<p>“Dear Early Decision Applicant,
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Between 4:00 and 4:30 pm EST today, due to a system error, applicants who checked their admission status online may or may not have seen incorrect information concerning the decision on their applications to Vassar.* When the error was caught, the correct individual decisions were quickly posted.* We realize that this system error has caused some confusion and urge you to log in again as soon as possible to see your letter.* All decisions now posted are correct.
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We apologize sincerely for any confusion or disappointment that this mistake may have caused.* If after checking your decision again, you still have questions, please feel free to contact the Admissions Office on Monday morning.* Thank you for your understanding.
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Sincerely,
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David Borus*********************************
Dean of Admission and Financial Aid*********
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Bret Ingerman
Vice President for Computing and Information Services”</p>
<p>this is my worst nightmare</p>
<p>I’m in this same situation. I even made a copy of the acceptance letter. I sent a copy to the admission office and left a voice mail. I will follow up with them on Monday. This is not fair and there should be something that can be done.</p>
<p>I don’t think anything will work guys. Every single Vassar Applicant was given acceptance letters in the beginning, they can’t just let everyone in. Maybe they could do something like give us back our application fees but there really isn’t much they can do besides apoligize</p>
<p>Oh, man, this is worse than simply being rejected. I feel terrible for you guys. I’m glad I didn’t check at 4:00, and have that false hope.</p>
<p>Let’s look ahead, though. It’s Vassar’s loss. I’m sure great schools await us! Anyone else apply to Bard?</p>
<p>4:00 pm
-me checking vassar decision
-heartbeat rises
-I AM IN
-call my family
-get excited
-called my friends and went out to party , my treat. (4:00 in US equals to night in my country)
-Come back
-Casually open mail
-Mail from Vassar
-“Ok it must be some extra congratulation”
-while reading the e-mail, i notice the word “error”
-heartbeat rises
-heartbeat rises even more
-not in…
■■■</p>
<p>To those of you whose acceptances turned out to be in error: what a terrible experience. I’m so, so sorry for you guys; that must have been (and still feel) awful.
Rejection is always hard to take, but this version is the worst way to find out, for sure.
Have to assume there will be news reports about this coming out. Embarrassing for Vassar. Meanwhile im sure you all will end up somewhere great.</p>
<p>I’m ok with getting rejected but I at least I wanted to know it from the beginning. I mean, it’s like giving a baby a chocolate and right before he bites it, you take it away.</p>
<p>I can’t be more disappointed at being accepted THEN rejected. It’s funny because I knew something of the sort would happen (I have horrible luck) but to have this happen to anyone at such a crucial time is nothing in short of cruel and slightly despicable, really.</p>
<p>Sorry I’m going to go hibernate now.</p>
<p>Ugh I know it was an accident but that’s just cruel to do to applicants, especially ED applicants that are in love with the school. My mom called like my entire family and I’m still getting “Congratulations” calls… But now that I think about it I think I wanted an urban school all along.</p>
<p>I wass accepted then declined too… Still in shock!</p>
<p>We have a good friend to whom this just happened–if I were all of you, I’d be calling the administration–AT HOME–en masse to complain about the cavalier way the admissions office has handled this.</p>
<p>Hi all,</p>
<p>My name is Matt Flegenheimer; I’m a reporter for the NY Times. I’ve shot messages to a couple of you already. We’re trying to gather information about Vassar’s error and were hoping to speak with any students who may have been affected. If anyone wishes to speak about this, please call 212-556-7143 or email me at MattFleg@gmail</p>
<p>Thanks,
Matt</p>
<p>I was wondering if that would happen as soon as I heard about this.</p>
<p>Well, if I was EDI accepted at Vassar I might have second thoughts now about how the administration of this place is actually run. In fact, I might withdraw my EDI, saying that it was all a horrible mistake, an error, a computer glitch, etc. etc.</p>
<p>I was accepted EDI and I have no intention of withdrawing my enrollment, nor do I think a computer glitch detracts from the merits of the school. It was an accident, albeit a horrible, horrible one. I can’t even begin to imagine how disappointing this must be for all of you, but it really wasn’t the admissions office’s fault.</p>
<p>Well, perhaps not (though that could be argued–I mean, it certainly was <em>somebody’s</em> fault!), but the way they are handling it IS their responsibility, and they are doing a far from stellar job. 76 personal phone calls would not have been too burdensome for the admissions staff, and had they done that immediately it would have been a much more professional way to address the problem.</p>
<p><a href=“Joy, Then Misery, as Some Vassar Early-Decision Applicants Learn True Fate - The New York Times”>Joy, Then Misery, as Some Vassar Early-Decision Applicants Learn True Fate - The New York Times;
<p>This thread is famous.</p>
<p>Hey Everyone, </p>
<p>I’m a current Vassar senior, and i just wanted to say on behalf of the students here: I’m really sorry about what happened with the admissions decisions. I remember this being a very tense time when I was in high school, and it’s absolutely horrible that you had to experience ups and downs due to a computer glitch. </p>
<p>If you’re in, welcome! If not, you’re still headed somewhere great, and so sorry again for the ridiculous mistake.</p>
<p>Good luck with everything!</p>
<p>-Vassar senior</p>
<p>Kareen Troussard, a student in Paris, said the episode might have saved her. “I want to major in computer science,” she said in an e-mail, “and Vassar doesn’t even know how to use a computer on the biggest day of our lives.”</p>
<p>Hahahahaha oh my god I planned on majoring in CS too, this completely brightened my day.</p>