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JYM, I think Vassar’s point was that they would ask those schools to reinstate the students’ withdrawn applications, not to endorse them as ultimate candidates for admission.</p>
<p>Ursa-
I guess you didn’t pick up the humor in my post. It was tongue in cheek.</p>
<p>Guess Vassar was being a trendsetter: [UCLA</a> mistakenly congratulates nearly 900 applicants on getting in _ when they didn’t - The Washington Post](<a href=“http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/higher-education/ucla-mistakenly-congratulates-nearly-900-applicants-on-getting-in-_-when-they-didnt/2012/04/11/gIQAEOSi9S_story.html]UCLA”>http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/higher-education/ucla-mistakenly-congratulates-nearly-900-applicants-on-getting-in-_-when-they-didnt/2012/04/11/gIQAEOSi9S_story.html)</p>
<p>Vassar 76 - UCLA 894</p>
<p>So I guess Vassar’s off the hook now.</p>
<p>Here’s the link to the [CC</a> thread](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-los-angeles/1321841-ucla-sends-mistaken-congrats-894-applicants-then-apologizes.html]CC”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-los-angeles/1321841-ucla-sends-mistaken-congrats-894-applicants-then-apologizes.html).</p>