Earlier this month, about 17,000 students were offered admission [to the University of California at San Diego] 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.
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ReplyDeletethis type of thing happened to a friend of mine a few years ago, but with an NSF fellowship for grad school that was worth about 100,000 to her. Painful. Very painful to get that second letter.
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