sheet.py
@@ -89,6 +89,11 @@ def expect(exc, fn):
         "c": {"applied": False, "fingerprint": "an earlier version of the row"}}
 assert sheet.not_on_nuworks(R3, seen) == {2} and sheet.total_count(R3, seen) == 2
 assert check_limits(R3, TODAY, seen=seen) == (3, 2)                       # the week still counts all three
+# a Rejected row NUworks still has an application for is one you haven't withdrawn there: listed until it is
+on = {"c": {"applied": True, "fingerprint": fp["c"]}}
+assert [r.number for r in sheet.rejected_not_withdrawn(R3, on)] == [4]
+on["c"]["applied"] = False
+assert sheet.rejected_not_withdrawn(R3, on) == [] and sheet.rejected_not_withdrawn(R3, {}) == []   # withdrawn / never asked
 R3[0].notes += " NUworks side submitted."                                 # it changed since NUworks was asked: it counts
 assert sheet.total_count(R3, seen) == 3 and sheet.total_count(R3, {}) == 3  # (never asked: counts)
 many = rows_with([("Applied", "2026-09-01")] * sheet.MAX_TOTAL)