10 Min ago I got an email from Pomona College. They're not so good with computers...

Applying to College
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<p>The topic was "Pomona College Financial Aid Information".</p>

<p>They said they attached information about financial aid.</p>

<p>I open the attachment to find:</p>

<p><a href="http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/2293/image001fa7.gif%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/2293/image001fa7.gif&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>^That picture.</p>

<p>Yes, they attached the picture of the icon they meant to attach.</p>

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<p>My guess is they saved the PDF as a jpeg, and when you do that, all you get is the Adobe logo. Probably forgot it was Adobe and not an image, because if they just wanted to do Adobe a link would have worked better. Whatever, people suck at computers, like bad.</p>

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<p>Ahahahhahah</p>

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<p>Hahahahahah that's so funny!
(777th post!)</p>

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<p>that has happened to me twice</p>

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<p>yeah I got the same thing, and I was about to start a thread on this. What was this supposed to be??
Will they send the right thing again?</p>

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<p>lol...haha</p>

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<p>omg lol...HAHAHAHA</p>

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<p>pomona is horrible with e-mails
when i applied ED1, they never received my teacher rec (which was sent in september). they e-mailed me and said i have to get it to them by december 27 (i'm estimating the date) which didn't make much sense because the notification date was december 15. then they sent out another e-mail the next day saying they meant to say november 27. don't worry they'll work this out, otherwise just call admissions they are nice over there</p>

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<p>haha, I got the same thing. So funny...</p>

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<p>Yeah, I also thought this was funny. Just in case you're curious as to what the email is about, here's the one from last year :]</p>

<p><a href="http://www.pomona.edu/adwr/admissions/forms/AffordExcellence.pdf"&gt;www.pomona.edu/adwr/admissions/forms/AffordExcellence.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>yeah me too</p>

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<p>lol... that is hilarious!!!</p>

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<p>I got the same thing and spent maybe 3 minutes trying to open it, expecting it to be a PDF. I don't know if that sheds worse light on me or them.</p>

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<p>Happened to me too :] lol. i just ignored it.</p>

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<p>I got it too and wasted several minutes trying to double-click the darn thing! :p</p>

<p>I am seriously starting to think that Pomona College is just trying to mess with our heads!</p>

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<p>Hahah that is hilarious. And kind of adorable.</p>

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<p>Lol. I was about to call my cousin to my house to come fix my computer. thought it was broken. lmao.</p>

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<p>UPDATE: they sent another email with the CORRECT link today!</p>

<p>"Please disregard the previous email from Pomona College Admissions regarding Financial Aid Information.
The following is the link for Pomona College Financial Aid Information:
<a href="http://www.pomona.edu/adwr/admissions/forms/AffordExcellence.pdf"&gt;http://www.pomona.edu/adwr/admissions/forms/AffordExcellence.pdf&lt;/a&gt;"&lt;/p>

<p>Oh Pomona, you are too funny!</p>

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<p>
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The topic was "Pomona College Financial Aid Information".</p>

<p>They said they attached information about financial aid.</p>

<p>I open the attachment to find:</p>

<p><a href="http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/2293/image001fa7.gif%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/2293/image001fa7.gif&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>^That picture.</p>

<p>Yes, they attached the picture of the icon they meant to attach.

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<p>Cry me a river.</p>