<p>ymlee822, I’M HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM !!! </p>
<p>I was a semi finalist on December 19th but I was sent that 240,000 application rejection letter today at 7:20.</p>
<p>I am very confused. and yes, how in the world did 84,000 applicants turned to 240,000? I hope it’s a glitch because I already started my semi finalist package.</p>
<p>I am advancing as a Semi-Finalist and did not have a 36 ACT…
I would definitely say not to get discouraged, i think they were really looking for ex. cur. and volunteer work along with the GPA.
I have over 1,000 volunteer hours, 4 jobs held, and a 3.8 GPA.</p>
<p>@Just Smile- There are already five of us on the same boat! I think it’s a mistake, so let’s not worry too much. I e-mailed the person who sent the semi-finalist notification. Five of us should all send e-mail too so that he knows few people got this.</p>
<p>*Send the e-mail to the address shown on the bottom of the "semi-finalist notification. (The one sent on 12/19) "</p>
<p>I, too, have received 3 emails now. One was sent on the 20th about my semi-finalist status, and two tonight about not being a semi-finalist with the numbers changing.
I’m sleeping on this and calling tomorrow because this just seems like a huge mishap on their part. I don’t think there’s a need to worry for those who already received word of congratulations.</p>
<p>Uh, so they’ve sent 7 rejection emails to me in the past hour. Last time I checked, I’m one person…</p>
<p>@fb1994</p>
<p>I agree. I’ll try to call tomorrow. Please mention that there are six other people who are experiencing the same thing! Good night :)</p>
<p>This is a bit ridiculous. You’d think that as an established scholarship organization, they’d have all this stuff figured out by now.</p>
<p>Over 1,000 hours? That’s incredible!</p>
<p>Scratch that. 4* emails now. Their systems must be going wild right now. Seriously guys, we’re bombarding their phones tomorrow.</p>
<p>Uhh…I got the same e-mail again…?</p>
<p>Congratulations to those who advanced.
:)</p>
<p>Please tell the rest of us what the operators say concerning that semi-finalist miscommunication when you guys talk to a representative tomorrow!</p>
<p>I’m really hoping everything gets settled : (</p>
<p>Yeah, I’ve had so many rejections. This is basically the first thing that has ever been important to me that is even within my reach. And I probably won’t be a finalist, anyway. My stats are nothing. </p>
<p>So, cry about it…eat some ice cream…watch some Seinfeld…and then go do your homework, volunteer, apply for more scholarships and move on. This isn’t a big loss.</p>
<p>Just now received an official rejection after 2 emails 4 phone calls and a immense amount of waiting. Oh well, another opportunity will arise. 240,000???</p>
<p>UGABound2012, when you say official rejection, do you mean that you were a semi-finalist before and now just received your rejection ? Sorry to bring it up again but I am really curious/worried/confused/…more mixed emotions.</p>
<p>Everybody, Im a semifinalist and am putting that on my application. Can anyone confirm that it is 240,000? It would just improve the honor a bit</p>
<p>@hischoolstudent, I believe it’s ~80,000 applicants and ~240,000 applications, like someone pointed out earlier. Shouldn’t make a difference when you put it on your college applications though, as Coca-Cola is recognized regardless.</p>
<p>Tralala100, no I was never a semifinalist. No worries, I’ll be fine l. Best of luck to all who did advance though.</p>
<p>Sooooo, if everyone gets a rejection notice, and counted as an application multiple times, I wonder if they may have double counted semifinalists as well. Instead of haveing 2200, they may end up with only 1200. I do believe that they need new computer programmers.</p>
<p>And for those that received both an email that says you advanced, as well as a rejection, and everyone that received multiple rejections…I am sure that the Coca-Cola Scholars foundation will tell you that it is your own fault. Kind of like the “check your spam folder” message we heard all day yesterday.</p>
<p>Congrats to all of those who we think have advanced to semifinalist! Good luck with part two of this process, hope they get their act together for your sake! </p>
<p>For those who recieved rejection emails, bigger and better things to come!</p>
<p>DD got 3 rejection emails yesterday. She had started one application and couldn’t remember her log in for it, so she completed & submitted a second. 2 of the emails indicated that they couldn’t notify people with more than one application; 1 was just a regular rejection, including the spam explanation. I don’t remember - did the application have a “submit” button? Her first app was nowhere near complete, & I would think the system would be able to kick out duplicate apps?</p>