April Fool's Day and College Decisions

Applying to College
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<p>This is a question mainly to relieve some of the stress that has been brewing lately due to the college decisions that have came out thus far.</p>

<p>Do any of you think colleges are ever tempted to say "CONGRATULATIONS YOU GOT IN" and then at the end say "APRIL FOOLS, WE WOULD NEVER ADMIT YOU". I mean lots of colleges release decisions on the first of april, so i think many college adcoms had to have thought about it. How crushed would you be if you read "APRIL FOOLS" at the bottom of your letter (accept or deny), i think it would be so funny, but i have a weird sense of humor.</p>

<p>Anyone else have thoughts?</p>

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<p>What would REALLY suck is if a college accidentally sent you the wrong email, saying you were accepted instead of rejected or something. WITHOUT THE APRIL FOOLS NOTE. E.g UNC Chapel-Hill did it, forgot what year it was though. Luckily I don't think it was on 4/1.</p>

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<p>Unless it happened on a large scale the student would probably be allowed to attend regardless.</p>

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<p>It happened once on accident with stanford I think or at least a top school. They were showing an admission email sending program and accidentally send everyone who applied an email that said they got accepted. Of course a second email was quickly send after the first explaining the mistake to prevent any huge upset.</p>

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<p>I know Cornell and Boston University have sent out acceptances that were supposed to be rejections. Princeton did too, but it was very few (10?) and they decided to let those kids in rather than tell them they were actually getting the boot....</p>

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<p>It was very generous of Princeton to let them in. They could have just said it was a mistake. God must have blessed those kids. They are just so lucky!</p>

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<p>woah!.. No wonder Princeton rocks XD</p>

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<p>LOL, if a college decided to do an April Fool's joke, it would be sued to death for emotional damages.</p>

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<p>The really cruel thing would be to send them rejecion letters with TINY writing at the bottom saying "Just kidding, you're in!".</p>

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<p>Another thing that happens on 1 April every year are troll posts here on CC that some people believe. As the calendar switches to the first of April in different time zones next week, be sure to apply plenty of skepticism before replying to any unusual posts you see.</p>

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<p>My plan is ruined! :(</p>

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Another April Fools Day Problem </p>

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<p>Another thing that happens on 1 April every year are troll posts here on CC that some people believe. As the calendar switches to the first of April in different time zones next week, be sure to apply plenty of skepticism before replying to any unusual posts you see.

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thanks for mentioning that. i've only wondered about whether colleges have ever been tempted to send out april fools jokes, but never rlly thought about cc-ers doing it</p>

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<p>I would not care if they said you have been rejected and then said april fools. alls i care is me gettsten in.</p>

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<p>Wow Post # 4 thats basically a miracle if that happened to me</p>

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<p>if they ever sent out letters like that, that would just be REALLY sad.. why would colleges toy with people's feelings like that....</p>

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<p>first acceptance than later rejection happened with some northwestern people yesterday, very sad, they even have a thread called "accepted in morning, rejected at night", or something like that</p>

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<p>I was accepted in the morning and rejected at the night for Northwestern.</p>

<p>I almost thought it was April fool's day.</p>

<p>I'm hoping that Stanford and Berkeley give me acceptances.</p>