I have no direct experience with internships, but seems to me if the decision maker "committee or whatever" considered you as a "Hot" candidate they would be co

I have no direct experience with internships, but seems to me if the decision maker "committee or whatever" considered you as a "Hot" candidate they would be communicating with you in a straightforward manner. If after trying to talk to them they treated me like this, I would believe that they consider some other candidate more appropriate for the position (for whatever reason) and take appropriate actions to move forward in another direction.