Mistake Acceptance Letters

[moxche]

Has anyone heard of schools sending out acceptance letters/emails by mistake to applicants who actually were not admitted?

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[slatermd]

I have heard of this happening via email (same thing for rejection letters). In the stories I've hear they are form letters dated several years prior, i.e. email received in 2011 says something about the 2005 cycle.

 

[obgyny]

I have heard of this happening via email (same thing for rejection letters). In the stories I've hear they are form letters dated several years prior, i.e. email received in 2011 says something about the 2005 cycle.

😱 How cruel!!!

 

[EpicBearMan]

I remember some of those false rejections last year. I can't remember which school it was though..

 

[Naquadria]

Loma Linda had their acceptance letter dated incorrectly this year. I got an email saying the 2010 acceptance letter was sent to me by mistake and my heart stopped until I finished the email and remembered the date. They just resent letters with the correct date. Since they call for acceptances it wasn't to the wrong people at least. That would just suck. A mistake rejection wouldn't be so bad as long as they corrected it 🙂

 

[venacontracta]

Sounds like a lawsuit waiting to happen. I imagine schools double and triple check things to avoid this at all costs...

 

[alwaysaangel]

Sounds like a lawsuit waiting to happen. I imagine schools double and triple check things to avoid this at all costs...

Pretty sure there is no legal liability. An acceptance letter is not a contract. They can rescind it if its a mistake. Would that suck for the recipient...sure. But good luck suing.

 

[startswithb]

I got rejected from Northwestern for a year I didn't apply during the year I didn't complete a secondary. 😕

 

[dbeast]

I feel like it's the case with all of my acceptance letters... 🙁

 

[rjmn]

Undergrad schools, on the other hand...

Exhibit A: UCSD (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/03/uc-admissions.html)

Cornell and UNC-Chapel Hill have also sent out acceptances by mistake (and rescinded them).

 

[da8s0859q]

Sounds like a lawsuit waiting to happen. I imagine schools double and triple check things to avoid this at all costs...

Only from some idiot who thinks he can sue for everything. Good example of why a loser-pays system would be kind of nice.

 

[Pons Asinorum]

*cough* Texas A&M *cough*

 

[Pons Asinorum]

Only from some idiot who thinks he can sue for everything. Good example of why a loser-pays system would be kind of nice.

Friend, I like the way you think.

 

[Ursa]

*cough* Texas A&M *cough*

*cough* they weren't mistakes *cough*

 

[Pons Asinorum]

*cough* they weren't mistakes *cough*

Agreed. Still, people received acceptance letters, and those same people will not be starting with the class of 2015. Too many "Don't Mess with Texas" bumper stickers for you, my friend.

 

[venacontracta]

Only from some idiot who thinks he can sue for everything. Good example of why a loser-pays system would be kind of nice.

Oh, I agree, I don't think the school would lose, but I do think that it might not take too many accidental acceptance letters sent out to run a substantial risk of being hit with a lawsuit. Anyone can sue anyone for anything and dealing with/defending against even frivolous lawsuits isn't cheap. Loser-pays would be an interesting idea.

 

[RogueUnicorn]

texas a&m class of 2015 - "leave some men behind"

 

[JonnyL]

I remember the year I graduated high school, UCSD sent all their undergraduate applicants an email that only accepted students should have received.

 

[DoctaFuture]

I remember the year I graduated high school, UCSD sent all their undergraduate applicants an email that only accepted students should have received.

ha yea I remember one. I forget if it was 2004, 05, or 06.

 

[calvnandhobbs68]

*cough* they weren't mistakes *cough*

Letting more people match than you can actually handle=MISTAKE