UNC congratulates 2700 students by mistake

Uni­ver­sity admis­sions depart­ments rely on e-mail to com­mu­ni­cate with prospec­tive stu­dents, hop­ing to gain an edge by pro­vid­ing per­son­al­ized service.

How­ever, two admis­sions staffers at the Uni­ver­sity of North Car­olina sent the wrong e-mail mes­sage to 2700 stu­dents who had applied to the university’s under­grad­u­ate programs.

The mes­sage con­grat­u­lated each stu­dent on their suc­cess­ful admis­sion to the university.

How­ever, the stu­dents in this were appli­cants who were sup­posed to receive a request for their midyear high school grades.

The admis­sions depart­ment apol­o­gized in this state­ment (PDF).
Thanks to Abe Gru­ber for the tip!

• http://www.cnn.com/2007/EDUCATION/01/26/admissions.mistake.ap/index.html
• http://digg.com/offbeat_news/UNC_Congratulates_2_700_Prospective_Freshmen_In_Error
• http://drslounge.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?p=4665465

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