<p>I was accepted EA and didn't get any email, but the link is up to add midyear grades - maybe those emails were supposed to go to those accepted EA (which explains the "congrats again" part) but they sent them to the wrong group?</p>
<p>EA daughter got the same email.</p>
<p>i got this email too and i was confused because i doubted i'd have any chance with my stats... i kind of hoped i actually got in, but after i realized that many people got the same email, im guessing something was wrong with UNC.</p>
<p>I talked to the Admissions Office this morning. As suspected, the emails went out in error and retraction emails will follow within a few days. Personally, I find this inexcusable. My daughter will take it in stride but I suspect that a large number of applicants will be crushed upon getting the retraction, especially if it is not followed up with an acceptance at a later date. I realize that the admissions office has a very large number of applications to deal with in any given year, but the misleading email is an error that indicates that the process is lacking in safety checks. Given that the retraction is going out in a few days, it also indicates that the office cannot easily determine who got the misleading email.</p>
<p>Ouch! I love Chapel Hill, but it is painful to see this happen.</p>
<p>thought so! i got the same email, and it seemed like something was RLY wrong</p>
<p>haha it's official:</p>
<p>Yesterday, you may have received an erroneous email requesting your midyear grades. As a result of a technical error that we are still trying to diagnose, several students received an email that was intended for our Early Notification applicants. As a Regular Notification applicant, your application is still under review by the Admissions Committee. We apologize for the confusion this email may have caused.</p>
<p>This sort of thing just happened to my son at Case Western. He applied RD and received an email 1/16 that began "You're in." I thought it was a mistake too but today the official letter arrived. He wasn't expecting to hear until April. Maybe you guys are in the "probable" pile.</p>
<p>Eh, I find the idea of a "probable" pile unlikely. The deadline was just a few days ago, and they are still processing everything. Plus, if the malfunction occured only to the students in a certain distinguishable pile, then they wouldn't have emailed the retraction to all RD applicants.</p>
<p>I write to apologize personally for the confusion and disappointment we
have caused many second-deadline candidates for admission.</p>
<p>At 3:50 p.m. on January 23, 2007, as a result of two simultaneous human
errors, the Office of Undergraduate Admissions mistakenly sent an email to a
number of second-deadline candidates requesting the submission of their
midyear grades. The email began: "Congratulations again on your admission
to the University. We require all admitted students to submit midyear
grades to us online." </p>
<p>We recognized this error within an hour and believed that it was confined
to approximately 540 students. At 5:30 p.m. we emailed these students to
apologize for our error and to explain that all second-deadline candidates
are still under review.</p>
<p>At 8:00 this morning we discovered that the error involved more students
than we had previously believed. We immediately emailed every
second-deadline candidate who had not received the first correction message to
apologize for our error and to explain that all second-deadline candidates are
still under review.</p>
<p>At 12:15 today we emailed approximately 2,300 high-school counselors to
inform them of this error and to offer to answer any questions that they,
their parents, or their students might have.</p>
<p>I deeply regret this error. Our office has worked hard to demystify
admission to Carolina and to make the process more humane. I am sorry that this
error may have made the experience more difficult for you, particularly
since you trusted us to treat you fairly and get things right.</p>
<p>We have shifted responsibilities within our office to ensure that every
admissions officer is available to speak with any applicant or parent who
received the mistaken message. If you would like to discuss this matter with
us, we would welcome your call.</p>
<p>Sincerely,</p>
<p>Stephen Farmer
Assistant Provost and Director of Undergraduate Admissions</p>
<p>I agree, I don't think that the people wgo got the "congrats again" e-mail necessarily have an advantage/disadvantage over the others :)</p>
<p>hahahi just saw a story on cnn about this.....</p>
<p>how could they do this to you people</p>
<p>that suuuuuuuuucks for you guys</p>