UC San Diego pranks applying students

[Spidey-Bat]

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Youre-Out-Youre-In-No-Youre-Out.html?yhp=1

UC San Diego -- a school for the smart ones, supposedly -- mistakenly congratulated nearly 29,000 applicants on their acceptance, according to university officials.

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Earlier this month, about 17,000 student were offered admission for the fall, leaving nearly 29,000 hopefuls out in the cold.

But on Tuesday, the school's communications office said an e-mail was sent Monday afternoon to all 46,377 students who applied for admission -- including the 29,000 rejects -- welcoming them to the campus.

A half-hour later, school officials said, they realized their mistake. Almost two hours after the first note went out, a second e-mail was sent, apologizing to 28,889 freshmen applicants for the mistake.

"No member of this department is more acutely aware of the emotional roller-coaster that this could cause for our applicants," Assistant Vice Chancellor Mae W. Brown said.
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An anonymous parent told the Los Angeles Times it was a "colossal screw-up."

Similar incidents have happened at other schools -- including Cornell in the recent past, the paper reported, but the UCSD incident was the biggest "screw-up."

 

[Addendum]

Getting someone's hopes up only for them to come crashing down.

Awesomeness.

 

[Raiden]

Wow, it must've suck for those students who thought they were accepted, only to get that "correction" email hours later.

 

[Majic Walrus]

Are we sure that THIS story is even true?

I get paranoid around this time of the year.

 

[Shemtov]

Are we sure that THIS story is even true?

I get paranoid around this time of the year.

"this time of the year"- you mean today, Don't you.

 

[Prison Mike]

Are we sure that THIS story is even true?

I get paranoid around this time of the year.

I doubt all the news networks would talk about this story and it ends up being a joke. This story is true, sadly for the kids who were accepted and then rejected.

 

[NewYorkSpider]

UC San Diego -- a school for the smart ones, supposedly -- mistakenly congratulated nearly 29,000 applicants on their acceptance, according to university officials.

Maybe their smart kids can teach them on how not to **** up.

 

[The Spawn]

I thought this was an accident, not a prank.

 

[Prison Mike]

yeah, it was an accident. I can't imagine a major university pulling a prank like this and ruining thousands of kids lives.

 

[Spidey-Bat]

I thought this was an accident, not a prank.

"UC San Diego accidentally accepts rejected students" was too wordy.

 

[Master Chief]

Dude! My brain almost exploded, don't pull that ******** again!! 2 letters followed by 6 goddamn words yo, spoilertag that ****

 

[Majic Walrus]

"this time of the year"- you mean today, Don't you.

April is just a plain bad month. Hilter's Birthday, Lincoln Killed, Earth Day... All kinds of junk.

I doubt all the news networks would talk about this story and it ends up being a joke. This story is true, sadly for the kids who were accepted and then rejected.

Then that does most totally blow.

 

[terry78]

UC of San Diego would like to cordially welcome you to enrollment of

PSYCHE!

I bet some of them were crying their eyes out at that.

 

[Darthphere]

There's always technical school.

 

[Shemtov]

April is just a plain bad month. Hilter's Birthday, Lincoln Killed, Earth Day... All kinds of junk.

Hitler also died in april.

 

[bullets]

Someone needs to lose their job immediately.

 

[Majic Walrus]

Hitler also died in april.

Wow. So it's a bad month for Jews and Nazis. You guys have something in common!