Veteran admissions employees of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill had a rough week this week, but not as rough as some of their email recipients. The admissions department accidentally sent emails to applicants telling them essentially congratulations again on your acceptance.
The problem was that the students had not been accepted and that the acceptance process was not complete. So the students might or might not get in.
The email was sent out to 2300 recipients but not to the full list of close to 9,000 applicants on this particular mailing directory. Sometimes Gridlock is caused by human error and that was the case here. The mistake had administrators and admissions employees working late to explain to students and parents the truth.
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