<p><strong><em>David-They’ve already legally accepted me, it comes down then more to simply being ‘Unfair’. Every post you post is a negative one, that isn’t very helpful.</em></strong></p>
<p>Allow me to clarify my statement. You have 30 days to appeal your denial and posting a zillion times wont change anything. Additionally, obviously I am not an attorney, but from a lay persons point of view, I am 100% certain that UCF has the right to withdraw an admissions if that admissions was given out in error in the same manner, UCF has the right to accept a student previously rejected if they uncover a mistake during the application process. In my opinion, you have no legal recourse.
Now, if you do a face to face and appeal your rejection on a personal manner, then possibly the admissions committee may show empathy and admit you under the table.
Good Luck in any regards and congratulate your brother for me !</p>
<p>david- But I think the point is that she never actually got a rejection. In fact I am a bit confused as to how she really knows that her acceptance was rescinded.
WRITE- What exactly did your brother’s email say about your application? did it specifically say that you were rejected because of the mistake? If not then I would think that you can still consider yourself accepted.</p>
<p>My brother emailed them after his rejection, questioning why he was rejected, but I was admitted, while he had higher stats. They emailed him back, with a ‘whoops, we screwed up’ email, explains how they mixed up our transcripts, calculating the wrong GPA. They also told him about my acceptance being take, in that email, and my father, but not ONCE emailed me. I found out when justin told me in school (Imagine how I reacted) and I looked on my UCF, and it changed from ‘congrats’ to 'you are currently under review. I was never rejected, david, and justin has not been accepted yet. Unlike you, he’s not happy, he’s angry now of what they’ve done.</p>
<p>Yep. David, the problem is: How is this student supposed to appeal being rejected if she hasn’t technically or legally been rejected? If the university tells Student A that Student B has been rejected, and Student B was told that he/she was accepted, then they’re technically…accepted :P</p>
<p>Write: I can mostly empathize because I worked in an Admissions office at NYU-Poly for two years, and they are very diligent and methodological about their work <em>precisely</em> because they don’t want the sort of situation you had to endure to happen to anyone. UCF may be a larger university in terms of # of applicants, but they have to create a method to the madness when the apps come in to prevent this nightmare. Hang in there!!!</p>
<p>I’m hanging in here:) Looking to fill out an application for USF this week, and finishing up touches of the email my dad is sending to them-very respectful, of course. We just would like to know when we can expect an answer, it would be an amazing christmas present if they allow both my brother and I down there. I thank you very much for your answers, it makes me feel better that someone at least agrees that this is wrong, and horribly wrong to put a student through. I’ll keep you update on an new hints:)</p>
<p>But personally, static, if you could make a prediction, do you think they’ll let us both in? I just want to get your two cents on the whole ordeal:)</p>
<p>Can you ask the school that accidentally admitted you to consider giving you a conditional re-acceptance? For example, based on your GPA, they shouldn’t have admitted you, but because they did, you didn’t apply to other colleges where you would possibly have been accepted. Can they conditionally let you attend the semester that you had originally planned, and if you do well, accept you as a regular student? It might be a compromise since they waited 2 months to realize their mistake.</p>
<p>I’d be so happy with that, snow. I originally applied for summer, which is what I was accepted for. If I did well in summer, they could let me continue in fall. I will mention that in the email:)
Also, I do fit in the middle 50% of accepted summer students, just on the lower half of that percentage.</p>
<p>Yeah, Toby. Fairly, ah, ‘interesting’ surprise. An individual informed me that most colleges use the students social security number when sorting transcripts, which would explain the switch-my brother and I are within one number of each other. To think, everyone, that if my brother hadn’t emailed them, they would have never looked any deeper-the mistake would have gone unnoticed. I wonder how often this mistake occurs…</p>
<p>Social Security numbers can really mess things up. My mother is a Realtor and the lady buying a house has an extremely close social to another person who has liens and all other things out on her current house. It almost made it where this woman, who is completely capable of affording this house, wasn’t able to get it because her record was “tainted”</p>
<p>I am just responding to post about the twin Social Security number thing. My twins applied to several of the same colleges. It TRULY is a nightmare with them having the same exact # except for the last one. We have been very diligent with keeping on top of them making sure each twin’s paperwork goes in the correct file. That being said we have had issues with 3 universities. EVEN though they assure me they have had lots of twins apply and they know what they are doing. My twins guidance counselor finally took care of it, Sure enough they were mixing up their paperwork. But hey, what do I know.</p>
<p>I figured it would be the social security number. However, everything my brother and I had was sent in different envelopes. Even then, one things seems a bit funny to my brother. He’s said, “If they mixed up our transcripts, it probably should have dawned on them. You have many violin awards, and mention how you are in the schools chamber (highest) orchestra…yet ‘Your’ transcript didn’t mention that.” I laughed at that, because I bet it offered some confusion to them: “This girl says she’s in orchestra…why doesn’t it say it on the transcript?”. Well, my dad just emailed them a very nice, respectful email, that he had me read over. It just basically says that both Justin and I want to attend, and hoping to be given a decision before Christmas…because Christmas will be awful if I keep thinking about this, lol. I plan to busy myself with homework, and working obnoxious amount of hours at work.</p>
<p>If your transcripts are anything like mine, it just gives the total number of hours for community service, it doesn’t say anything about extra-curriculars or what the hours came from. So that could also be another reason why they didn’t catch it.</p>
<p>I really don’t think my community service was mentioned on my transcript, though. I was never involved in high school sports, and my 700 community service hours came from coaching a competitive cheerleading team for about four years-the guidence office didn’t even have knowledge of my hours.</p>
<p>That would be awful, but they said they would try to get a decision out before the end of break. According to emails, my acceptence hasn’t been "pulled’ as they once stated. They want it to be looked at as though, “They’re just currently looking at it.” Hopefully the send an email back to my father, and hopefully we find out soon. My AP pshyc teacher is pushing me to still send a deposit down to them, and if they question it, just tell them I have my acceptence letter. I won’t push it that far, though. I would just like to find out soon, or else it will be a very bad Christmas.</p>
<p>at my school our hours are only considered ‘official’ if we report them and get a sheet filled out and signed by the person who is in charge of the service you’re volunteering for. that’s why they’re on my transcripts. if you didn’t report them with your school, you’re right they won’t be there. i also believe admissions is still open until friday</p>
<p>So they may still be in there? Why do you think that? Yeah, I had to get a logged hours sheet signed by the director of the cheer board, as proof, which I included with my transcripts, etc.</p>