That sinking feeling...

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imagine if this was for med school admissions...
 
ermahgerd I would die
 
The early admissions students can still be considered for regular admission decision in the spring. There's still hope for them, though I would hesitate to apply again in fear that they'd send another fake acceptance.
 
I guess that's why some schools do the snail mail/phone call approach.

Is this foolproof though? Emails aren't always sent en masse, so I'd say it's arguable that anything can be mixed up. Slightly related: in a previous cycle I applied to a PhD program, which confused me with someone with the same exact name - they switched our email addresses. They emailed me the other guy's acceptance letter, which had his physical address on it.
 
I know one of the schools I applied to accidentally sent out a wave of IIs earlier this cycle, and then sent a followup email saying that they were a mistake 🙁 I can't even imagine if that happened with acceptances, oh my gosh. Definitely one of my biggest fears. I feel really bad for these kids, even though they still have a chance to get in via regular decision or into a different school in the spring.
 
I know one of the schools I applied to accidentally sent out a wave of IIs earlier this cycle, and then sent a followup email saying that they were a mistake 🙁 I can't even imagine if that happened with acceptances, oh my gosh. Definitely one of my biggest fears. I feel really bad for these kids, even though they still have a chance to get in via regular decision or into a different school in the spring.


NYU? I was a victim 🙁
 
Haha that's bad, but at least they were rejected and most likely knew it was a fluke.
 
The early admissions students can still be considered for regular admission decision in the spring. There's still hope for them, though I would hesitate to apply again in fear that they'd send another fake acceptance.

According to the article, of the 294 that received false acceptances, only 9 were deferred to the regular cycle while the rest were denied admittance. I would literally flip a flying s**t if that happened to me, especially if it were for med school admissions.
 
Didn't something like this happen with a med school before too?
 
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